What You Should Know Before Buying Your First Electronic Drumset

Electronic drums are awesome, but there are a few things you should know before plopping down a thousand bucks on your first set:

1. Your electronic drumset is ONLY as good as the headphones or speakers you listen to them through. If you buy a drumset and use $10 earbuds to listen to them. You're going to think they sound like crap, that one is on you.
2. Demos make edrums look more awesome than they actually are. Don't let your expectations soar into the clouds about this drumset you just bought.
3. Edrums aren't silent, they are WAY quieter than acoustic drums, but they are not wisper quiet.
4. Buy for your needs, not what looks cool. If you are going to play live with this, great! Spend really money and buy the good stuff. If you are just going to play this thing once a week, don't drop 2 grand on it.
5. Edrums aren't for the acoustic drum purists. Some people just hate electronic drums, that's fine. Then don't buy one, you'll just sell it a year from now if that's the case. However if you're on the fence about it, you might need to spend extra on a nice drumset that is a tad expensive, but will deliver a better experience. Larger pads, better sound. Don't expect that out of a $500 drumset

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[RightWing]

I paid extra for some fog and lasers, my kit sounds great now

[jameschristofferson]

“Life isn’t as good as the demo” that needs to be on a t-shirt!

[McFlyGuitarsandStuff]

After years of playing acoustic drums I switched over to Electric and I'm very happy. Certain things about the electronic drum set take some getting used to, but being able to play quietly anytime I want and recording without microphones and not having to tune and not having the sticks wear out and paying a fortune for cymbals is pretty awesome. I don't think they will ever replace an acoustic drum set totally but they are pretty awesome and this is coming from a 58 year old guy who basically played acoustic since 73.[about 10-12 years ago I did have an Alesis drum set but I never thought it was really any good I got it in a trade lol]

[solidwire]

Budget in for fog and lasers... Got it.

[HeyBigChriss]

I want to buy an electric drum set! I mean, I would rather have real drum set of course, but it would be to noisy for my neighbors and my I still love with my parents so they kind of told me no.

[ChristophSeider]

Don‘t forget. Support your local dealer. He will help you finding your perfect gear and will not forget pedals.

[BarnabyWild]

I bought a Roland TD-4 for $200. Replaced the sensor and rubber heel in the high hat pedal and everything else works perfect. The settings make it easy to dial in. Totally happy

[feedbackbro]

Great point about the need for good speakers/headphones. That is super critical. It seems obvious but, nevertheless, I think this is a much overlooked point. I've had this experience myself with my guitar gear. After 2 years with a Line6 helix - tweaking the sounds, downloading professionally-developed patches - the sound was always somewhat lacking despite listening to it through some fairly high-end audiophile in-ears. I was very close to spending $2000 on a different brand of guitar processor but, after seeing the EQ response graph of my in-ears - wherein there was a substantial dip in crucial parts of the midrange - I decided to upgrade to another high-end but more neutral sounding in-ear (Sony IER-M7...which are designed for musicians in live-music environments) and now the helix is sounding great. Lesson learned.

[russhess]

Just got a td-17 from Roland i like it i had the td-6 and the 15. I agree price with head set or amp makes a huge difference

[enpsyclopedia]

The alexis nitro mesh is killing the game. I have had it since its release and performs just as good as my 1, 999 Yamaha. Just used a different kick pedal and added two cymbals and its fantastic.

[walkingdude]

Just a tip for all. Make sure to shop around. Many companies nowadays offer the bundles. And most are the same price as the set only. Kraft music has really been helpful and not pushy. Was able to bundle on top of a bundle. Yes, you can triple stamp and double stamp Loyd 😁

[mikestein]

My only beef with edrums are the high hats it's seems like there's no options that give a realistic playing experience they seem to be getting closer and I do believe they will get there eventually but Roland are the closest you're almost better micing a real high hat with your edrums

[crimsun]

Forgot to mention Drumtec and YouTube channels from music stores (Andertons, Sweetwater, Kraft Music, etc.). They're there to sell you what they show you, not to help.

[simonep]

For each of my question there is a video of yours that answers to me, your channel is gold, keep going man!

[MusicJamSchauspiel]

Who's watching in 2050 on their holocomputer, playing along casually on their force-field drums?

[malcosis]

Hello mate, great vids, .
I'm using a Roland td4, the one with only 1 mesh pad, the snare.
I've gradually upgraded it bit by bit, as I've felt more playing, needed to get the extras it is missing, .
I bought a cheaper 2nd hand cy8, put that in a stand for the ride cymbal.
I couldnt get on with the fd8 hi hat pedal, so ( thanks to you!!), I got one of them go-edrum hi hat controller, and bought a £40 hi hat stand.
I'm using double kicks, which I've swapped beaters, and the bearings, .
I use midi to trigger Steven slate drums, and have split the cymbal zones, so each cymbal has a splash, and a crash/ China.
So far, in my playing, I seem to have reached as far as I can go with this set up.
My next one is going to be an acoustic snare, with an e-drum, mesh head, conversion with it.
In the future, I've a feeling I'll be doing a full kit conversion, as I reckon, that's what direction I'm going, ....time and cash will tell.
If you can, have a look at my vids.., I'm learning, and recording any( if at all) progress.
Cheers, and thanks for the vids.

[Humanhead]

In 2050 I'm going to contact you for the promised invisible drums made out of force fields ;-)

[kushagrasinghal]

in the whole video you just discouraged me from buying it

[Alexander]

Thanks for the suggestions... I'm planning on buying an electronic kit to use in my apartment (probably an Alesis Crimson II), because I want to start practicing again, but my main problem is that I have very limited space. It might become annoying with time if I 'deploy' it all over the room.
I was formerly opting for some practice pad kits, but they can be noisy and not so productive if you want to learn songs.
Let's see..

Thanks again and God bless!

[jeremytee]

The face you’re making at the end of the video is priceless.