Best Electronic Drum Sets for Beginners

Whether it’s your first time moving from the practice pad to a full kit or just your first time going electric, advances in modern sound have made electronic drum kits more powerful, flexible, and lifelike than they’ve ever been! Join Sweetwater’s drumming dynamo, Nick D’Virgilio, as he breaks down some of the best electronic drum sets for beginners. Check it out!



00:00 — Intro

18:13 — Wrap up

#Sweetwater #Beginner #Electronic #Drums

[tjhessmon]

Here are a few comments from someone who plays e-drums semi professionally
1- Stick with Yamaha and Roland who are also OEM acoustic drum manufacturers, so they have real drum sounds in their modules, even their entry modules
2- Electronic drum kits don't come with sticks, headphones, or a drum throne (chair) those are purchased separate. If you purchase the more expensive (but far better) Roland or Yamaha kits, you will need to purchase a bass drum pedal and in some cases, a high hat stand.
3- Roland kits are upgradable, even with their entry kit, your getting the compact rack, which is the same rack used with the more expensive TD-7, and 17 kits. These more expensive Roland kits as well as the Yamaha DTX 6 kits have time tested drum pads (drums and cymbals) which will last many years, compared to entry level kits.
4- For your investment, don't get into the upgrade loop. Start out with the Roland TD-7 or TD-17, or the Yamaha DTX 6 series, as those will easily last through many years of playing. Further, they have vast expansion options, you cant get with the other kits shown here.
5- the Roland and Yamaha modules work with drum software, like EZdrummer 3, making those kits and their sounds have near endless sound expansion, even at the professional level.
6- Most of these entry level kits have single zone pads (aka one sound per pad) the more expensive kits have dual zone pads (2 sounds) and some have 3 zone cymbal pads (3- sounds -Yamaha, Roland)
7- Stick with manufacturers who will be around tomorrow, (Alesis, Roland, Yamaha).

[styles]

This guy sounds like Casey Kasem who used to do the top 40 on the radio in the 80s .

[mrbacon]

Don’t need a set, but love watching Nick play!

[dongordoofthegalletas]

Nick is having entirely too much fun. This is what drumming (music in general) is all about, I loved this video!

[ILuvJazzNJava]

I bought the Alesis Surge SE and I'll say from a hardware perspective it's a well made kit. The module is rather outdated now and the sounds are merely ok in my opinion ... HOWEVER, what they failed to mention in the video is that this kit comes with free access to BFD Player software that gives you WAY better sound quality. So if you have a computer handy that you can use as your module and run BFD, I would say this is a good budget kit.

[MatthewLancaster]

I love how he looks like a cooler version of Jon Lovitz.

[drummermomcjs]

Great video! While I liked the Alesis Surge best of all the kits, I must admit that the raw sounds in the Roland kits are hands down the best of the kits.

[TheDocJimmy]

The Roland samples on the module sound MUCH better than the others.

[wooddog]

This guy should be Radio DJ. If you just close your eyes and listen, it isn't hard to imagine him doing a Top-40 countdown. Sounds a bit like Casey Kasem to me

[FaTaLtheth]

I live in an apartment but would like to get into some form of music for myself. Seems relaxing but at the same time a challenge that I think is putting time into

[vc]

I watched a ton of videos and even made a decision what to buy. But everything changed when actually I tried 7 different e-drums. I realized that:
1. The rule "If You buy a cheap kit, You will need to change it for a good one soon" really works. And the chepest drums are pure toys, not even good for kids, You will enjoy it for minutes/hours in the best case. Drums for beginners are not toys, but they aren't real drums as well.
Better buy a good second hand kit, play it and then sell if it's too expensive for You - by doing it You will get some skills and enjoy it.
2. You need to try it to understand something. At least consider what experienced e-drums players say (I mean trustworthy ones). Watching someone playing drums is the same as watching someone driving a car - You cant' say how good it is. You need to try it.

[SteepRZ]

Siempre me ha gustado la fluidez de Virgilio. Me cae muy bien este señor.

[Ben-icve]

Now we need an intermediate level one :)
Maybe in the 1-3 thousand range

[book]

Nicely done.
I kinda winced on a few of those drum sounds. Some of those tones were "toy Casio keyboard" 😂

[ckmusic]

Aww... I really wish they would've at least mentioned the MSRP... Pricing would REALLY be helpful, ESPECIALLY at the beginner level...

[Dazzling_Fox]

The Simmons Titan 50 with the expansion is a great kit. I’ve been playing it for a few months and the feeling is great overall, the kick drum is a little cheap but pretty good considering is like $599 the kit including the expansions. I personally didn’t like the Alesis or the Roland here, the only one I liked was the Yamaha. Check the Simmons Titan 50 or the 70

[MinaSmol]

I wanna get one of those for my birthday.

[dmcgOR]

Shout out to my Sweetwater Sales Engineer Skyler! Might be hitting you up for something like this in a few months.

[mariomusico]

I have a roland TD-1 DMK with one TD 6V module!!

[FatRakoon]

I got an elderly Alesis DM5, plus a Yamaha DD55 and a DD65.
I dont use the Alesis much as IO have a silly issue where it seems to lock and the Hats wont play if I hit the crash and ride too quickly and I did buy a new Module for it but it still does it, and that must be the triggers, but I could not pin-pint it and in the end I just gave up.

The DD65 is a Desktop module, and it sounds ok, but it has a great advantage of also being fully XG too, and so it also plays back all the usual sounds that you could want it to. Not with the same hig quality of other XG synths I agree, but certainly its extra sounds that might come in handy.

Unofrtunaltey, I had an accident and I am very much disabled and so drumming, while still a hobby, and I have had physiotherapy benefits from it, I can no longer play in any serious way.

Imagine my left hand incapable of holding the stick, so I wear a glove that holds it for me. No control except for hitting the snare with 60% precision

The left leg and right leg sometimes simply dont move when I need them to and then move when I dont. so Kicks drums are random and Open or closed - its a 50-50 chance

But hey, my right arm is sweet LOL