Melodics With Electronic Drums

So there's this program that works with your electronic drumset and teaches you how to play drums. Is it any good?

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[Melodicshq]

Thanks for the honest review! Glad you can see the benefit for those wanting to learn the drums!

We are looking into the glitch were it goes from 100BPM to 60BPM when you miss a few hits as it is not meant to do that.

[jemmrich]

I just got a Roland TD17kv over the weekend and checked out this app because there was a flyer in the drum kit. I had ZERO drumming experience and once I put the kit together the first thing that went through my head was the daunting words "oh man.. now the hard part. learning..". But I checked out the app and have been playing it for 4 days straight now. I feel like I am actually building a rhythm and with all the stats tracking I can see how I progress and gives me a goal to get better or focus on specific parts. I will also work ahead for 30-40 mins, then jump all the way back to the start and see big improvements. It's sort of a warm up playing yesterdays stuff, moving on to new stuff to change things up, then going back to yesterdays work to improve my ratings.

I am using the free version right now, filtered to only show the free content there is quite a bit of content. There is plenty for me as a new drummer and the structure / pace makes me feel like I am making steady progress. Something I struggled a lot with trying to learn guitar.

I plan to play this for a couple months then seek a teacher. I feel this way gives me some comfort around the kit and provide me with insight on what questions I have etc. I also am planning to purchase it and work through the different courses while intertwining actual drum lessons throughout with a goal to play every single day. This way I am hoping I will prevent bad habits from becoming a difficult problem to overcome while allowing me to track my performance.

As a complete newbie drummer, I am very very happy and highly recommend it.

[williamblake]

I think it would be better if there was a real drum notation option to read as you play as well as or instead of the piano roll. Great review BTW

[ryanm.]

Using the 360 drum kit i discovered connecting my edrum kit with Rockband/Guitar Hero Games. 360 kit has a midi-input on board. Simple as that, my eDrum kit's midi out was plug and play into the wireless drum controller brain. Of course this means the lame 360 drums controller is added clutter to the room space and sits within a 'View-shot" of the area, so to fix this, I disassembled the xbox controller racks and removed just the 360 controller box and mounted it on the Alesis Rack next to the E-drum module. Now my 6" midi cable is a sufficient link and i tossed the game racks in the garbage, but i kept all 4 game pads and both game cymbals as they can be used as universal add-on E-drum sensors with virtually any kit. i think i had to go into Alesis module settings and change a few of the midi channel numbers, each game varies slightly, but for the most part the midi channels line up exactly. Finally I fine tuned the sensitivity settings on the eDrum module for accuracy. Reply to this for pics or instructions (NOTES: this method will not work with Rockband kits since it has no midi jack onboard, ALSO RB "Pro Drum" mode still requires the $20 adapter.

[TheNimaid]

Can I say, since this video, Melodics has really upped its game in terms of instruction, GUI flow, and structure. It gives a literal path (like a timeline thing) for lessons that build on top of each other. In addition, all grades have plenty of songs. But it's also
$30/mo / $12/yr now, which is pretty steep IMO.
The only thing I wish it would do for that price is to go through the basic techniques. Like maybe show short videos of finding a good grip for yourself, adjusting the kit/throne, warm-ups/stretches, grip/dexterity exercises, simple rudiments, etc. YouTube is a great resource, but a handful of professional-grade videos integrated into the flow of the lessons would really bring it to a new level. My biggest issue is that I was actually hurting myself for a while because I didn't know these things.

[mykneeshurt]

Would be neat to see a new video about this app. It surely has improved in four years.

[charlesurdy-barnes]

Glad you came up in my search. You always provide articulate, fair reviews of products, and you do it in a rational logical manner.

[iDu]

Hello,
I've been a regular user (80 minutes a day) for 1.5 years of the annual option.
There are currently more than 600 lessons (lessons+courses+songs).
and they are developing a version for acoustic drums which can already be tested and works well with only the microphone built into the computer.
They also have a community of users (facebook and discord server) which boosts motivation because there's nothing motivating about playing on your own 😉.
For the last 6 months I've been a big fan of the memory mode 😊 which you can use after getting 100%.
Don't hesitate to try it out.

[minisurfbanana]

You should do reviews on the online drumming lessons...Drumeo...Drum Beats Online...Total Drummer....
Stephen Taylor...etc...

[markwith]

I like this app. I have gone from never having tried the drums or any other instrument to being able to play a beat on time in various styles of music. I have been playing for only a few months at about 45 mins a day on average and the progress has been amazing. My limb independence is improving as the days pass. I can confirm that the slowdown issue does not happen any more. In this Covid lock down period it has been a god send. From a beginners perspective I think that using melodics in conjunction with playing along with tracks seems to be a good idea before going to a drum tutor. There is a risk I suppose of picking up bad habits, but going to a tutor from no knowledge seems to be an expensive way forward.

[thecactustree]

You can import Rockband and Guitar Hero songs into "Phase Shift" for the PC and use your eDrums directly with your PC if it has a USB-to-MIDI driver like on my Yamaha DTX-430K kit.

[tglenn]

Maybe you have an idea about this. I was trying to use Melodics with my Roland set, but the program kept pausing every time I'd hit a pad, and I'd have to get it going again. I finally gave up because it was pretty obvious this app wasn't working right.

[victorahgren]

Would love to see you play something like Phase shift, Rock band or FoFiX! Really glad i found your channel btw! Learned a lot :)

[agoogleuser]

Hey, thanks. I need something to get the ball rolling, and this caught my eye. Returning after a lonnnng hiatus from music. Was thinking about pairing this with my td-1dmk. Lockdown makes it difficult for any forward momentum. Going to def check this out.

[luisutil]

Best video tutorial or demo or promo or whatever ... on Melodics.... thank you.

[RT-VIEW_FROM_A_PILLION]

Thank you for the review of Melodics. I am currently researching my best option for my son to take up electronic drums. I was looking at buying either the Alesis Surge Mesh or Alesis Command Mesh kit. However, I checked with Alesis and the Command Module doesn’t have the training mode that the surge does. However, I think your review has convinced me it’s better to get the better command module, forego the surge module training and use Melodics. Thank you.

[simus]

for me is the drums interface that I hate the most and why they didn't make the interface like the piano section with the option to customize the way your drum look( the way you set your drum in real life) because it will be better for those that are color blind and that a big problem. I would like to know if it has another software with a better interface just like the way i explain in my text.

[RettaTheRipper]

I tried this once and it was fun. Although it crashed a lot. I don't know if it was because I wasn't using a Roland kit (I had a high end Yamaha kit) or if it was my laptop. But it was hit or miss as to whether the program worked or not. That was a few years ago tho so hopefully it's improved since then.

[seanreed]

Finally a Roland app that does something

[LittleDrummerChannel]

Cool video! Man you pump out videos like hotcakes brother!
This app looks like it would be fun to groove with...we need an acoustic version. ;)
Take care Justin!!