Digital Drum Kits

I was at a arts festival in Harrisburg PA with a fellow Agon bud, a band was playing and useing a small almost guitar inspired drum gizmo that was really awesome, the guy let me try it after the show. I used to dable in drums till disability ended that and was really curious to check the kit out as I figured it would be a way for me to have some fun.........very cool and really good sound.

I was a drummer for nearly twenty years. I know drums.

You might enjoy the V expressions custom kits much more than me. I bought the Hodgepodge - 30 kits - all Acoustic and more dynamic/realistic than what the TD-9 came with (although what it came with was quite exceptional as you say - I think Roland is hands down the leader in standard electronic drums)

I love my V-Drums but you need to buy special samples as what they come with is only good - rather than awesome. V Expressions is where you can get some cool sounds for your kit.

I understand the principle, as I have a Kawai digital piano. Digital keys work in a similar fashion and the current batch of high rez software (Garritan, Ivory, Piano Teq) is very good. I was just struck by the tone of Mr. Reyes' kick drum - a big, whopping sound that grabbed my attention. I was wondering if other drummers use the same tools to similar effect. Sloth, thanks. I'll definitely check out the Bela Fleck.

Marty

I think that the drummer was probably Walfredo Reyes Jr. I saw him using a set of the Roland V-Drums on an "in the studio" TV program with Lindsay Buckingham recently.

Check out a "Futureman" solo on a Bela Fleck DVD.

It may have been a stock digital drum set "brain" (e.g., d-drum, roland, etc.), but it's more likely that the pads were triggering hi-rez samples stored in a computer or sampler.

It may also be the recording - drums are almost always compressed and rarely sound lifelike on what is mastered for consumers - you may have found a good recording.