I´m about to buy a electronic drumset for my kid, and I have no insight, experience whatever what to buy!!

I have considered a Yamaha DTX430K, because of the price and the reviews I´ve read!

Does anyone have some good suggestions, experiences etc. please let me know.

Thanks in advance

 

I have what I think is a similar Yamaha DTXplorer. I've never had any problems with it. Has a nice sounding default kit and seems durable. I had a lot of fun learning on it. I assume the DTX430K is a newer model so it's probably even better

 

Last edited: Sep 19, 2015

I wouldnt go for best value. Get a kit that actually sounds and feels good. An electronic drunkit is a very different beast to an acoustic. If you bought a cheap acoustic then it would usually sound cheap so why buy blind with an electronic? Some of them initially sound great, especially to the untrained ear but over time can have a very annoying robotic sound and you are stuck with those sounds unless you hookup to a computer to trigger external sounds ala Toontrack etc.
I'd say go play on a few if you can because although they all look pretty amazing at first glance there are some howlers out there. For instance the original Roland HD1 was a nice little sized kit for a beginner and wasn't that cheap when it first came out but the sounds were garbage. The later kits such as the TD4 were much better.
You really need to feel the resonse of the heads too, some are too bouncy or hard and mesh heads are either hit of miss. Checkout the noise levels when you hit the heads with sticks too because some are quite noisey and could be annoying even when played with headphones.

 

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Last edited: Sep 20, 2015

Thanks both of you guys - appriciated! I´ll have a tour for reviews of your suggestions!

Cheers

 

When I researched the topic this item made my shortlist, along with the usual Roland/Yamaha stuff

 

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I've just noticed you are looking at the lower end of the market? How about going 2nd-hand and see how he takes to it before you commit a larger sum of cash? This way you won't really lose any money on the 'starter kit' and there are some bargains to be had if you look around.

 

can't really help, i've only ever used the roland TD series electronic drum kits and my god some are so expensive, i've played ones that are 20k.

id rather spend 1k and get a beast of an acoustic.

consider your reasons for an electric?

because of the different sounds? space?

personally i'd just get a good acoustic kit and a drum kit pad controller.

but just go into any decent music shop and have a play reviews are good and all but it's your preference at the end of the day

 

with the obvious limitations of these being space...oh and blowing your neighbors' windows out..

that 2box kit sounds great.. but you are looking at a price spread of $600 vs. $2500 UP !!

 

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I'd recommend an electronic kit for making demos, not to mention recording an acoustic kit is a bitch

 

I am an experienced drummer/percussionist. I don't play electronic drums much, but I have tried most of them. Yamaha has plenty of experience at this sort of thing, They work fine. My personal preference of all I have tried is Roland. I prefer the feel of the pads and the their pre-sets. I have never cared much for the feel of Simmons. They all work fine, though. Bonus for the Yamaha kit---That is a nice bass drum pedal. Yamaha makes solid hardware, and I have always liked their pedals. Now that I think about it, from my experience, if it's a musical instrument, outboard marine engine, motorcycle, generator, etc. and it says Yamaha on it, it probably works pretty well.

 

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What do you think about triggering drum software like AD, SD, SSD, Abbey Road etc?

 

Every time I do a search I end up with a Roland, the latest is the TD-30KV, though not really a value item but the only one i like vs acoustic.

 

I don't have any experience with that/those. Once the trigger signal gets converted to MIDI, seems to me it's all a matter of sound preferences, unless latency is an issue. Trying to play drum sounds in real time with any latency is no fun.

 

Interesting point which highlights my ignorance for now. I never saw complaints about this before with electronic kits so ,
seemingly the drivers they use do a pretty good job? or do you need some ancillary software, hardware to make everything
click right ? (pun intended )

 

I love recording my drums in my living room, but I now own too many mics for a home recording guy. Not hard to get decent sounds, but I absorbed a few things from the pros over the years. And of course, there's the person playing....How I hit them and how I mute them etc. is different in a studio environment than live, usually. And not all drummers are comfortable playing with clicks or loops.

 

Last edited: Sep 21, 2015

I'm an Alesis guy. Especially for the price/performance. Just need to spend extra on a decent kick pedal. I have friend's whom play that have either Roland stuff or Yamaha stuff along with their acoustic setups for their e-kit needs/(sort of) silent practicing but to me and people who have used them when the price is factored in we agreed that Alesis are the best bang for buck even if the built-in sounds on the brain are abit tired (You can import your own on the latest) the USB hookup is where it is at for me. I should also say/mention that I am not a drummer personally and for the majority of the stuff I do it is using triggers on the shells of mic'd up drum kits (To afford alot more flexability and options when it comes to mixing if wanted). I'm speaking for metal drummers and metal heads that are close friends along with myself...but what the frig would we know!?! MOAR ATTACK (If your familiar with Kurt Ballou then the triggers/attack thing might make alot moar sense...If not just ingore me)