introducing

[cporro]

hiya. i've been recording for about 8 years. have a decent project studio at my place. took up drums about 3 years ago. formerly played guitar and sang. i have one kit at the space another at home. both acoustic.

i want to be able to play more at home and record with more ease but i want a kit that sounds and plays realistic. so i'm looking for advice from others like myself who have bravely gone before me. i don't want to have to buy a series of upgrades. that's why i'm here.

once i get into something i can get pretty involved and understanding it. hopefully up the road i can advise others.

[CaTaPulT]

Hi cporro and welcome to this place.
Your best bet regarding eDrums is to go to some music stores and try some.
eDrum feel is so very dependant on the person's taste, some prefer mesh heads while others very much like rubber pads, they both react and feel different.
So unless you actually try both you won't know.
As for modules, take a look at both the Yamaha DTXtreme III and the Roland TD-20, these are top of the line modules from their respective manufacturers.
The DTXtreme III is brand new and was just released at this year's winter NAMM, the Roland TD-20 is getting kind of dated, it's been around for something like 4 or 5 years now, but Roland is in the process of releasing a add on card to plug into the TD-20, I don't know what this card does however since it's just being released.
Cost wise.... anything with the Roland name will be expensive for what you get, this is why I like Yamaha better, I had a TD-20 kit for about 3 weeks, personally, I wasn't impressed with it and sold it, I then bought a Yamaha DTXtreme III standard kit which I really like.
Find out what you need for your studio, look up both module's features in downloadable manuals from their respective sites and try these kits out at music stores if at all possible.
Dollar for dollar, the Yamaha DTXtreme III kits are a better buy, they are less expensive than the Roland TD-20 kits and have more features, have better refined sounds out of the box and the components are of very good quality.
Good luck in which ever way you go. :)
Take care

Regards: >>>> Jack <<<<
Do your homework.

[evil1rox]

It's amazing there aren't knock off's (like the purses and sunglasses you can buy everywhere) of famous edrum gear yet.

The Iphone has a knock off... they should get started on oRland drums. LOL

If you're a studio guy primarily..and drums are not your "first" instrument, you may like the Yammie better. Some others can chime in here I'm sure, but from what I've read the the Yammie module is bascily a Motif X synth for drummers...-very crude definition of course but it's more of a studio instrument from what I understand.

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[fignewton]

Welcome aboard!

[TAKnipe]

I echo what the other guy said, welcome to the friendliest place on earth ;D