Yopps
Senior Member
What are your thoughts on practice pad kits like the DW Smart Practice or the Gibralter pad kits? I need something to practice on at home when I'm away from my normal kit and I was thinking about an e-kit but those ae just out of my price range. Normally I just practice on a pad w/stand and a futz pedal but how much more of an advantage would one of those pad kits be over that basic set up? Is it absolutely essential to have one if you only have access to your kit (it's in a freinds garage space for band rehearsal) once or twice a week (1 hour-90 minutes each session) and want to keep in shape/practice/improve or is the pad and stand good enough? Is it realistic for me to think that what ever I practice on 1 pad will just carry over on multiple drums or do I actually need muliple surfaces to get an "authentic" practice session in and not be confined to hand techniques and rudiments?