1) RTFM...that is, read the manual...read it a lot.
2) The factory preset sensitivity of the set is usually too low...but taking it too high will get cross activation or multiple registered hits off of one hit.
3) Understand amplification, eq, monitoring and effects. Passing your signal through effects can assist with thickening the sound.
4) Cymbal sounds tend to suck related to real cymbals...some e-kits will allow you to trigger >1 sample(or you can look at adding a midi module/synth bank)...and you can get a wider more complex cymbal sound.
5) Make friends with a keyboard synth player who is really invested...and learn.
6) Don't expect it to be an acoustic set.(but don't expect an acoustic set to be an e-kit.
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7) Playing an e-kit feels very different than an acoustic...and my acoustic skills did atrophy as my e-kit skill built...different instruments.
I tried hybrid e-kit with acoustic cymbals as i found high pitch sound to be hard to generate in a nice way compared to acoustic...all the headaches of managing a drum set as well as the headaches of managing a 'powered' instrument...those logistics and the expense to get the e-kit to have better sound drove me away.
(Note: I find mic management/learning for acoustic far easier than what you get saddled with when going e-kit...and if your main module goes out its not like replacing a broken head/cymbal/mic and recovery during a session is far less likely unless you dump LOADS of $ on redundancy - and some gigs can be pulled off if the power goes out and some of the other musicians are smart enough to carry acoustic instruments but not so with e-kit---and e-kits don't make reasonable sounds when not powered so you are stuck hunting for empty boxes to hit or carrying something like a cajon/dumbeck/djembe/tabla for 'just in case')
2) The factory preset sensitivity of the set is usually too low...but taking it too high will get cross activation or multiple registered hits off of one hit.
3) Understand amplification, eq, monitoring and effects. Passing your signal through effects can assist with thickening the sound.
4) Cymbal sounds tend to suck related to real cymbals...some e-kits will allow you to trigger >1 sample(or you can look at adding a midi module/synth bank)...and you can get a wider more complex cymbal sound.
5) Make friends with a keyboard synth player who is really invested...and learn.
6) Don't expect it to be an acoustic set.(but don't expect an acoustic set to be an e-kit.
)7) Playing an e-kit feels very different than an acoustic...and my acoustic skills did atrophy as my e-kit skill built...different instruments.
I tried hybrid e-kit with acoustic cymbals as i found high pitch sound to be hard to generate in a nice way compared to acoustic...all the headaches of managing a drum set as well as the headaches of managing a 'powered' instrument...those logistics and the expense to get the e-kit to have better sound drove me away.
(Note: I find mic management/learning for acoustic far easier than what you get saddled with when going e-kit...and if your main module goes out its not like replacing a broken head/cymbal/mic and recovery during a session is far less likely unless you dump LOADS of $ on redundancy - and some gigs can be pulled off if the power goes out and some of the other musicians are smart enough to carry acoustic instruments but not so with e-kit---and e-kits don't make reasonable sounds when not powered so you are stuck hunting for empty boxes to hit or carrying something like a cajon/dumbeck/djembe/tabla for 'just in case')
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