Jasperdrummer
Junior Member
I've given my thoughts on a similar topic in another thread, but I wanted to express myself more and maybe get some of your personal opinions for those who have experienced this as well. I'm going to try and get to the point as quickly as I can. I'm mainly going to list the negatives. It's just my opinion after all so I hope nobody takes offence to it.
I've owned a Roland TD-30 since late 2016 I want to say. Expensive, of course, and I was under the impression that this would solve all my issues in terms of being able to play during the night at low volumes, which it did. I was excited to start using V-drums as well.
But, after playing on it for a few months and getting back on an acoustic kit...boy, did it feel like I just lost 7 years of progress. I was pretty much in disbelief as well to be honest, but nope, it was true.
I'll only list the two main negatives that I've found when playing on electronic drums:
In my opinion, I personally think E-kits are only necessary if you need to be able to play as quiet as possible. I'm not hating on E-kits, but for me as a drummer, I've realised that they aren't for me. For the record, the transition from my DW Go Anywhere practice kit to an acoustic kit has been much smoother in the past. I guess it goes to show that spending large amounts of money on an electronic kit may not be worthwhile after all depending on the person of course.
I've owned a Roland TD-30 since late 2016 I want to say. Expensive, of course, and I was under the impression that this would solve all my issues in terms of being able to play during the night at low volumes, which it did. I was excited to start using V-drums as well.
But, after playing on it for a few months and getting back on an acoustic kit...boy, did it feel like I just lost 7 years of progress. I was pretty much in disbelief as well to be honest, but nope, it was true.
I'll only list the two main negatives that I've found when playing on electronic drums:
- The samples on an E-kit are programmed/EQ'd in such a way where everything sounds perfect, especially when wearing headphones. Of course, you can adjust the sensitivity but even still. With headphones on, your not taking note of proper technique and especially not dynamics.
- Mesh heads/V-drums are bad in my opinion. Too much rebound and feel nothing like a real drum. (That's to be expected though.)
In my opinion, I personally think E-kits are only necessary if you need to be able to play as quiet as possible. I'm not hating on E-kits, but for me as a drummer, I've realised that they aren't for me. For the record, the transition from my DW Go Anywhere practice kit to an acoustic kit has been much smoother in the past. I guess it goes to show that spending large amounts of money on an electronic kit may not be worthwhile after all depending on the person of course.