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I don't generally start posts, and the ones I do start tend not to be of a random nature, but suddenly, I got caught up in this reflection that was drifting through my transom 
, while reading Jrcel's comments about the V-drum/Ddrum/Yamaha thing, probably because I can feel Jrcel's frustration, I've had it myself.
Sometimes I stop and think that we're all here at this board and although we all love the path we've chosen, and we all love our e-drums [whatever flavor they might be], but we all still wish the the package was more complete.
To a few of us, it's not enough to be at the forefront of drums and technology, but we do our best to push it further than where most of the products we use reside - that sweet spot between what is possible technologically (i.e. what we want)and what is reasonable financially for the companies to produce(i.e.What they're giving us).
A lot of people here take that as complaining, or roland-bashing, but they're fools. It may take the form of complaining, but I elect to think of it as a desire to chip away the stone little by little so that what we're left with is a perfect product.
I would view complaining as vocalizing dislikes about what I have, which is off the mark. I do, on occasion, vocalize about what I'd LIKE to have, which I'd suggest is more wishful thinking than complaining.
I guess all we see is what we want.
I know that's all I see.
I just read recently in a post where one of us (regretfully, I don't remember who) said something to the effect of, "I never had as much fun with my old acoustics as I do with my v-drums"
Boy is that true.
I love my V-drums, and I feel the same way - there are things that I've always wanted to do but couldn't until I got my v-drums (no matter how I tuned my low tom so it would sound kinda like a bass drum
), and the kit has opened up endless doors for me as a player.
Electronic drums afford us the opportunity to express ourselves in a way that we never could before. Sometimes I think up things to do on my kit that I think would give a traditional player a heart attack. Depending on how we approach our still-evolving instrument, I'm not sure some of us are still technically "drummers."
I get tiny revelations of new things I can try all the time on my electronics.
That said, I doubt I'll ever stop wishing that certain things were easier, or sounded better, or that certain useful features could be added.
This is the expression of the creative mind. This is why we have things that make our lives better, like cordless telephones - because someone didn't like the way it was before, and changed it.
Sorry for the long and probably senseless rant. I just thought I'd see if anyone had a thought on that as well.
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, while reading Jrcel's comments about the V-drum/Ddrum/Yamaha thing, probably because I can feel Jrcel's frustration, I've had it myself.Sometimes I stop and think that we're all here at this board and although we all love the path we've chosen, and we all love our e-drums [whatever flavor they might be], but we all still wish the the package was more complete.
To a few of us, it's not enough to be at the forefront of drums and technology, but we do our best to push it further than where most of the products we use reside - that sweet spot between what is possible technologically (i.e. what we want)and what is reasonable financially for the companies to produce(i.e.What they're giving us).
A lot of people here take that as complaining, or roland-bashing, but they're fools. It may take the form of complaining, but I elect to think of it as a desire to chip away the stone little by little so that what we're left with is a perfect product.
I would view complaining as vocalizing dislikes about what I have, which is off the mark. I do, on occasion, vocalize about what I'd LIKE to have, which I'd suggest is more wishful thinking than complaining.
I guess all we see is what we want.
I know that's all I see.
I just read recently in a post where one of us (regretfully, I don't remember who) said something to the effect of, "I never had as much fun with my old acoustics as I do with my v-drums"
Boy is that true.
I love my V-drums, and I feel the same way - there are things that I've always wanted to do but couldn't until I got my v-drums (no matter how I tuned my low tom so it would sound kinda like a bass drum
), and the kit has opened up endless doors for me as a player. Electronic drums afford us the opportunity to express ourselves in a way that we never could before. Sometimes I think up things to do on my kit that I think would give a traditional player a heart attack. Depending on how we approach our still-evolving instrument, I'm not sure some of us are still technically "drummers."
I get tiny revelations of new things I can try all the time on my electronics.
That said, I doubt I'll ever stop wishing that certain things were easier, or sounded better, or that certain useful features could be added.
This is the expression of the creative mind. This is why we have things that make our lives better, like cordless telephones - because someone didn't like the way it was before, and changed it.
Sorry for the long and probably senseless rant. I just thought I'd see if anyone had a thought on that as well.
BINARY
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