Well, I have to say, I love the look of acoustic kits, especially with beautiful stain, lacquer, or wrapped finishes. I love the size, the hardware, the shiny cymbals, etc. All of it is awesome, visually. Then there is the sound. Oh the sound... Holy crap is it loud. I mean deafeningly loud. Not only is it loud, but everything blends together to create a nasty white noise that obscures all articulation. All the drums and cymbals resonate in to a mess of chaotic feedback. Ugg... It really makes me appreciate the sound of an electronic drum set.
Many people say electronic drums don't sound like acoustic drums, and I have to say, I am happy that they don't. The ability to tune an electronic kit to have just the amount of resonance you want, to adjust the volume of each instrument, the sensitivity of each pad, etc. all lead to a better drumming experience, in my opinion. I used to love playing on my acoustic kit, but being away from it for 6 or 7 years and playing solely on my electric kit for the past year and a half, I have to say electronics are winning the battle in sound. They don't have the beauty of an acoustic kit, but having studio quality sounding drums I believe beats this out.
Yeah, something like a TD-30KV costs a lot of money, but so does a DW collectors, or a Tama Starclassic, or Pearl Reference, etc. Not to mention if you want to record your acoustic drums, you have to buy a bunch of microphones, a mixing console, studio software for mixing, etc... It all adds up really fast to the point that electronic drums, even something as expensive as a TD-30KV, becomes very cost effective. Add in the fact that an electronic kit can be tuned to whatever sound you want, you have hundreds of kits all in one. An acoustic kit can give you maybe 3 or 4 different turnings that sound good. Your cymbals always sound the same though. So you have maybe 3 to 4 kits with the acoustic and hundreds with the electric. Which one is a better deal?
Again, I love the beauty of acoustic kits. Visually, they are stunning. Electronic kits, at least the pre-packaged Roland, Yamaha, 2Box, etc, just can not compete. Sound wise, I think I will take an electric kit any day of the week.
P.S. The kits I played over the weekend were Yamaha Oak Custom, DW Collectors Maple, and Tama Starclassic Maple - Stewart Copeland signature series (only 35 of these kits were ever produced). So they weren't any crappy kits. All top of the line stuff.
Anyone else feel this way?
Many people say electronic drums don't sound like acoustic drums, and I have to say, I am happy that they don't. The ability to tune an electronic kit to have just the amount of resonance you want, to adjust the volume of each instrument, the sensitivity of each pad, etc. all lead to a better drumming experience, in my opinion. I used to love playing on my acoustic kit, but being away from it for 6 or 7 years and playing solely on my electric kit for the past year and a half, I have to say electronics are winning the battle in sound. They don't have the beauty of an acoustic kit, but having studio quality sounding drums I believe beats this out.
Yeah, something like a TD-30KV costs a lot of money, but so does a DW collectors, or a Tama Starclassic, or Pearl Reference, etc. Not to mention if you want to record your acoustic drums, you have to buy a bunch of microphones, a mixing console, studio software for mixing, etc... It all adds up really fast to the point that electronic drums, even something as expensive as a TD-30KV, becomes very cost effective. Add in the fact that an electronic kit can be tuned to whatever sound you want, you have hundreds of kits all in one. An acoustic kit can give you maybe 3 or 4 different turnings that sound good. Your cymbals always sound the same though. So you have maybe 3 to 4 kits with the acoustic and hundreds with the electric. Which one is a better deal?
Again, I love the beauty of acoustic kits. Visually, they are stunning. Electronic kits, at least the pre-packaged Roland, Yamaha, 2Box, etc, just can not compete. Sound wise, I think I will take an electric kit any day of the week.
P.S. The kits I played over the weekend were Yamaha Oak Custom, DW Collectors Maple, and Tama Starclassic Maple - Stewart Copeland signature series (only 35 of these kits were ever produced). So they weren't any crappy kits. All top of the line stuff.
Anyone else feel this way?
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