Hello all,
The title is a bit of a misnomer, but since this is the studio forum it makes sense. Here's where I am at. I am the songwriter for the band, which means I write and demo record all the songs in their entirety. This is accomplished using ProTools LE 7.4 (via MBox 2 Pro) on a PC.
I need to get something into place so that I can record drums for the demos, and because of noise concerns, a set of electronics is the only choice. I realize that of course I can use my MIDI keyboard and do it that way, but I want to have a real (or at least close
) set of drums to bang on when recording the demos. Here's what I'm thinking about:
1. Tactile feel. Again, I'm not a super good drummer, but I'm quite confident that the drummer for the band will be over to re-record parts to finish out even the demos. He and I both grew up on acoustics, so the feel of the set has to be good.
2. Pure MIDI versus Sound Out - This is less of an issue, and more advice. Find a good virtual kit within whatever unit I get (td-3, td-6, td-9, td-12, etc) and run it sound out to protools, or just use the MIDI data and make my kit up in ProTools? I'm leaning towards the latter.
3. Little to no live considerations - Again, this will be a studio only set. If it comes to using V's out live, that's not coming straight from my pocket.
So in summary, I'm thinking where I want to spend my money is in providing the best feel, and likely not as concerned with all the wizzbangs that the various modules offer because we will likely use it for MIDI into Pro and model from there. Thus, I'd think that spending less on the control unit, and maximizing my funds towards better pads is the way to go. This is for a standard five piece BTW, no double bass, hi-hat + two cymbals up top. My budget (egads) is hopefully between 1000 and 1500 MAX MAX MAX. Help?
PS - I wanna stick with Roland overall, but if Hart or someone else has a better pad for cheaper (as I've been reading on here), I'm all for it.
The title is a bit of a misnomer, but since this is the studio forum it makes sense. Here's where I am at. I am the songwriter for the band, which means I write and demo record all the songs in their entirety. This is accomplished using ProTools LE 7.4 (via MBox 2 Pro) on a PC.
I need to get something into place so that I can record drums for the demos, and because of noise concerns, a set of electronics is the only choice. I realize that of course I can use my MIDI keyboard and do it that way, but I want to have a real (or at least close

1. Tactile feel. Again, I'm not a super good drummer, but I'm quite confident that the drummer for the band will be over to re-record parts to finish out even the demos. He and I both grew up on acoustics, so the feel of the set has to be good.
2. Pure MIDI versus Sound Out - This is less of an issue, and more advice. Find a good virtual kit within whatever unit I get (td-3, td-6, td-9, td-12, etc) and run it sound out to protools, or just use the MIDI data and make my kit up in ProTools? I'm leaning towards the latter.
3. Little to no live considerations - Again, this will be a studio only set. If it comes to using V's out live, that's not coming straight from my pocket.

So in summary, I'm thinking where I want to spend my money is in providing the best feel, and likely not as concerned with all the wizzbangs that the various modules offer because we will likely use it for MIDI into Pro and model from there. Thus, I'd think that spending less on the control unit, and maximizing my funds towards better pads is the way to go. This is for a standard five piece BTW, no double bass, hi-hat + two cymbals up top. My budget (egads) is hopefully between 1000 and 1500 MAX MAX MAX. Help?
PS - I wanna stick with Roland overall, but if Hart or someone else has a better pad for cheaper (as I've been reading on here), I'm all for it.
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