Yamaha DTXpress IV Electronic Drum Set

The Yamaha DTXpress IV Electronic Drum Set features an all-new and improved palette of high-fidelity sounds, great-feeling responsive drum pads, and advanced tools for refining your groove and sharpening your timekeeping skills.

The redesigned DTXpress IV module features 427 high-quality drum/percussion voices with 22 keyboard/effect voices. An advanced programmable metronome with Groove Check feature lets you work on your drumming accuracy and sticking precision. The module lets you record your own single-track songs and trigger them from the pads or play along with the preset styles.

Plug the Yamaha DTXpress IV in to the sound system of your choice, or use the headphone jack and aux in jack to practice or play along with prerecorded tunes anytime and anywhere in privacy. The DTXpress IV Special makes it all possible with better sounds than ever before!

Yamaha DTXpress IV Electronic Drum Set Features:

* DTXpress IV module
* 2 – TP65S dual-zone pads
* 4 – TP65 single-zone pads
* one – PCY130SC 3-zone cymbal
* KP65 kick pad
* HH65 hi-hat controller
* Rack
* Polyphony: 32-note
* Voices: 427 drum & percussion, 22 keyboard/effects
* Drum kits: 50 preset, 20 user
* Dual voice capability
* Effects: Reverb x 16 types, master EQ
* Trigger setups: 7 preset, 4 user
* Pad controller: snare adjust, tuning, tempo
* Pad functions: drum kit
* INC/DEC, Click set INC/DEC, Tempo INC/DEC, Click ON/OFF
* Pad songs: Start/Stop, Chase, Cut Off, 3 simultaneous songs
* Sequencer
* Note capacity: 16,000
* Note resolution: 96 PPQ
* Track: 1
* Songs: 3 demo, 41 practice songs, 19 pad songs, 20 user
* Metronome
* Tempo: 30-300BPM, tap tempo
* Beat 1-9
* Timing: Accent, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note, triplet
* Click sound sets: 6 preset, 1 user
* Click presets: 30
* Click timer: 0-600 seconds
* Connectors:
* Trigger inputs: 8
* Outputs: L/Mono, Right
* Headphone jack, Aux in
* MIDI out

A single drummer can sound like a whole band with the DTXPress IV.

Rating:
Great, inexpensive start into the electronic drum genre. Great practice set. Includes a wide range of drum sets. Customizable and gets great reviews on the vendor’s site. The price is low and will allow a drummer to easily try out what electric sets are all about.

Evans Adjustable Dampening EMAD Bass Drumhead

The Evans Adjustable Dampening EMAD Bass Drum Head comes with two revolutionary damping rings, each of which affects the head’s sound and pedal response. EMAD stands for: Externally Mounted Adjustable Damping and this external system maximizes natural attack characteristics. It offers tremendous dynamic range (even at low dynamic levels where other systems fall short). It also allows quick, easy adjustments without having to remove the head from the drum—an especially valuable feature during recording sessions. Evans EMAD Bass Drum Heads come in 18″, 20″, 22″, and 24″ sizes.

Rating:
Evans emad bass drum heads are one of the greatest bass drum heads around. The dampening ring works perfectly. I don’t use any type of internal muffling with this head. It’s suitable for all types of music including rock, jazz, etc. You can achieve great sound results with this head and change up the amount of muffling on the fly. I swear by it.

Just Released! Pearl E-Pro Hybrid Electronic Acoustic Drum Set with Brass Cymbals Review

* Real wood drums for totally realistic feel
* eClassic brass cymbals
* TruTrac heads
* Pearl Redbox Drum Module
* 1000 sounds & 100 preset kits with 100 user kits
* Ability to import external virtual drumsets from ToonTrak, BFD2, Sonic Reality, Ocean Way Drums, Steven Slate Drums, and Virtual Drumline from Pearl’s website.

Some info from Pearl’s site:

“No more playing on small 8″ pads. e-Pro Live features 10″x6.5″, 12″x7″ and 14″x8″ rack toms with a 20″x12″ bass and 14″x4.5″ snare with white heads.”

“No one makes better hardware than Pearl, and the foundation of e-Pro Live starts with the modified Icon Rack. The tom arms, shells, cymbal holders and rack are all covered under Pearl’s Lifetime Warranty. The rack will accommodate adding more drums and cymbals.”

“e-Pro Live features 6-ply, beautiful wood shells along with robust drum hardware and durable drum finishes. Two finishes available: #31 Jet Black and Pearl’s new Artisan II finish, Quilted Maple Fade #464.”

“e-Pro Live is two kits for the price of one. e-Pro Live is made with real, wood drums and turning your kit into a great sounding acoustic drumset is as easy as 1-2-3. One, remove the top hoop and the Tru-Trac head. Two, replace with a regular drumhead. Three, replace the top hoop, and tune and play!”

“Cymbals featured on the e-Pro Live are Pearl’s E-Classic high-end electronic cymbals, and are made with real brass. The E-Classics feel and respond to your playing just like real cymbals, because they ARE real cymbals. E-Classics feature a 3-zone plus choke 16″ Ride, 13″ chokable crash and super responsive 12″ Hi-Hats.”

“The traditional rubber EPC2 cymbals are also available and feature a 14″ 3-zone Ride, a 12″ Crash, and a set of 12″ super responsive hi-hats.”

“Pearl’s Tru-Trac Electronic Heads feature dualzones that reproduce all of the intricacies a drummer hears when playing acoustic drums. Smooth coating on the heads makes moving from drum to drum fast and easy. The formula used to create Tru-Trac Heads produces a feel virtually identical to acoustic drums.”

“The ultimate goal of a drum module is to reproduce the REAL SOUND of drums. And who better to engineer REAL SOUND than Pearl, the company who knows drums the best. The r.e.d.box. is Pearl’s drum module. R.E.D. stands for REAL ELECTRONIC DRUMS, and it’s also the color of this amazing module.”

“The r.e.d.box features 128MB of RAM. The full memory is used to accommodate the Original Acoustics of 1000 High Definition sounds and 100 High Definition kits. The sound library includes acoustic and vintage drums, electronics from beat machines to modern digital and a variety of orchestral, concert and world percussion instruments.”

“One of the most unique features of the r.e.d.box module is the ability to flash the memory of the module and replace the Original Acoustics with one large and lush-sounding kit. A few easy steps and you’ll be on your way to playing premium kits on your e-Pro Live from the best drum sampling software companies in the world! Visit redboxsoundshop.com to preview and purchase specially designed kits from Toontrack, BFD, Ocean Way, Steven Slate, Sonic Reality, and Virtual Drum Line and download the free software that allows your PC or Mac to communicate with the r.e.d.box.”

Rating:
Wow…It looks great. Pearl quality, real look…this is revolutionary. This kit looks phenomenal. I’m very impressed with the way they have incorporated a “real drum” look. You’ll even be able to buy new drum set sounds, etc. Is it time to cash in my Pearl Acoustic set?…hmmm.

Sabian HHX Super Cymbal Pack

Sabian delivers the the greatest playing experience with the HHX Super Cymbal Pack. It features sonically advanced cymbals that deliver the best projection and a full, rich tone with tight focus and quick response. Each cymbal in the set is handcrafted from Sabian’s B20 bronze, a combination of 80% copper with silver and 20% tin. They are ‘Sonically Matched’ as pairs, and they are quality-protected by the Sabian 2-Year Warranty.

The Sabian HHX super cymbal set includes a set of 14″ X-Celerator hi-hats, 14″, 16″, and 18″ Studio crashes, a 10″ splash, and a 20″ Stage ride.

HHX X-Celerator Hi-Hat Set

These hi-hats, designed by the Sabian Vault Team to deliver increased speed and crisp, give highly defined clarity. While the simmering, modern HHX tonality is generated by the medium-weight top cymbal, the speed and crispness are created by the ultra heavy bottom and its contoured ‘Air Wave’ design. These contours expel air when the cymbals come together, eliminating sound-muting airlock to create a combination of tone and projection.

HHX Studio Crash Cymbals

The HHX Studio Crash has been designed as a thin cymbal loaded with bright tone that shimmers with pure musicality. These HHX cymbals put out rich, simmering tones. Super-sized hammering and an exclusive Tone Projection feature add bite to project the musical sounds of HHX Cymbals through everything from pumped-up grooves and thickly textured tracks, to guitar-heavy, high-end wailing. HHX Cymbals combine the best of two worlds, traditional tone and modern projection.

HHX Stage Ride Cymbal

The HHX Stage Ride offers ultimate, bright stick definition within a shimmering blend of glassy tones, all topped with a solid raw bell. Medium.

HHX Splash Cymbal

The HHX splash delivers fast, biting, and colorful tones with a punchy attack and very rapid decay rate with increased punch. Extra thin.

The Sabian HHX Super Cymbal Pack Features:

* B20 ‘cast’ bronze (80% copper with silver, 20% tin)
* Sonically Matched

Included:
* 14″ HHX X-Celerator Hi-Hat Set
* 14″ HHX Studio Crash
* 16″ HHX Studio Crash
* 18″ HHX Studio Crash
* 20″ HHX Stage Ride
* 10″ HHX Splash

Rating:
Solid cymbal pack. Highest quality from one of the greatest cymbal makers in the world. You get a ton for the money on this cymbal set up. The finishes are beautiful and The Sabian HHX line up give some of the best sound I’ve ever heard.