Who here plays an electronic drum set? 🤔

I actually bought the exact same E-kit about three weeks ago. The Doom metal setting converts the hi-hat pedal into an additional bass pedal. I got more than my money's worth for the price. It's a solid kit.

I learned to play on an Alesis Nitro Mesh. You can customize the individual sounds of each drum and expand the kit with 2 extra dual zone toms giving you 4 extra sounds. I use a tom for a tambourine and an extra crash. They make recording a breeze since you literally have an output just for that specifically. And can then import the hits as midi notes into any drum software you want and create any sound you want. Thats the biggest advantage of E-Kits.

I've played acoustic drums my whole life until I sold my last kit in 2013. I now have 3 girls (6, 4, and 3). The oldest is showing an interest in drums, and I think this is a good deal for a starter kit.

Just thought I'd make you aware...I purchased a kit based entirely on this video. I stopped playing 18 months prior because I'm old 😉& I knew the noise of my acoustic kit bothered my wife. I'd never seriously considered an e-kit, then I ran across your video. Just what the doctor ordered, couldn't be happier...thanks👍

one thing to keep in mind is that this also has a usb midi that you could connect to your laptop, which means you could use some even better free online samples to use in this.

As a parent of a drummer, electric kits are awesome

Hi I've just bought the same kit 6 months ago after not drumming for 35years. I absolutely love it and now of course wish I had never stopped playing when I was 19years old. I can now lose myself without disturbing anybody and drum along to numerous tracks via youtube. Mind you this may well be old age crisis as apposed to a mid life version. Great video thanks pal

I don’t currently play on an e-kit, but in high school I had a Yamaha DTXpress-III and I used to play on a Roland TD-20 at a local church. Seeing you jamming to the built in MIDI tracks reminded me of how much fun I had jamming to the built in tracks on that Yamaha. The songs automatically looped and I would just loop them for so long, trying different grooves each time through. So many musical memories 😊 That Roland was also definitely the best at the time

As a guitarist who has always wanted to get an electronic drum kit and start to learn to drum, this seems like a pretty good kit. The $450 price seems pretty reasonable and this seems like a good kit for doing some basic recording.

I can absolutely see benefits to electric drums. Honestly, as a hip-hop producer, unless I'm trying to sample the sound of an acoustic kit I think electric drums are superior for beatmaking. You can trigger any sound with them so the kit is basically just really tactile midi controller. The possibilities are super inspiring.

I’m actually a bass player, but I find it helpful to learn about drums, since they’re the main thing I’m listening to when I’m playing. I have been thinking about getting an electric kit to play around with though because it’s a much cheaper entry point, so thanks for this video!

I have to say, Song 5 really hit a special spot! I used to be in jazz band on low brass, but it's just so groovy and let's you sit in that pocket.

Just for a challenge (well, actually, also to make better use of space in my studio), I built a 7-piece e-kit on an old rolling office chair base. It has 7 drums and 7 cymbals (or cymbal SURFACES). This allows me to roll the whole thing into a corner when I'm not using it - which is most of the time. It uses the 2Box Drumit V 2 module - a great module.

Not only is Song 3 a keygen beat, it's one of the best known ones out there, Quazar's "Hybrid Song 2:20"! I heard that song used in the timelapse and IMMEDIATELY recognized it. I'm very surprised it was used in that module!

At the ripe age of 49, after 40 years of wanting one, I finally bought my first drum set, the Titan 50 by Simmons. I wanted an e-kit for space and volume knob. When it went on sale for $350 for July 4th I jumped on it. Most kits I auditioned had samples that sounded thin or hollow. To me, the Titan 50 by Simmons sounds way better than other comparably priced sets. I would have had to by a $1000 kit from other brands to get comparable sounding samples.

I bought the Donner DED-90 on a whim when I moved into a duplex. It was decent, I've since bought a roland kit and my children really enjoy the DED-90 to this day. Plus im a total rockband and clone hero nerd so these drums work quite nicely for these games

some electric instruments are insane. Took a piano class in college and when I was sound testing I would have to take my headphones off to make sure they were plugged in because it just sounded so realistic.

Donner is definitely doing journeyman's work making accessible, decent quality instruments for not much $$$ like this. I would probably recommend this for an at-home kit for anyone... I should probably scoop one up for MY office.

The e-drums I’m rocking right now is a Simmons yadayada. The hundreds of different settings on e-drums is absolutely incredible and makes for such a good joyride!

I just sold my 1980's Yamaha concert set and all the cymbals because I'm about to hit 65 , I don't play out and much as I loved them they really filled up a room. So last night I brought my Roland E-drums in from the garage. This e-kit is somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 years old & pretty basic. I just finished playing them. I have to say, as simple as they are it was a lot of fun.

Gotta say I'm pretty happy with the Millenium MPS-850. Four toms, two crash, a ride, mesh heads, hi-hat uses a weird sensor on the pole so it feels naturally heavy. It sounds meh, but the control box has MIDI in and out in addition to USB midi. Lotsa sensitivity settings etc. too, so it can be tuned in with EZDrummer or the like to really work pretty good. e: And there are two sizes of tom, two of each size. And the mesh heads feel pretty good. Great practice kit for more proggy stuff where you just need that extra cymbal and tom

I’m sure a lot of these kits are produced the same and my Alesis is very similar in sound and build. I would plug it into an iPad with garage band and use those drum sounds. It would actually sound pretty good!

I am 65 years old and have never played drums, but I am really considering getting this set and learn. It looks like fun.

I was chatting with Leon Russell’s drummer about 20 years ago after a show and he loved his Roland e-kit. Main selling point for him was that his bandmates could stand close and not get killed with the cymbal sounds. No plexi walls. Easy to transport - of course. I’m not a drummer - not sure if I’m even a guitarist. Don’t care. Just subscribed!

I've played e-kits for over 20 years. Just can't beat the convenience. Recording is easy, either audio or Midi then choose whatever sounds you like. Live they're great, cos the band doesn't have to do the loudness wars to compete (although they do anyway...). And e-drums are easy to run through IEMs. One band I was in could practice entirely silently, apart from the singer and the sound of the mesh heads getting walloped. I've played Rolands for the last 20 years but had a Simmons SDS8 for a while before that. Still love 'real' kits, but e-kits are so much more liveable...

E-drums are awesome. I can play at any time of the day, whereas with the acoustic kit, i'm limited to certain hours of the day.

I have a Roland TD-17, and love it! Got a friend who bought a $600 Alesis because he thought that all e-kits are basically the same. He tried my kit the other day and was really surprised by the difference in the quality.

I played a e-kit at my old apartment. The big challenge was cymbals. You just couldn't get a decent hi hat stick/foot interaction, and it was tough to find cymbals that were acoustically quiet: the whole hollow plastic thing was still pretty loud. If I move back to an apartment, I'll spend some more time with it, but the L80/Aquarian OnHead (which can act as triggers) route is pretty good for now.

Just wanted to say I really enjoyed this video and love your stuff. You’ve got a great vibe and present interesting takes on interesting stuff in an entertaining and relaxed way. Thank you!

It may not be proper grunge or metal, but your attempt is still important. Even if we cant capture what you imagined you hear, we know what we SHOULD hear based off of your interpretation. Thanks for that!

First ever kit I "built" was based around a Yamaha DD7 which I removed the piezo surface triggers from, added 1/4" jacks to the casing and then mounted those triggers into some acoustic drums. The toms were 10" rotos, the snare was a 13" brass piccolo filled with rags and a regular drum head, the kick I actually splurged and bought an S&S Industries unit.... similar to a Roland KD-7. After that I bought an Alesis D-4 module, and a footswitch for the HH. Made some cymbals using plastic practice cymbals and some Fishman Blue Microdot piezos. Worked very well and I actually gigged that setup for a few years. Fast forward 30 something years and many E-kits later... my current setup is an expanded Efnote 7. Great seeing the evolution over the years!

I had a decent Roland digital kit for a while, it was a fantastic practice kit. But the BIG, BIG problem with electronic kits is that hell, no, parts for them are not at all available the way they are for acoustic kits. The snare sensor in my Roland wore out because somebody kept hitting it with a stick, and I discovered that the only way to "fix" it was to buy a new snare unit thing for about $300. No spare parts were available through typical music shops at all. That was the end of that $900 investment, I sold it off for $80. A touring drummer whose digi kit fails over something like that is boned, unlike an acoustic drummer, who can just run to any music store for fresh heads if theirs wear out. You also suddenly need a huge, heavy, expensive amp to do any serious live playing, not needed with acoustics. They're cool, but they have big problems.

Your mighty beard just has this gravitational pull

I was pretty surprised that the song tracks actually have sections. Most E-kit songs are like some annoying 4 bar loop that keeps going and going. I was really impressed with the sounds as well. How does it do with Dynamics and Sensitivity? Thank you for uploading this it seems really comparable to my Alesis Command.

I have been playing a Roland TD30 for the last 8 years at church, great kit for the church setting. Has great dynamics to give life to the music. Sound tech has a easier time blending band as a whole group and we do a live stream that sounds just as good as being there. Never an issue with the drums overpowering the band and singers. I love my personal Tama Super Star Classic but for the church setting it is the E-kit that works the best!!

Yeah I bought a Roland E-kit about 2 months ago, my first drum kit for years. There's a lot to like about it, particularly for the 80% of the time I'm just doing drills and practice, so no one else has to hear it. Needs an external amp/speaker to jam with others, which is a bit of a drag, but for practicing alone I reckon it's excellent. Being able to Bluetooth songs/lessons into the system is great too.

I am torn because now the drumming channels I watch have all reviewed this kit. 66samus, EMCproductions, and now David. I am happy to see these channels get the sponsorship money but makes me think is this the “ray con” of the drumming world.

I play the same kit!!! got it a last month and love it. We have small kids and it was the only way i could learn and now drive my family out of my house. lol

So as a 3 pce band that plays different venues, we love the e-kit that our drummer has. Admittedly, the Roland kit he has cost >$2000 but the best thing it has is a volume control on the desk. You do need a good monitoring system for everyone and a suitable PA but you can attain a great mix in any venue that you play in.

Sounds about as good as the Roland Td-3 that cost me about $1100 in 2009. Things have come a long way

Hey I do I’m recording a whole album on it

Huge nostalgia with the building music. It was used in a worms 3 crack like 20 years ago and played every time you booted the game.

Im in an acoustic duo and played all sorts of hand drums. I got tired of dragging them everywhere and finding the right stands that won't fall apart on me. So i switched to a yamaha dtx mid level set. Got a computer and superior drummer. Added some more cymbals and another drum pad. Upgraded the hihat and got a really nice tama speed cobra pedal. Holy shit does it sound great. The cymbals choke, the drums are fun to play, and i can still add pads. Superior drummer is a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge upgrade in sound. The best part is i don't need to mic anything to record and ive been playing with people all over the world on sonobus. And if i don't like a sound i can change it on the fly and add effects like reverb and compression. It all breaks down and fits in a storage container. And when i get bored with that i can turn my acoustic kit into a really giant hybrid kit.

I always had this stigma about 500$ or less drum kits (electronic ones more specifically) being any good. I always thought they were just expensive toys for children or something, till I got my first E kit. Got the Alesis surge mesh and it’s pretty cool it’s better than I expected for the price and it plays pretty well. The only thing I can complain about and it’s a personal preference is the kick drum being small I want to feel that thump when you give it a wack but other than that it’s enough to atleast practice on.

I’ve never had an e-kit and now I’m considering getting one because I have kids, my drum set is at my in-law’s house and need to play!

Acoustic drums are in their cases on the shelf, e-drums are set up getting played. It's just the reality of my situation. It's just so easy to put on the headphones and pick-up the sticks and play on a whim at any time with the phone connected to the module to stream tracks.

Replaced all my Roland rubber pads on my Rolland TD-17 kit with Donners mesh heads, got the whole kit for the same price as Roland wanted for three 8 inch mesh heads. And it turned out the included kick pedal was better than my Mapex.

Just got this set for my 7 year old daughter. She loves it 😊

I have an old Roland td-6v V drums kit as my home practice kit. It was a church kit and kept in great shape. I got it for a great price. Even though it is an older generation kit, the brain still has all the classic sounds, such as good acoustic kits and Roland electronic 808 and 909 sounds. Roland's sounds beat all the others IMHO. Roland builds their pads and cymbals fairly well so they hold up over time and can be fixed easiy if they stop working as well.. I did replace the cheap plastic breakable rack clamps those older gen kits had with stronger modern ones. And I ditched the round PD-8 drum pad and foot pedal setup for the high hat and went with a hi hat stand mounted cymbal pad and trigger base. Realistic and so much more intuitive. It works for me! I'd go with Roland v-drums any day hands down.

I watched this for 3 minutes in 480p without realizing it. That says something about the content. I'm not sure what it says exactly, but it's definitely something.

Been thinking about picking up one of these for a while. It's cheap enough to buy on a whim but expensive and large enough to regret, so thanks for checking it out

My go-to is sampling. I'll create multi-tracks from my real kits and composite them down to individual samples at separate intensities. Basically a homemade MIDI library from my own sounds. I've also either rented nice kits or had my drummer buddies come over to sample their kits. I've had this simmons digi-kit for what seems like forever. Very EOL, but works perfectly fine along side the sampling workflow I use. To sort of make up for the loss of feel and feedback I also run a rehearsal PA in my studio, So i turn the PA stack into a full drum monitor.

I had the first T D 20 with that huge monitor in Vegas. After I programmed all the drum sets ( Aerosmith, LED ZEPPELIN, Jazz, FUNK, ECT ECT ) it was plug and play not to mention recording was a breeze. I used it for years then donated it to a church. The only set back for me was I need more drums and cymbals. I connected an octapad and problem solved.

I just ordered the DED200 Pro. Cant wait. Your review made me curios. Cant wait. Should arrive at wednesday next week.. Anywho, been watching your videos from time time. Seem like a nice dude. Keep on jamming, Much love from Austria

As a trap producer, seeing you coin the 808 loop as a detroit beat (pretty accurate btw) just gave me the biggest smile

I have been playing on my Alesis command x9 mesh kit for almost 6 years. I play for an Army band and I use it primarily for all my at work practice. About 5 or more hours a week with Vader Manhattan 7a sticks. Love it!

I misheard when you said 'Quiet Cont' @6.29. It's what my neighbors screamed at me when I used to practice.

I play an EFNote 5 kit and it’s really great. It suits my current needs which is only getting to play after 9pm at night and recording some songs for videos. I also have an EAD10 which I use the with acoustic kit when I play that, which is not very often anymore. This Donner kit is good value for sure.

no idea why youtube suggested this video to me, but I've been playing with the idea of getting an e-kit for a long time. Never played drums, baldy play guitar, but always wanted to try it. Only thing that kept me from doing so is my "buy the best you can afford" and the price tag that comes with it (Roland kits etc). This is a much nicer price point, but w/o seeing the video I'd have never considered it, figured it's junk. Seems quite nice for a total beginner who might not stick with it, I might just have to order me one of these, thanks for the review!

OH that choice for the montage music! FANTASTIC CHOICE!

Got an old Alesis DM-10. Still not bad, upgraded to mesh heads. V impressed with that kit having choke cymbals at that price.

I currently play a Roland 17k setup. I bough 2 years ago and am still finding cool things about it. I live an aprtment in the north east so playing my acoustic kit is impossible for now. Great video!

I used to play on an ancient Roland TD-5 kit. When I started gigging again about 5 years ago or so, I went with a Yamaha e-kit. I was playing mostly in cover bands, and I love the versatility and portability of an e-kit, not to mention ease of tuning… I’m now in a band that is doing more originals, so I’m looking at picking up an Alesis Strike Pro SE. I’m in the Richmond area…

Just ordered a set Donner 200 , I think for the price it’s the best kit at sounding like acoustic drums ,just needed something portable that doesn’t take 3 hrs to breakdown and go

down to nothing easter egg made me happier than it should have

Thanks for this. I saw this video a month ago and got this delivered just a few days ago. Now starting my journey on drums!!

i havent played in years, but this makes me want to start up again.

Really enjoy your casts. I purchased an e-kit after not playing for about 5 years. Wife loves it for lack of noise. I like it because I can get all the sounds out of the drums that one always struggles with on a normal kit. Although I'm still missing the old Pearls.

finally, rdavidr playing electric drums

Down To Nothing logo is my favourite thing i've seen on a KZfaq video in a long time

I got a Donner kit 2 years ago. I wish I would of looked at Alexis kits and maybe gone to a guitar center to try one out but for the money it is what it is. My 2 year old and I both get to beat on it and I get to practice with headphones when everyone else is sleeping.

I bought this at like 9am today, and it is now 1am the next day and rdavidr is demoing the same kit. i feel much better getting it now tbh!!!

I play a Yamaha DTXpress-IV but, am very soon upgrading to the Roland TD25 KV. Great to see you branching out and facing your fear and trying an electronic drum kit.

I play an old Yamaha. The snare misses sometimes, but it's a thrasher. It's fun. Nothing real serious. Just fun.

Love the small „Down to Nothing“ reference

Greetings from South Bend,WA and happy Sunday to you. I follow your channel and I must tell you that you are wonderful. Not only are your videos so informational/educational, but they are so entertaining. This was such a fun one to watch and I think you will greatly boost the sales of this e-set. I don’t play electric drums. I think they sound fantastic, but I just want for lack of a better term, a “real” drum set. Thank you for sharing you time and vast drum knowledge with all of us.

pretty decent sounds for a beginner-level model. you get high-end models and you still have to mix and eq so much just to get a similar sound (cymbals/hats too bright, snare too tinny/echoey, kick too flat, etc)

I’m not a drummer, my little one is so I’m an unintentional drum tech 😂 He plays the Millenium mps 1000 at home for practice and a Roland in the studio with his teacher. They switch to acoustic coming up to exams which he loves and would prefer all the time but it’s just not practical.

Just recently got an E-Kit. I'm digging it so far, just starting out drumming so it's pretty nice to be able to jam in headphones when I want to :)

I picked up a Roland TD1K second-hand for a good price. It fills a gap when I can't play my acoustic kit, but ultimately it is not great with the rubber pads. It has some of the basic training features, but very limited. I would probably have to say this Donner kit is better than the basic Roland kit.

Just ordered a Roland TD 1DMK bundled kit that includes sticks, a throne and a double kick pedal. Figured I'd start small since this is my first e-kit.

The song at 9:25 is an real keygen song, its from a cracked version of Teleport Pro v.1.43. It was made by the artist: Quazar - Funky Stars (aka Hybrid Song). Interesting that they put this as a pre-programmed song choice!

Dude those built-in songs are honestly pretty sick

Played live gigs for 25+yrs with an 10pd ekit, made up of two 16bit Alesis HRs and a Roland PM16 midi'd together....back when it didn't all come in one box. They finally gave out, but that's quite a few years. Went back to acoustics for another 12yrs and 2yrs ago revived the kit of Simmons pads and KD5s & 7s and REAL cymbals with the 32bit Alesis Strike Pro unit. Still enjoy 'em even tho I've got an 8pc Pearl Masters acoustic kit. Love 'em both....if ya need the visual esthetic, the Pearl's do the trick....if ya want the great studio processed voices, the ekit's the way to go.

Sounds pretty legit. Usually cymbals on elec kits make me sad but those sounded decent.

Great video! 1:46 , I don’t even know what C+ means 😅 I live in The Netherlands and we only use 1-10. It was a cool review, i play an acoustic kit myself but some day I will play an electric kit beside my acoustic kit. The Donner kit sounds pretty good imo! Love your video’s ❤

This sounds a whole lot better than my TD 11 plus the play along music is fantastic!

Great playing, I always had acoustic kits, I like what I saw meaning the kit setup and of course your drumming. I am gonna go out and buy that exact model DED-200. That’s and incredible practice kit and a kit to develop interesting and exciting drum patterns which can then be played on your favorite acoustic kit. Thanks. As drummers we are always a work in progress in developing our playing skills. Again thank you.

I have my traveler drum kit converted in electronic, i made the triggers, and have an old Alesis DM10 module, great sounds and lots of options to personalize sounds

I'm really glad you brought out the BOSS DR-5! That's a classic piece of equipment! I am actually about to be sending away for a BOSS DR-202 (Dr Groove), with an updated custom backlit display. It has some of the best sounds that are easy manipulate & can come very close to realistic tones when mixing & eq levels are right. I had one of them many years ago & it was stolen from me, along with much of the music i had written to it, so I'm really looking forward to getting back into writing with it again, when i receive it here in a couple of weeks. Cheers!! 🙂

I really enjoyed this video because you seemed to be having fun. I play Jobeky drums with a Roland TD27, digital snare hats and ride and Roland cymbals. Love it! Not sure it’s worth the added work to gig with or not, but the bonus is practicing at any time without disturbing the wife. Thanks for the Saturday morning entertainment.

Never played an electronic kit, however caught a live Drumeo last week and Jarred said about wanting a North Kit, being as you've worked with them in the past.👍👍

10:00 The accuracy 😂 I almost started rapping

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed this video. You might have just persuaded me to purchase this kit for my four year old, who is a passionate, aspiring drummer. Thank you!

Fun video, but man, gotta shout out the Opinel knife. I've had mine for 20+ years, and it's an absolute workhorse folding knife. Great for a big unboxing like this!

Yeah I'm impressed! I actually have an old Yamaha DT Express III that I haven't touched in years. This makes me wanna grab it and start playing around with it again!

All those kit songs sound like Sega Saturn music, and I'm all for it!

That rug really ties the kit together

I have an earlier version of the Donner Ded-200 e-kit and I like it. Very affordable for the beginning drummer (me) and it didn't feel cheap or like a toy.