Pearl Drums E Pro Live - NAMM 2010 Day 2 - Daily Coverage

[angeriod]

i just played this drum set today and WOW WAS I DISSAPOINTED! GLADY I DIDNT BUY THIS. TO ANYONE WHO HASNT TRIED IT AND WANT TO BUY IT PLZ GO PLAY IT FIRST. the only eletronic drum kit i have ever played is the roland TD-4k and it was WAAAAYYY BEETTTER. ppl this drum kit is SHIT for its price wooooww

[iNolaNightmare]

Had the chance to play this kit at the local GC and I have to say, it's not what it's worked up to be and the price isn't too friendly.

[maho30159]

Wuo ist this guy drumming? Todd Sucherman?

[fordshop11]

Played it for the first time today.....drums sound awesome but the cymbals sound like absolute shit!!

[devildawgg67]

Nice vid, thanks for sharing. Please keep 'em coming.

[VA3HFM]

If your a sound guy how do you mix every piece in this kit indvidually , snare separate , kick separate and toms , i understand all the pieces goin to a sound module and then , you are stuck with a left and right send signal , unmm i dont like these things , nothing sounds like the reall thing ,

[SebaChannel]

i though this was a pearl jam video XDDDD

what a fool

[deputy1229]

Finally got to sit behind one of these today. I had high hopes for this. It is a good concept, but a disappointment. I have a Roland TD-12 and was ready to switch. I like the look of regular drums, the ease of recording with digi drums and the fact that this was two kits in one. The heads are horrible and the cymbals are cheap. I hope they find a fix fast or this will be a huge failure. $3199 is outrageous for this.

[dogpuppet]

Check out the hole in his pants at 1:50 BAHAHAAA!! I guess there really is no money music.

[Tobskybobski1]

2:15 sounds like the beat from Rosanna. :)

[higgyfoo]

i don't know about anybody else, but personally if i wanted an electric kit, i dont want it to be like an acoustic kit at all! the only thing that i would want on an electric kit that an acoustic kit has, is the way the sticks respond on the pads. i dont want an electric that will take up just as much room as an acoustic, the advantage of an electric kit shud be a small setup and controllable volume and loads of stupid sounds to mess around with, electric kits wont ever sound like acoustics.

[julioalex922]

i dont like e-kits but this could be a good thing for me due to sometimes we play live in a big open place..and sometimes in a bar or a restaurant and this could be a good thing to have...just change it to the triggers..and then to the standard heads...but it would be a lot of job...

[Wildsea320]

rock the real drums. this doesn't make sense to me.

[apexpein39]

you can transform it into a acoustic drumkit

[CGJ7755]

@apexpein39

Anyone actually heard one of these used as a conventional drumkit? I bet its probably better electronically.

Also... why the hell is this literally HALF the cost of a ROland TD-20 kit?! (which I have)

[jellyboy123]

i like this drum kit looks better than the roland td 20kx

[peterplays4fs]

the point of an electric kit is that it's quiet AND takes up little space. right, so that makes this shit.

and he says it sounds like a real kit, does that hi-hat sound like any of you guys hats? no, didn't think so.

and 128MB thats like...nothing

ffs sake pearl just leave it to Roland, even yamaha are beginning to back off

[ghostnote35]

Not bad. tried this at local music shop in Honolulu. There's a lot you still can't do. I don't think I'll be getting rid of mt Roland TD-20, which has more capabilities any time soon.

BUT, nothing like a good acoustic set.

[FuckinMetal3694]

omfg this is sick

[zkagtrendy]

you cant do rim shot on that

[Geeljasjes]

Still sounds plastic.

[imabitch4u]

the day when they put a 100 gigabites it would sound better like the vst softwares

[dforcefan1213]

Hey at least it doubles as an acoustic kit

[giorgiodrums]

Pearl is one of the best in the acoustic.. n00000000000000

[gibson00000000000000]

great, the module is the alesis dm10 module, painted red, and has pearl's name on it, and what about the e-classic cymbals, they're probably just the alesis surge cymbals that has the e-classic name on it too, but how come there is 2 of the modules, the extra pads need another module to play on it?

[ThuSkyline]

128 mb of ram.....really? For over 3k, you couldn't put more ram in?

[Paiste402]

google Boom Theory. they did this way before pearl *rolls eyes*

[ProDrummer30]

E-Drums never sounds real!! From the first time i heard E-Drums i hate them. Okay, for electronic Music it´s cool... but not for real Drumsound.

[gibson00000000000000]

get a roland, or the alesis dm10 studio kit, and buy extra cymbals and pads, that's worth ur money

[warlockboyburns]

sounds like chicken soup

[DaltonDrums]

Get a roland [:

[jtc95]

fuck off get a real electronic drum kit ya faggot!

[DaltonDrums]

@jtc95 Haha, you're a joke [:

[idadickman]

this is most definitely not the first hybrid kit, FUCK PEARL, carl palmer was the first to have hybrid drums in 1973!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kenbo76]

I have a roland td 10 and I know that my kit blows this one away. Anyone who knows anything about electronic drums knows that the cadillac of E-Drums are roland. Pearl is one of the best in the acoustic drum world but really pearl......dont mess up a good thing.

[RockstarDaniel]

@kenbo76

Well they didnt want to have the best e drum set all they wanted to acheieve was the look and feel of a real drum kit

[JacobStaben]

@kenbo76 Have you played this kit???

[onesickbastard]

might be ok if you got rid of the red box and replaced it with a roland td 20 brain or you could just pass on this kit and get a roland or even a yamaha dx extreme 3 both would be better then this what the hell was pearl thinking

i used to respect pearl oh well they still make great acoustic drums

[roelie2104]

they need the 2box module for the live sounds!!!

and the 2box module has 4 gig memory instead of the 128 mb of the red box module from alesis/pearl...

[crapyemails]

My god.. this is a CR** e-kit.. the module is just Alesis standard DM10 painted in red!..

cymbals are CR**..

sounds are ok'ish.. for a budget kit!.. for a "pro" kit they are "CR**

the only nice part are the heads/triggers.

Cannot believe Pearl made a booboo like this!..

Sad for Pearl.

[rmcgill13]

@crapyemails Don't like the kit either, but not an Alesis module. Pearl actually made it, which really dissapoints :( I agree with the heads as well. Cymbals feel weird too!

[matpeterson21]

its 2999 for the rubber cymbals and 3199 for the brass cymbals

[MrMoshy97]

I have a little kit, beginner sort of thing. Called DevilDrums. I've been playing about 9 months now, and I got some new hardware for it, E.G double bass, new cymbals, spare skins. (just in case). And I can honestly say, I would prefer my, reliable, little acoustic kit that this. I think they little keyboard thing, or what ever it is that you use to fuckin, change the sound, would just piss me right off after a while. BUY AN ACOUSTIC!! NOT AN IMITATION!!!

[jrpg0630]

how much is this?

[MrMoshy97]

Thats what i thought. lol. they mentioned every aspect of the kit. "real clamps... blah, blah, blah". but they never mentioned the price. SO I think, the answer to your question. EXPENSIVE!

Does look like an awesome kit though

[malcolmgetscrazy]

I saw it on Musicians Friend for $3500 I think

[onesickbastard]

$3100.00

[bangijanpin]

Ma io la pearl ce' l'ho gia non posso comprarmi solo la centralina con i suoi trigger e le relative pelli in fibra di nylon ?

[Demetriwalker]

They have found a solution to that machine gun effect. Just let the samples play all the way through.

[andypandy133]

who are they trying to kidd?? its already been done..........i hate electronic kits, it should be illegal

[ChemoTherapy87]

Why this guy has a hole in his pants? At 1.50

[jazzdrummer888]

They emphasize 128MB of RAM? Maybe because that kind of RAM is rare nowadays :) If I want something that looks like real drums, I'll get a REAL one! For eDrums, I still like the portability of Roland Vdrums.

[HandPeopleHandPeople]

it's not like it's a gaming rig computer

[drumguyrobc]

Uhhh...wasn't this done about 20 years ago?

[cutdecision00]

if you can put skin's on this kit can you just buy the electronic pads and put them on a acoustic kit? like my old pearl kit, it would save money for people.

[Guitarbuddy449]

@cutdecision00 so true..? haha

[stevenmcnair1897]

Looks like something pro touring musicians will get into...not people with budgets

[DaDrumBum1]

Again, another great example of Pearl taking someone elses idea and claiming it as their own. This is not the first electronic kit that looks like an acoustic kit, as the video claims. A company called Boom Theory has already invented this type of drumset. Pearl is like the John Williams of the Drumset world. Google the words Boom Theory Spacemuffins and you will see.

[drbisquit]

I'm sorry. I'm a HUGE Pearl fan, but this is kinda stupid. Roland has electronic drums on lock, and I don't even like electric kits. Honestly, I would buy it, take the electronic pads off, slap some evans heads and go to work! ( OR, just like aaronalwines said, I'll just get the Pearl MCX for much cheaper).

[salivasevendustfan]

2999.00 at sam ash availiable may/june

[Exhume2Consume]

128 mb of ram like its SUPER AMAZING. its like my super Nintendo had that much ram.

[aaronalwines]

okay if it sounds and looks like an acoustic then whynot just get an acoustic kit ? cheaper

[jakedihose]

@aaronalwines well, sometimes a quiet drumkit would be great, but to me, that's all.

[Gmac6996]

because u have a volume lol

[BreakB97598]

the hi-hat and the fact that it requires 2 modules to work a kit that size is really a turn down, especially for the price

[stanksdrums]

when it really comes down to it nothing sounds like a real kit

[juddgreg333]

im not really sold on this kit yet i think i'll have to play one to see it seems as though Roland's module blows this thing out of the water and have you noticed that if you want to play more than just a five piece with two cymbals you need a whole other module by the time you get all that shit it's probaly more expensive than the roland with less features

[SimonBak90]

I don't understand what the shells are doing on this electronic kit. By the way: no rims?!

[osakajinomoshiroi]

How much this toy?

[matpeterson21]

so if its also an acoustic kit how do u change the cymbals the bass drum and the hi hat or do you have to buy all of that separately

[MikeyVPT]

IMHO as an electronic drum expert, I played the kit at NAMM and it isn't bad... it's just a LOT of different things...

It's electronic, it's virtual, it's acoustic, it's blah blah... but it just doesn't hit the mark for any of these. It isn't a pure representation of any one of these things... I wish they would have consulted someone before dumping their funds into it... AHH!

-mikey

PS - In my HUMBLE opinion :-)

[mysticradio]

ya but if you trigger software drums , some have 20 samples before they go full circle..... and they are random.... so its more real.........

[wildmanhawkes]

You have to be rich in order to afford them.

[rafter74]

yea, in the product video they sounded less that desirable, and i'd say a little better in this video. they look great, and i like the innovation, but bottom line is sound, and they just don't compare and sing like a certain other company that often leads the way in electronic percussion.

[lolo2556]

in the pearl product video for this the drums sounded pretty bad, but in this they sound really REALLY GOOD

[DrumDudeoneeighttwo]

@lolo2556 I agree.

[roelie2104]

@lolo2556

The 2box drumit five sounds much better, and they have more than 100 real great sounding kits! the pearl has just 1 good sounding kit.

we waiting for the 2box/drumtec set that destroys all electronic drums!!!

[drumstation87]

The thing about these drums is you can take the electronic pads off of the drums, and put real heads on them. So they can be acoustic drums as well.. 2 kits for the price of one.

[Maccarpenter]

Hah! more like for the price of 3

[specialness16]

kinda sounds like Billy Cobham's old drums :P

[TonyRodz11]

looks and sounds awsome.I want one.I love Pearl drums.

[paulwall1981]

I agree with you the drumkilla. Give me a a real acoustic kit over e kits any day. But I have to admit Pearl done a really good job with this kit.

[theownman]

that looks sweet

[theDrumkilla]

Electronic drums are getting better, but WILL NEVER sound like real acoustic drums.

[RenegadeSoundSystem]

@theDrumkilla I beg to differ. Check out Superior Drummer 2.0

[theDrumkilla]

The sounds themselves sound great! But...Rolls and quick strokes get jumbled up because on real drums every note is NEVER the same. In samples they might use a high rate of note velocities, but you're gonna end up using the same ones over and over. Trust me, I've done my share of metal music and the rolls still sound so unreal.

[RenegadeSoundSystem]

@theDrumkilla With velocity layers set to unlimitied I don't have any machine gunning at all. You will never the same sample repeat itself. I'd say its as real as you can get next to having a real drum.

[stanksdrums]

@theDrumkilla i agree with that bro very true

[specialness16]

that's a good thing sometimes, fore certain genres and such

[DrumDudeoneeighttwo]

@theDrumkilla That's a pretty bold statement.

[morbida]

@theDrumkilla  If you connect it to superior drummer I can't tell the difference.

[x1xBLADEXx1x]

@theDrumkilla superior drummer 2....

[theDrumkilla]

@x1xBLADEXx1x Good try...I own it, and mix bands that use it. IT'S REALLY CLOSE, but still not the same.

[x1xBLADEXx1x]

@theDrumkilla superior drummer 3?:)

[angeriod]

@theDrumkilla not true this drum set to me is crap. Superrior drummer 2 will make it sound like a real drum set.