acoustic sound quality from electronic set

[Yahoo]

I'm looking to get a small electronic set (just hi-hat, snare, and Kick)and just wondering how "real" the acoustic set emulating patches sound.

Any good brain suggestions? I'm looking for a model that has low amounts of patches that are "effects", good electronic sounds and, of course, great sounding acoustic sets.

is there a way to play wave files on an electronic set( sit down with kicker , not rectangle pads)?

Thank you.

[HiRoller]

The Roland TD-6 sound module might be a good bet but I'm pretty sure it dosen't play any sounds other than whats in the module.

I owned a Yamaha kit w/ DTXv.2 module (generally regarded as a 'good' module) for 3 years and IMHO the acoustic sounds were at best barely tolerable. The Roland's are better but not much and I never played one but the Ddrum's have supposedly the best acoustic sounds but are also really expensive.

You might want to check out www.vdrums.com for all things e-drums and also try manufacturers web sites like www.rolandus.com for demo songs to get a feel of the sounds.

[dmt]

From their ad copy:

As a ddrum4 owner you will have access to ddrum's large and constantly growing Sound Library for an unlimited number of sounds. Connect your ddrum4 to an internet connected computer and download new samples from Clavia's web site into your ddrum4 brain free of charge! The ddrum4 Mega Drumkits Signature Series sounds, recorded by some of the world's greatest drummers, will take the sound and feel of your ddrum4 to an even higher level. And it won't cost you anything extra!

These ddrum4s sound good, but like HiRoller said, they're pretty expensive - try used on e-bay. And you can download (or i think even put in your own) additional sound samples that are supposed to be great. The stock sounds blow away my Alesis DM Pro's sounds and also the Roland modeling sounds I've heard (but I basically only used, in stores, whatever preset was sitting on the demo models for the Rolands). Check out more about the ddrums' sound library here .

 

You could possibly set something up on your own using your computer as the brains, and assemble a top-notch sample library [somehow] to access from some pads like this (wait for image) or possibly even something like this , which would let you trigger your own sounds through a midi connection to your computer. There are even simpler/cheaper all-in-one pad systems if you truly need only snare, hat and kick.

 

The cool thing about the ddrums, besides the great sounds (specializing in acoustic, as opposed to electronic), is the sensitivity and realism of the pads. I read here that ddrum recently went to a more conventional, less drum-like pad that isn't as good, so watch out for that.

 

Frankly, I am surviving with my used DM Pro Kit, even though no one (not even the guys in the ad department) could pretend that it's state of the art in either triggering or sounds anymore.