Will The Roland VAD706 Be Replaced Soon?

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Publicado 2024-06-19

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  • @philippes1987
    Roland is due for a new flagship module. With the mimic pro and strata prime available, they need to level up.
  • @droopydoc55
    Roland really should design their new module with a bigger, interactive screen. They also should really upgrade their file system (the way you save or load backups, kits etc.) - it's pre-DOS.
  • Flagships are interesting because of the economic climate. Not a ton of disposable income is floating around right now for the hobbyist drummers to get the latest and greatest, and you have lots of small to mid-tier bands struggling to turn any sort of profit from touring. Not sure who the market is at this point for a $7 - $10 kit, especially if they already have something like the TD-50 or another brands flagship. And besides, what else could be put in a kit now that is not pure marketing?
  • @Edrumcenter
    Great video as always Justin! One update is that the TD-50KV2 is no longer available from Roland in the USA. We sold our last one a month ago and can't get any more. The TD-50XEXP is also sold out and there are none left which just happened last week.
  • @antrykar
    Great insights, as usual! Thanks!
  • @ianmclean5541
    I realize I’m off subject and a bit of an outlier, but I spent small dollars on a Yamaha TCS pad kit base model and having owned several Roland kit’s including the TD-30, I’d be hard pressed to give up the excellent Yamaha sounds and TCS pads for a Roland kit. Yes the Roland’s look great but I’m only using this kit for practice. Full disclosure, I cheated and swapped out the Kick with a Pearl 18”x12” and put everything on my Gibraltar chrome rack, so it looks great. Bottom line for me though is the amazing drum sounds coming through my Sennheiser NC headphones and the feel of those TCS pads. To each their own though.
  • @shannongibson4591
    Hey Justin, just want to say thank you for what you do. I'm a long time watcher and your reviews and take on things have been super helpful for me as I've slowly been upgrading and experimenting with my eKit for both home and live gig use. Cheers man, you do great work
  • @craigdrummer13204
    Thanks for the information I may get an e-kit next year not sure.
  • I love 2Box to launch a new larger module. More inputs, more outputs, larger screen, use the newly developed compressed files with increased memory. If posibile allow inputs of the competitors hi-hat multi pin cables or USB digital hats.
  • @forcerinen
    Thomann has delisted all VAD-drumsets for some reason, there's just one B-stock set
  • @baterizmo
    That´s all very likely to happen...and yes Pearl....the Mimic Pro module also seems to be discontinued, at least in Europe.
  • I own the Roland VAD 706 kit and the DWe kit. What I would like to see is more of the DW Soundworks program integrated into the TD-50X or newer TD-XXX modules, especially the drum and cymbal sounds!!
  • @Zursen
    As an EU VAD706 owner due to the massive price drop... I love it. But the Module feels ancient for sure! It's still very powerful, very logical. But from a UI perspective, I can see the drawbacks that other models are tackling like Zildjian, Strata, Gewa. Everyone loves touch screen and easy UI's these days, Roland UI almost requires a Udemy course to get true value out of it lol. They have some really powerful tech that others don't have like digital hi-hat/ride/snare but they lack positional sensing toms, 3 zone cymbals and a modern UI module and some other fancy gimmicks other companies might be doing. Has to be a new line coming but I think you make a good point about DWe breathing room. Can't even see them on sale in Europe at the minute and maybe that's what is coming out next. Can still buy Roland TD-50KV2's in EU for 6699-7499EUR so they still have flagship models available. It is actually insane to me that the VAD706 is cheaper than TD-50KV2, I know you get the extra tom pad but outside of that.... VAD kicks it's ass :D Good video man, even though I've bought my kit and won't be upgrading for a long time, I find all edrum news so awesome! Be interesting to see how well Zildjian can compete with DWe.
  • @ZalmanStern
    ATV's coolest product is the AFrame. A similar product with robust positional sensing to drive effects and fully synthesized sound would be an amazing creative tool.
  • @garydavidson922
    Justin, I think you've overlooked one thing that I believe gives Roland the impetus to release a new flagship model when it does, and that is when they have something that is so innovative and revolutionary that it sets a new benchmark. When the TD-50 was first released, it came with three digital inputs but only two digital instruments, the snare drum and ride cymbal. I KNEW the hi-hat couldn't be too far behind, but I was surprised that they upgraded the module to the TD-50X when they released the digital hi-hat, plus released the TD-27 which also utilized the three digital instruments. (Side note: I tried to buy the hi-hats when they were first released, but because of the pandemic and supply-chain issues from chip manufacturers, it took me a whole year to actually receive them.) But in addition, there were so many variations of set-ups released with the TD-50 including custom hardware options. They also had the wood shells available in Black finish, and also offered packages to just buy the digital snare and ride cymbal with a TD-50 module. I think there was also a package with digital hi-hats bundled with the TD=27 module, and then they also released the TD-50X with options for wood shells in four different colors. The three modules gave so many different set-up options that it was possible to create a custom configuration that was unique and individual. So now, the question becomes, what else would you want in your kit? The digital hi-hat made sense, but a digital bass drum? Not so much! So what would make ME, for example, spend another $7500 - $10,000+ on a new kit when my current kit is already state-of-the-art? Well, about the only thing I can think of is making an electronic kit as easy to set up for a gig as an acoustic kit. Wireless is about the only way I can think of to achieve that. Connecting my pads to my module takes a lot of time, but a wireless version that just automatically connected everything when turned on would be so much faster. That would require a complete replacement of my kit, with not only a new controller module but also all new pads. When I got my TD-50 kit, I added the cymbal pads from my TD-30KV kit, but none of my current pads would work with a wireless controller. If I were a working drummer, I would probably buy a wireless kit as soon as it became available. Other than that, I wouldn't feel any particular need to replace my current wired flagship custom kit.
  • @GSA_Drums
    It must do because here in Germany all VAD706 kits sure sold out because they dropped it to €5000 at most e drum shops. When I e e kits. They told me they had bought all the stock from their stores. Great videos 👍🥁