Did Zildjian Just Solve the Biggest Problem with Electronic Cymbals?

hmm 🤔what are your thoughts on the kit?

“rdavidr playing z customs 2010 colorized” got me

"got a crash, you can ride on it" Proceeds to play same crash sound but quieter

Was the biggest problem that they werent expensive enough? 😅

Oh wow...only $7000 😂😂😂

This is awesome. One problem though: From the tom hits I can tell right away that there is the same frustrating problem plaguing most every e-kit module: 'machine-gunning'. Frustrating because all it takes is a round-robin between even just 2 different sample sets for each pad zone- easily done through external MIDI.

I LOVE how you did that 360 cam when you were talking about the 360 triggers

I wonder if Zildjian will ever consider just an E-cymbal solution (no drums)? I might consider that...

The HH triggering on this kit looks sooo precise!

There's machine gunning of the drum samples, seems like they aren't using alternating samples which is very disappointing for such an expensive kit

I don't have the budget for one, but I could definitely see this working for quite a few of the musical theater gigs I've had where the acoustics in the rooms were awful. It could be helpful for the sound engineer, rather than just adding mics to the kit, and getting the guitar amps picking up in the drum mics making it more of an annoyance.

Why don’t just sell the cymbals and a specialise cymbals module that you can use with other modules?

For the algorithm. ✊

Fun useless fact that I'll explain you as both a drum and aviation nerd. The strange sound you hear in the plane at the beginning of the video is the PTU (Power Transfer Unit), which is an hydraulic pump situated in a way you'll hear it do it's job if you seat near the wings during the pushback phase. This is specific to "older" twin engine Airbus, such as the A330ceo and A320ceo families.

This is a great kit but omg is it way more expensive than I thought

kinda awesome, i feel like those could be used in acoustic settings as well mic'd up as quiet effect cymbals how you did with some of the comparisons

The cymbals are really cool and seem to have good module sounds, but for 7000$, you can build a custom e kit with full acrylic shells, real feel mesh heads, and a pearl mimic pro module. I know this because I've literally done that. This pricing is insane. It's really a shame that Zildjan has decided to go with digital connections for the cymbals, because I think it would generally make way more sense to have the option to sell cymbal packs in addition to the full e kit. The people who would be interested in these cymbals, like me, probably already have high end custom/Roland/DW ekits and wouldn't want to shell out ludicrous prices when they only want the cymbals. I doubt these will sell TBH.

Interesting proposal tbh, I hope this concept expands more, so you could use and explore different sounds on it with more interchangeable parts on the kit!

It's one of the most interesting electronic drum sets I've seen in a long time

Looks pretty comparable to to a high end Roland kit in about the same or lower price range. I'm really intrigued by this set and would like to know the closest location to NYC where I can check them out. I'm glad Zildjian had you out there.