Are Electronic Drums ACTUALLY Getting Better?

I was originally an acoustic player for 10 years and then I got an electric drum set in 2000 (Roland to-10) and I’ve never looked back. The silent practicing, all the different sounds of toms, snares, bass, drums, and fact that they’re always in tune is perfection. My only gripe is the rubber symbols and hihat. My solution was and is gen 16”s, they make the electric feel like an acoustic.

What I am missing: a small footprint, high-end edrum kit. The small kits often are crap: very basic modules, cheap pads and cymbals. I would like a ‚TD1‘ with a compact metal rack, a high end module and few but premium components. Small but excellent.

the hi hats are still the tough one for me

I built my own 7pc A2E with Tama and all new Roland components in 2020 and run SD3...amazing results.

As always, great thorough work!

Thanks for all the research !

Great video, Justin. Thanks for the content.

Excellent Video and Content! Keep up the great work Justin.

Great insights as usual Justin.

I have to say I bought a dm10 MK2 Pro, and two years later I've only had one issue with my snare drum which I fix myself, and I've grown the kit and integrated it with my FL Studio setup and I couldn't be happier with the results I get. That fucking Alesis kit kicks ass

Your videos are all great thanks for doing what you do

Watching from Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 Great content!

I appreciate your full coverage of hands-on experience, the changes in technology and how that factors into the mix in practical terms. I could use some info on various drum brands and their reputations in the electronic drum markets.

oof that backdrop looks gorgeous haha

So, I teach music in a very small school and we had a proper acoustic drum kit but it was hardly ever played because the volume was so loud. We bought an e-kit and the take up of kids playing was amazing, at least 10 times as many. I miss not have rim shots and cross sticks but the trade off is well worth it. I was genuinely surprised at how playable the e-kit was. It was a Donner DED-80 which is a very low budget kit. We will definitely have more kids deciding to move on to real drums. That makes them totally worth buying.

Im still using the td20 module on my conversion kit and I like it. Ive made some nice sounding kits and it has alot of splittable inputs.

Great video.Thanks!

Thanks for the great video. I've had several E Kits over the years, and my biggest issues have always been machine gun triggering and the weird feel of rubber/plastic cymbals. I'm hopeful that the manufacturers will up their game over the next few years.

Please make more informational videos such as this! Excellent video thank you

Great vid with some very good points Justin