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I have a great invisible air-drum kit - in the unlikely event of a trans-dimensional shift causing the kit to become visible to the untrained eye, it would look like this:



One reason it has to stay invisible is some Canadian guy nicked & copyrighted my personalised image from the front of the kick drums

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Here's what I use for recording drums:

http://www.ableton.com/session-drums

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Points: 4252 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 22 2009 at 09:29
^ sure, can you play it..? Big smile
 
 
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I have this one - does it count?
 
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^^ they are not cheap, extra kits can be downloaded from VEXpressions.com for about £20  for a group of 25 kits, the TD-12 module is around £600/700 atm.  look out for used bargains on Ebay Smile
 
 
 expensive?   yes, nothing good comes cheap
 
inferior to acoustic drums?  definitely not - many pros are using V-Drums these days, just ask Neil Peart...Wink
 
i have owned an acoustic kit, but it shook the house, and i don't think the neighbours were too impressed Ermm


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Originally posted by nightlamp nightlamp wrote:

My drumset is a weathered late-60s Ludwig 18"x24" kick  + 13" and 16" toms in blue sparkle wrap with a 5.5x14 Acrosonic snare.  I usually just play this 4-piece kit, but I have some other drums in the same finish (12" & 14" toms, 14x20" kick) if I want to mix things up.  Cymbals: mostly beat-up Zildjians (14" hats, 16"/18" crashes, 21" ride, 20" K dry ride) and a few Paistes (20" chinese, assorted splashes, cup chimes and machined hi-hat "effect" cymbals) that I rotate around depending on my mood and what sort of stuff I'm playing.  Pearl double pedal, assorted hardware, Promark 5A (round tip) sticks and various mallets, brushes, and other striking implements.  Lots of miscellaneous hand drums, tambourines, shakers, and other odds and ends not really worth cataloging here.


yeah i've got a beautiful 20" K custom Dry ride they are nice.
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Originally posted by mystic fred mystic fred wrote:

Well here's something i made earlier - my own custom V-Drums -  I have spent a year building and tweaking this lot, but very happy with the result! Big smile
 
 
 
 
The module is a Roland TD-12, and using VEXpressions software i have a choice of around 600 different drum kits to choose from, all the classic kits are there; Ludwigs, Pearls, Premiers, Mapexes, Tamas, Craviottos, Gretsches, Ayottes, and signature kits like Bonham, Moon, Paice, Peart etc.. All the drums and cymbals can be tweaked; metal, brass or wood snare, drum sizes, miking , tuning,  cymbal sizes, sizzle options, the  Mackie mixer can adjust reverb/room size, all played through headphones or a Mackie 250watt PA system including twoJBL 15" PA speaker cabinets. The rims have been mounted with rubber brake pipe, triggered separately to produce authentic rim shot sounds, especially on the snare! 
Cymbals are stock Roland 12",14" crash and 15" ride (bow, bell and edge) mounted on a chrome frame,  12" fully functional hi-hat,  drums (two 10", two 12",  15" snare, 22" bass) are an old CB set i triggered up using cross member mountings and Piezo/cone triggers - including the bass drum, with Mapex stool, hihat stand and twin drum pedals, and mapex cymbal stands and snare stands.   Also i have added a Roland SPD-S sampling pad for  effects including cowbells etc, you name it!Smile
 
The silent drum heads are Roland mesh heads, the durable material developed by NASA , a pair of sticks will last indefinitely on this surface, which is less abrasive than conventional heads.. The overall sound is sharp, clear with low bass, and sounds great through the PA or routed into the PC sound card, so I can practice anytime i like without waking half the neighbourhood. Wink 
 
 
Beautiful, beautiful equipment, sir. I'm a guitarist, myself, but have always loved the look and feel of drums. This made me salivate. Clap
 
Exactly how much are V Drums running these days price-wise? And what program has the most variety of kits available? I've always wanted to give these things a try, but always heard they were either too expensive and/or inferior to actual acoustic drums.
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My drumset is a weathered late-60s Ludwig 18"x24" kick  + 13" and 16" toms in blue sparkle wrap with a 5.5x14 Acrosonic snare.  I usually just play this 4-piece kit, but I have some other drums in the same finish (12" & 14" toms, 14x20" kick) if I want to mix things up.  Cymbals: mostly beat-up Zildjians (14" hats, 16"/18" crashes, 21" ride, 20" K dry ride) and a few Paistes (20" chinese, assorted splashes, cup chimes and machined hi-hat "effect" cymbals) that I rotate around depending on my mood and what sort of stuff I'm playing.  Pearl double pedal, assorted hardware, Promark 5A (round tip) sticks and various mallets, brushes, and other striking implements.  Lots of miscellaneous hand drums, tambourines, shakers, and other odds and ends not really worth cataloging here.
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Well here's something i made earlier - my own custom V-Drums -  I have spent a year building and tweaking this lot, but very happy with the result! Big smile
 
 
 
 
The module is a Roland TD-12, and using VEXpressions software i have a choice of around 600 different drum kits to choose from, all the classic kits are there; Ludwigs, Pearls, Premiers, Mapexes, Tamas, Craviottos, Gretsches, Ayottes, and signature kits like Bonham, Moon, Paice, Peart etc.. All the drums and cymbals can be tweaked; metal, brass or wood snare, drum sizes, miking , tuning,  cymbal sizes, sizzle options, the  Mackie mixer can adjust reverb/room size, all played through headphones or a Mackie 250watt PA system including twoJBL 15" PA speaker cabinets. The rims have been mounted with rubber brake pipe, triggered separately to produce authentic rim shot sounds, especially on the snare! 
Cymbals are stock Roland 12",14" crash and 15" ride (bow, bell and edge) mounted on a chrome frame,  12" fully functional hi-hat,  drums (two 10", two 12",  15" snare, 22" bass) are an old CB set i triggered up using cross member mountings and Piezo/cone triggers - including the bass drum, with Mapex stool, hihat stand and twin drum pedals, and mapex cymbal stands and snare stands.   Also i have added a Roland SPD-S sampling pad for  effects including cowbells etc, you name it!Smile
 
The silent drum heads are Roland mesh heads, the durable material developed by NASA , a pair of sticks will last indefinitely on this surface, which is less abrasive than conventional heads.. The overall sound is sharp, clear with low bass, and sounds great through the PA or routed into the PC sound card, so I can practice anytime i like without waking half the neighbourhood. Wink 
 


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I've got a Premier 5 piece jazz fusion set, K dark dry ride, ziljian hi-hats, sabien crash, and paste crash, Pearl 179.99 double pedal, and Vater nylon tip 5B's.

Remo Emperor Heads on top
Remo Ambassadors on bottom
Aquarian Super-Kick II

And Snares i've got my Premier set Snare and I have my new

Yamaha Musashi Oak Snare Drum
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