

You need really, really good amplification. In a live situation, if your kit brain or VST rig fries you're done for the night.

Contrary to popular belief, they are NOT easier to set up. You can't play brushes with them, and side stick playing is clunky at best. Although the technology gets a little better each year, electronics just don't feel or respond like an acoustic kit. IMO the VST (software)-based kit sounds are still way better than the newer stock Roland samples.įrom a weekend warrior perspective, I've spent a good amount of time working with v-drums in both recording and gigging situations. The new kits are nice and a lot more stable than the external software setup I'm currently using, but they're also really expensive. I think I bought my base td-6v for $600 in 2008, then added two cymbals and a few other upgrades.There are ways to expand a limited-input brain such as the td-6v. The td6v is a dinosaur, but using samples from Addictive, Superior Drummer or another drum production software will give you incredible sounds and better response from an inexpensive kit. Roland td-6v, pd-80r snare, pd-8 toms and hat, cy-8 and Pintech cymbals, kd-8 kickĪddictive Drums samples midied via a laptop, Tascam US-122 usb-audio interface, Behringer 4 channel mixer.

I still use them as my practice and home recording kit with the following setup:
