If you are in love with the beat of drums but can’t afford a real exploding one or your parents and neighbors are enemy of your creative noises, then you should look better for electronic solutions. There are many types of electronic drums in the range of $20 finger drum toys to $6000 professional drum pads and machines. Let’s begin with tiny gadgets.
This finger drum toy includes a small and a large ! tom-tom, a snare drum, a cymbal, and a bass drum with a pedal. You just tap each instrument and it will respond with realistic sounds from its hidden speaker. Just put on your table, show it to your evil socialhood and try to take sympathy for your future rock drumset or just annoy them! Imaginations are endless. It has also a basic recording support and a demo play. £14.95, Approx. $32.14
These finger beats drum kits ship with a more developed set and an MP3 input and a vital earphones output. 3 different types of products, classic and bongos drum kits and a mixing desk which lets you add backbeats to your tracks.
A recording and playback function with adjustable tempo and volume. £19.95, Approx. $35.91
Here is the Shiny video review and Red 5 UK video.
Professional drum pad kits have a wide range of products and a bloody competition between big manufacturers like Yamaha, Roland and Alesis. Roland HPD-15 HandSonic Percussion Controller is one of the best in this class. It has 15 parts and can play up to 15 sounds simultaneously. Comes with 300 sounds from Latin America, Asia, and India, plus electronic drums and sound effects. You can create and save your own sounds in 80 user patches. Powerful realtime controls include a D-Beam, dual ribbon controllers, and 3 control knobs. Also features a built-in sequencer with practice patterns and metronome, MIDI In/Out, dual-trigger input, and hi-hat control jack. In brief, it can provide a talented musician everything he/she wants. $895 , Watch the video for a real show !
Roland TD-20S V-Pro Electronic Drum Set is a fully featured monster machine for any professional musical production and provides the ultimate in real feel and a huge palette of great sounds.
One TD-20 percussion module with over 500 new sounds, improved dynamics and sensitivity, plus CompactFlash storage, two CY-14C V-cymbals, 15 dual-trigger inputs, 10 audio outputs and digital output, 8 group faders and built-in sequencer, Mastering Room and more more more.. $5,500
TD-20S in flames ! EVANESCENCE – Lithium & Weight of the World Session
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