Post your set up and your sexy cat...

slirak · Post by **slirak** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:46 pm

Hidden Driveways wrote: Anyone have a clue what the best budget-minded electronic drum kit is? Every time I tried pricing one out it got really expensive really quickly.

Roland's TD3 is by far the best entry level kit, in my opinion and in many others. Yamaha's DTXplorer isn't all that far behind and quite a bit cheaper. I wouldn't buy anything less, really.

Every el cheapo kit I've tried, like Alesis, Medeli, Millenium and whatever, sports poor build quality and poor triggering. If you're gonna use the kit very little it might suffice but do try before you buy if you decide to go this route.

(There's a new Alesis kit out just now, that looks a bit better than the ones I've tried. Could be worth a look.)

/Jonas

slirak · Post by **slirak** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:53 pm

cushin wrote:Jörg's drumset is not very expensive I think. And it's very quiet, because you don't get any impact sound from the bass drum pedal like with other e-drum sets.

It's a Roland HD-1 by the look of it. Very basic and ergonomically a bit awkward, but good build quality and as you say, quieter than other e-drum kits. And good for tight spaces. You can get a Yamaha DTXplorer for the same price though, that's why I didn't recommend it. But if noise and size is a big issue, it's a good starter kit.

/Jonas

jeffplaysmoog · Post by **jeffplaysmoog** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:03 pm

Here is my space as a lovely panorama (thanks photoshop!).

Some items of interest: my keytaur, my giant bust of Bach (he's the best!) and Ichigo and Rukia guarding my left monitor. All-in-all the setup works for me although I want to install a 2nd display over by my piano at some point.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 8:53 pm

^ so, where's the Moog, jeffplaysmoog?

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:41 pm

I call this the "Happy Corner."

jeffplaysmoog · Post by **jeffplaysmoog** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:49 pm

AHHH, I have inadvertently revealed my most embarrassing of secrets... maybe I should change my name to Jeffwantstoplaymoogbutcantaffordone. I've played them before at music shops... oh, woe is me...

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:51 pm

I understand, I, too, could be called sparklepuffwantstoplayamoogbutkeepsspendinghismoneyonotherthingsotherthanawesomehardwaresynths

Homebelly · Post by **Homebelly** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:52 pm

Mr Puff..
What kind of amp is that?
Are yu micing it up?
What kind of mic???

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:04 pm

Carr Mercury. Bad ASS little amp. I had a pair of Hot Rod Deville's, but those bitches are LOUD. Sold those, this amazing little hand built amp has a built in attenuator, switch between 8, 2, 1/2, and 1/10th of a watt. Don't let the ridiculously small number put you off, it's not like playing through some Pig Nose or something. On 8 watts it's absolutely plenty loud, especially for a NY apartment.

I have a Neumann TLM103 and SM58 I use. But I pretty much exclusively record direct, I just play the amp for the sake of playing through an amp. Guitar Rig & Amplitube can't be beat for recording, but for jamming and just playing, nothing can touch a hand built tube amp.

sparklepuff · Post by **sparklepuff** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 11:15 pm

who, 400,000 views.

edit:

Nice, page 100 at the same time. Epic.

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 12:02 am

Bit more gear now...

And me, enjoying it!

DJ VAKIS · Post by **DJ VAKIS** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:53 am

aburgener wrote:
DJ VAKIS wrote:

yay minimal!

looks alot like my setup except you have better speakers

Less is more.

bosonHavoc · Post by **bosonHavoc** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 3:19 am

i got some new gear and remodeled my space for the 40th time

dhilsabeck · Post by **dhilsabeck** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:03 am

sparklepuff wrote:I call this the "Happy Corner."

Nice Barcelonas

ollyb303 · Post by **ollyb303** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:21 am

bosonHavoc wrote:

Are you recreating the artwork off the live packaging/splash screen here?