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i'm thinking of getting a drum kit cos that might be fun... sadly i can't go for a full-on loud kit cos of the neighbours and things, so i'm wondering if electronic kits are any good at all (many drummers i know seem to despise them)? :confused:

this is the thing i was thinking of going for (after about 2 minutes of googling): http://www.chamberlainmusic.com/ProductDetail.asp?ProductID=DTXP3-ST-K

any thoughts? good kit/good buy or am i wasting my money? any/all advice welcome :)

Well Phil Collins uses/used them smetimes, so they can't be all bad.

the drummer from pitchshifter uses em (drum n bass style) so again, they can't be that bad...

Of course two other alternatives are:

1. To sound proof your room (or your whole house). Pricey perhaps, but it'd save on complaints and energy bills :) (Heat insulation and all...)

2. Tell your neighbours to take their sleep and shove it! Who needs sleep when you have awesome drum beats rockin' the street? (Of course I recommend you actually get good enough to do awesome drum beats before you try this one :D :p)




Hehehe... do...

They're really great for practicing because you can put on headphones so no one else is bothered, but the sound just isn't the same as a real kit. If you've got the money to get an electronic kit, go for it; they're really helpful. But you are going to eventually want a real kit if you plan on playing in a band or anything.

But you are going to eventually want a real kit...
that i do, but these'll have to suffice for now (no chance of soundproofing my room and the neighbours round here.... *shudders* )

we'll be moving house in the next year or so out to the country with a bit of luck, so maybe i can get me proper kit then :)
just get practice and good enough on these to warrant getting a decent kit when the time comes ;)

Hehe, well what can you expect from neoghbours when you live in soton? :p But seriously though...

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Reason why? Three words.

Spawn. Of. Satan.

To be a real drummer, you have to have the real thing.
NOBODY will take you seriously when you tell them you have an electronic kit. Regardless of how good you are. Plus they're quite expensive. I mean over 600 quid is rediculous if you just want to buy it for fun. No way should you spend that much on your first kit.
My first kit cost me £35, that's the sort you need to start on. Just in case you feel like drumming isn't for you and you want to sell the pieces on. People are more likely to want to buy parts of a drum kit (or the whole thing), rather than an electronic kit.
Anyway, It's more fun with the real thing. My neighbors have lived with it. Yours will have to learn to too.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Reason why? Three words.

Spawn. Of. Satan.

To be a real drummer, you have to have the real thing.
NOBODY will take you seriously when you tell them you have an electronic kit. Regardless of how good you are. Plus they're quite expensive. I mean over 600 quid is rediculous if you just want to buy it for fun. No way should you spend that much on your first kit.
My first kit cost me £35, that's the sort you need to start on. Just in case you feel like drumming isn't for you and you want to sell the pieces on. People are more likely to want to buy parts of a drum kit (or the whole thing), rather than an electronic kit.
Anyway, It's more fun with the real thing. My neighbors have lived with it. Yours will have to learn to too.
you weren't there when they complained so much about my marshall avt275... which i played at a fraction of the volume of drums. nah, its electronic or not at all, and i can't be bothered to wait a year to start playing (waited long enough already).

if people don't take electric drums seriously, then thats fine cos i'll get a (cheaper) real kit as soon as i can and leave any playing in bands till then. i was expecting to pay about 300 quid for a half decent kit anyways and i'm being helped out by a 100 quid for xmas, so the real cost is £500 anyway... and i don't mind forking out that much now i'm (apparently) earning money and not a poor student anymore


night night all :)