Talk about awful... someone's got an eKit!

[mooncobra]

Bummer, would not play for me.

to me, a really gnarly drummer is the most impressive musician. I love watching, playing, and learning anything drums.

 

[SpiderWars]

"Don't make me say it."

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Good job @JerEvil! Looks fun, and the drumming was good!

@RaceU4her I have Black Holes on my kit too. So much better than rubber pads. Those Zidjian low volume cymbals too.

I was looking at the price of those and thought they were crazy (the blackholes) so I just went the trigger route and converting my low volume cymbals to electric dual zone. Your setup is cool though, occured to me after you can cut some awesome demos mic'ing that kit and then using SD3 replace features.

 

[JerEvil]

Bummer, would not play for me.

to me, a really gnarly drummer is the most impressive musician. I love watching, playing, and learning anything drums.

Oh man I agree. I could give a fuck about a dude shredding all over. 60% of the time, a killer drummer gets me every time!

 

[ZEN Amps]

Man you're about 100,000 times the drummer I am so kudos to you. I like a lot of the Toontrack offerings, it's certainly fun stuff. Check out the Progressive pack by a fellow Aussie producer friend of ours Forrester Savell. Very natural and well thought out sounds.

 

[JerEvil]

Man you're about 100,000 times the drummer I am so kudos to you. I like a lot of the Toontrack offerings, it's certainly fun stuff. Check out the Progressive pack by a fellow Aussie producer friend of ours Forrester Savell. Very natural and well thought out sounds.

Oh nice! I have the Progressive SDX and it’s killer.
I too really like the Toontrack stuff. Really makes recorded more streamlined.

 

[errrrrl]

It's about time we see you beatin them skins.. I mean mesh Good job dude! I think you need to start hosting drumjams now ?

 

[Monkey Man]

Hey Jez, thanks for filling me in, bud.

GB.

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Toontrack needs a cymbal pack. More variety of sounds there and more raw. That would help the whole package sound more realistic if you ask me. But agree with everyone else, the sounds are amazing and the way they build their sound packs is also impressive,.

 

[Bad.Seed]

Dude! I've wanted to do this for years! Awesome video! That EZX kit sounds great too. There is something supremely satisfying about playing drums. Especially an acoustic kit, but I've never gotten the chance to play a quality E-Kit with good built in sounds, or with a good plugin like this.

Great stuff. can't wait to see what you do with it moving forward

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

The only issue I have is the rebound and the sound spikes when you hit close to the trigger. Also bass drum beater burying is a bit more challenging. so rebound and bass drum are my only complaints compared to playing a real kit. Also a real snare just feels incredible compared to triggered snare.

 

[JerEvil]

Toontrack needs a cymbal pack. More variety of sounds there and more raw. That would help the whole package sound more realistic if you ask me. But agree with everyone else, the sounds are amazing and the way they build their sound packs is also impressive,.

Yeah man, I have Metal Foundry and I have to agree with most users that it has THE best cymbals of any SDX. Even guys doing country and pop say they love it just for the cymbals.

Dude! I've wanted to do this for years! Awesome video! That EZX kit sounds great too. There is something supremely satisfying about playing drums. Especially an acoustic kit, but I've never gotten the chance to play a quality E-Kit with good built in sounds, or with a good plugin like this.

Great stuff. can't wait to see what you do with it moving forward

Hey thanks bro! It is definitely WAY more satisfying, like you said, doing your own beats. I have one demo I am finishing for the Engl E530 where I play the drum parts as well so including that in the full mix portion.

The only issue I have is the rebound and the sound spikes when you hit close to the trigger. Also bass drum beater burying is a bit more challenging. so rebound and bass drum are my only complaints compared to playing a real kit. Also a real snare just feels incredible compared to triggered snare.

Burying the batter is a problem for sure. LOTS of extra soft notes that I had to delete. I didn't;t "fix" any part of my performance except getting the soft ghost re-triggering cleaned up...

 

[nightlight]

I was looking at the price of those and thought they were crazy (the blackholes) so I just went the trigger route and converting my low volume cymbals to electric dual zone. Your setup is cool though, occured to me after you can cut some awesome demos mic'ing that kit and then using SD3 replace features.

Definitely a long term plan,. I find with my drumming skills, it's just so much easier to play on an actual e-kit and then fix everything using midi.

Of course, the e-kit I have is horrible to play on, so that's the trade off.

For shit and giggles, here's where I'm at after playing drums for 9 years. Anyone want to do an online pandemic collaboration?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBF6ursnpMH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

 

[Kapo_Polenton]

Definitely a long term plan,. I find with my drumming skills, it's just so much easier to play on an actual e-kit and then fix everything using midi.

Of course, the e-kit I have is horrible to play on, so that's the trade off.

For shit and giggles, here's where I'm at after playing drums for 9 years. Anyone want to do an online pandemic collaboration?

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBF6ursnpMH/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I hear ya. I converted my kit to E kit because the e kits seemed like toys compared to the real deal. Turns out it was a pain in the ass considering i had to order edge membranes for the crash and ride so i could have dual/triple zone cymbals with a choke function and then waste time DYI'ing everything.

Then messing with the brain to be able to cut down on ghost note triggers and my tension on the bass drum mesh head so i could find the balance between burying without too much slap back. It really is a whole adjustment that needs to be made when you go to an E kit. The trade off is you can practice more so that probably makes you a better player but the feel sucks. But I still prefer all that to sitting there and going through grooves and then manually editing stuff. (it's great for mistakes after though at least)

Anyway, enough complaining, I put enough cash into this thing I need to actually find the time to play it more now! Pesky kids are messin with my flow..

PS- Hell of a workout you had going there on the kit!!

 

[nightlight]

I hear ya. I converted my kit to E kit because the e kits seemed like toys compared to the real deal. Turns out it was a pain in the ass considering i had to order edge membranes for the crash and ride so i could have dual/triple zone cymbals with a choke function and then waste time DYI'ing everything.

Then messing with the brain to be able to cut down on ghost note triggers and my tension on the bass drum mesh head so i could find the balance between burying without too much slap back. It really is a whole adjustment that needs to be made when you go to an E kit. The trade off is you can practice more so that probably makes you a better player but the feel sucks. But I still prefer all that to sitting there and going through grooves and then manually editing stuff. (it's great for mistakes after though at least)

Anyway, enough complaining, I put enough cash into this thing I need to actually find the time to play it more now! Pesky kids are messin with my flow..

PS- Hell of a workout you had going there on the kit!!

Thanks, when I compare my lack of skills to the guys on youtube that are blasting at 250bpm, it really makes me want to keep pushing.

I completely agree with your approach though. I actually got the acoustic kit after the e-kit because I was at first really nervous about neighbours. And when I initially had rubber pads on the drumkit, it really made me not want to play.

The Blackholes are a lot of fun though, you can actually hear the tone of the drums, but at tiny volumes. I'd much rather play on that than an e-kit.