Electronic Drum Kits

Hey,

I'm kinda thinking about getting an electronic drum kit because I'm tired of creating drum parts on my midi keyboard. Is anyone familiar with Hart drum kits? Looks like MF is offering a pretty good deal on them: Hart Drum Kit

If anyone has experience with this gear, please let me know what you think.

I'm also consdering EZDrummer, but I would think a kit would be more realistic.

Thanks!

in that price range you will not be able to take full advantage of ezdrummer or superior, because those kits are single triggers per piece and i dont think they have zones. ezdrummer and superior have automatic right/left alternation but you wont be able to take advantage of other articulations such as rimshots, ride bell, and other things. i'm also not sure how well this would be able to control hi hats either. here a review:

http://www.acousticdrums.com/members/esp-1qtr02.html

i went through a similar search for a better trigger interface and ultimately decided on a zendrum. Its fantastic, but it 3x the price of the hart kit

I have that same kit and it has worked well for me. I use an Alesis DM Pro and MIDI to trigger samples (recently Velocity samples in Project 5 rewired). I've also rewired Reason with great results.

While the Hart kit does not have dual triggers or zones since I record myself I can always record layers to achieve the same effects. I've played low end Roland sets but they have the rubber pads and I much prefer the mesh heads on the Hart. You can also replace the mesh heads with regular drum heads if you want and tension can be adjusted like a real drum head.

There is no doubt that your drum tracks will sound more real if triggered by this set over using a keyboard.

Good luck with your decision,

Michael

Have you looked at the ION IED01. I must admit these are at the very low end of the price range (£220) but they are fine for recording and they give you the satisfaction that you have played the drum track youself. Even if you cant play, the drum machine can be disconnected from the triggers and be used as a stand-alone machine.

Here is a quick Description:

The iED01 features a great selection of 233 realistic, natural drum sounds, offered both in dry form and sampled with our incomparable digital reverbs. Our exclusive Dynamic ArticulationTM feature enables a drum sound to change its tonal content as it's played harder for truly realistic performances.

The iED01 features 50 preset patterns with enough built-in rhythmic variations (with A, B and two Fill sections) for composing complete arrangements, and creating and saving your own customized patterns and songs. Plug the headphones, included in the kit, right into the headphone jack for discrete practicing.

Plus, the iED01 also provides complete MIDI implementation, flexible programming and editing features and velocity-sensitive pad buttons

***The only problem I have found with this kit is that the pedals feel cheap. Now and again you can get a double kick from the bass pedal*

I have a high end Hart kit and have been very happy with it. I have also been impressed with Hart as company.

I bought an inexpensive Hart mesh kit a few years back and I still use it. I eventually swapped out the snare, kick, hats and ride for Rolands but I still use the Hart's toms and crash cymbals and the rack it came with.