electronic drums with Sonar 8.5

     I'm about to receive Sonar 8.5, and was a drummer for many years. Both for realism and for the fun of playing drums, which I love, I'm considering getting an e-drum kit with which to play the drum sounds I select for a given track. So the first question is, has anyone here done this and knows that it can be done with Sonar, and second, can anyone recommend a decent, inexpensive kit?

Thanks,
M

Easy to do. I use a wireles midi transmitter from my Roland edrums in the garage to my computer in the house and track the midi. I just monitor the edrum module output while tracking. Then I come back and stamp the drum sounds I want to the midi once I am in Sonar.

An inexpensive kit is one that may be new but is on close out. I picked up my Roland kit the TDK3 for $450 new in the box.

And yet...

...using world class drum samples recorded on world class mics and preamps in a real studio will probably sound a lot better than world class real drums recorded on low end mics and preamps in your house. That has been my experience anyway.

I did a few tracks with edrums and it worked well.  I used a drumKat midi controller and an Alesis D4 drum module.  I recorded the midi signal while monitoring the tracks from sonar and the sounds directly from the audio outs of the drum module.  Note: There is some latency in midi and you do not want to have your midi signal going in to Sonar, triggering some drum plugin and then monitoring that output.  Even though it may only be a few miliseconds, the lag time will feel lousy and get quite annoying, (spoken from experience).  Also, expect to do some midi editing to get the feel that you played, but was lost in the translation. 
 
I personaly have never heard electric drums that didn't make me want to hurl, but sometimes you have to work with what you have.  I disagree as far as pro samples vs. semi-pro recordings...I would much rather hear an OK recording of an acoustic kit than an electric kit with pro samples.  If you think like a drummer, you will be able to tweak your edrums, midi, and samples to sound a little less canned.  Good luck to you and enjoy yourself!