Roland HD-1 V-Drums

Just saw these the other day; costs less than a 555, and makes any sampler much much more 'human'.....

http://www.roland.com/products/en/HD-1/index.html

Yeah, but unfortunately most people can't play the drums to save their life and that's just 4/4 grooves, let's not even talk about other time signatures.
I usually try to play all my beats live 'cause I eventually want to buy a nice jazz drumset. I just use a sampler now 'cause I love hip hop for the integration of all the music I like and I'm broke so I can't buy all the instruments I want to learn, but with a sampler I have access to all the sounds I can find.

I'd like to experiment with other samples, like vox, with the kit - could come up with really original stuff...I really like the look of these

hey 606man, whereabouts did you see these? were they set up and able to be demo'd?

My family (mum + dad anyway) live in Bendigo, and Billy Hyde just opened a new 'superstore' there (Just like a Guitar Centre, my American Friends); so I went to check it out. And WOW - these things are mad man - I wanted to go and get an SP just to hear what it could do... but the staff were a bit like 'Are You Gonna Lay By these, mate? Or What?' - not allowed to 'just look' these days are you??

Anywho - Billy Hyde in Melbourne no doubt have 'em (If you don't feel like a one-and-a-half-hour drive lol)..

People at stores suck when you want to try something out, which is why I'll buy it and play it home for a week and return it. I hate sales people looking over my shoulder when I'm making like $500 decisions and what not, plus I like to see how a new product will integrate with my setup at home.

I have the V-drums which are a step up from these, the TDS5W or something that like that and they are a great. The sounds on them are quite nice, both real and unrealistic. I have been a drummer since 1993, and playing the vdrums, is like a perfectly tuned, perfectly micd studio kit, plus with midi, i can play any sound i can sample via hooking it up to the 404. But bottom line, you have to be able to PLAY, there aint no quantize!

haha yeah i probably won't make it Bendigo, but I'll definitely try to check it out at the Melbourne store

i'm no drummer, but i would love to learn. i think the effort of using your whole body to play a beat would result in much better grooves. certainly more involving and fun

I actually teach drums and a lot of people give it up cos they think it's an easy instrument to learn, but it's pretty difficult to get past that coordination barrier

Shit i just realised this topic is like months old! Sorry for reviving it needlessly
lol