To eDrum makers: Yes to the phone stand, super useful. Yes to dry acoustic drum samples of a few classic kit types, birch kit, maple kit, 70's kit. No to tons of novelty kits that are buried in cheezy studio effects or weird comedy electronic sproing sounds. No to tiny 10" hi-hats. No to only 10-15 user presets. Yes to Bluetooth for streaming in tracks.
@@salesone8615 they shouldn't include any sounds if it's going to be sold strickly as a controller. Since is not just a controller they should give us samples and features that we actually want to use.
I subscribed because of the peel.. lol I have this kit in the "Special Edition" which is just red, but I wanted to point out in case others are here and own it that the Hi-Hat actually has a "Heel Splash" trigger as well. So you can do close, half close, full open and heel splash.
I just bought the kit 3 weeks ago. I wasn’t into electronic kits. I use it to practice. I play to songs using the blue tooth option. I play using headphones or through my monitor. It takes up less floor space than a 4 piece acoustic kit, it has a smaller foot print. I can pretty much play when ever I want with out disturbing others. It’s a good way to build up your drum vocabulary by experimenting with different drum patterns to see how they sound as fills. Now apply these patterns to your acoustic kit when playing. Keep on drumming.
I was thinking it would be funny if he said this would be the perfect kit for my Fine Young Canibals tribute band. I heard one of their songs the other day and I was thinking about why that snare sound is so bad. 1990 was a really bad year in music.
I’ve got the alesis nitro mesh kit, thing is a beast for a budget kit and has amazing results recording thru midi with xln audio’s addictive drums. Gives a real kit sound without buying an acoustic kit/ all the mic gear to record!
Man, I gotta tell ya.... I have been watching your channel for many years now. Have commented here and there. But your drumming has come so far lately!! You are playing this set amazingly and it seems like something has just clicked with you and your interpretation.
I sure love watching your videos as with so many of us and damn you sure have a lot of gear and what's your secret to getting companies to sending you things for free, or at least I'm sure they're being sent to you for free anyway. I have a few endorsements under my belt being a professional drummer for 49 and a half years now but I don't even get my stuff for free lol.
@@jackenglish1041 With your extensive experience you should starting your own TH-cam channel and build a following like this guy has. He has 344k followers, so drum companies will see it as extremely worthwhile to have him review their products to a large number of people who are all clearly fans of drums and drumming in general. If just 0.5% of his viewers order one of these kits, that’s sales of 1,720 kits which, @ $400 each, would equate to revenue of $688,000…all off the back of sending him one free kit! 🥁
I’ve played drums for over thirty years. A few months ago, I went to visit my best friend and long time bass player. He was showing me some e-kits on his computer and asked me if I liked any of them. Told him I didn’t know how good they’d be at such a low price point. He said, I’ll get one for you that we can keep at my house so we can jam when you visit. After a little research, I narrowed it down to a Simmons and this Alexis. Got it back to his house and set it up (which was a pain). Once it was set up and plugged into a bass cab, we jammed and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was relative to the price. Triggers were decent enough to get a buzz roll going. Also, it was on sale for $350 USD, but it was red and black. Aesthetics aside, it serves our purpose well and I’d recommend it to anyone interested in learning basic coordination drumming techniques.
That snare sound you mentioned remind me of that song "she drives me crazy (ooh, ooh) like noone else (ooh, ooh) she drives me crazy and I can't help myself". I'm 34 btw.
Many of the sounds and songs date back even farther than the Nitro line. The ones that do go back farther were used on the Alesis dm6 kits and the Ion Professional, as well as at least one Simmons model from the 2000s/ 2010s. All of these kits, including the Nitro max, are made by the same company, which is Medeli, so in this case they put many of the same sounds and songs into them with minor changes to things like the general midi instruments used to play them. I prefer the gm sound font from the older ones, though the one that the nitro series uses isn't too bad.
Ive owned a couple nitros and played many other kits and honestly the fact that you can tune the drums to match stuff is probably the nitros best feature
I just bought this kit 3 weeks ago and I love it. Hardly touch my Roland TD11KV nowadays. You alswys have to build your own user kits and do a bit of tweeking but that's half the fun. Great sounds and features. Very happy!
Would you recommend this over the Roland TD-02KV? They are the same price in my country, but was wondering if I should get the nitro max because of the kick drum and pedal
@@theonewhoknocks797 Absolutely, the roland rack is a lot sturdier, but if you set up the Max properly (I use a spirit level to make sure the cross pieces are 100% level) and tighten it up and retighten after a few days and again after a few weeks (Coz the plastic gives a bit) you're good to go. Here are some custom kits I designed myself and they're killer. Kit 35 Snare 100 V 22 p - 2 r 06 T1 164 V 17 pan - 1 p ooo r 006 T2 165 V 017 p 001 r 006 T3 166 V 024 p 002 pit 000 r 006 Bd 006 V 021 pan 000 pitch 000 r008 Hh 277 V 032 pan - 01 pit 000 r 008 Cr 268 V 019 pan - 01 pit - 05 Rev 002 Rd 253 V 032 pan 002 pit 000 Rev 001 Kit 40 S 100 V 018 pan 000 pit - 01 r 000 T1 143 V 012 pan - 01 pit 000 r 006 T2 145 v012 pan 001 pit 000 r 006 T3 147 V 012 pan 002 pit 000 r 006 Cr 260 V 023 pan 003 pit - 02 r 006 Rd 253 V 029 pan 002 pit 000 r 006 Bd 001 V 032 pan 000 pit 000 r 004 Hh 277 V 032 pan - 02 pit 000 r 004 Hh tap 300 V 20 pan - 02 pit 000 r 004 Pedal 311 V 017 pan - 02 pit 000 r 004 Kit 48 S 076 V 020 pan 000 pit 000 r 006 T1 161 V 17 pan - 01 pit 000 r 004 T2 163 V 016 pan 001 pit 000 r 004 T3 165 V 015 pan 002 pit 000 Rev 004 Bd 009 V 032 pan 000 pit 000 r 004 Hh 277 V 032 pan - 02 pit 000 rev004 Pedal 311 V 010 pan - 2 pit 000 r 004 Stick 302 V 024 pan - 02 pit 001 r 004 Cr 268 V 016 pan - 01 pit - 05 r 008 Rd 253 V 028 pan 002 pit 000 Rev 003 Std factory kits on most mudules just suck. To answer your question, to me it's all about sound quality. I don't care about the flimsy rack, and also portability. I sold my Roland TD11KV.
I have the Command X model. 600 programed sounds, chrome rack, red trim, and 600 preprogrammed sounds! I added an extention kit so it's more fun. Thanks for the info. I've been thinking of adding an additional kit to make it bigger.
I think the worst issue with e-drums is that they have hundreds of sound but very few are good, a lot of them sound a bit fake, i don’t know why. You have to modify the tune and the reverb to make them sound better
Agreed. Maybe these companies should focus on making sound banks that aren't supposed to sound real. Figuring out what kinds of samples are most popular and making those the selling point/primary presets.
I've got a TD11KV and this kit sounds better. The roland sounds tired and dated, and with almost every kit I've ever owned you have to build your own user kits. It's amazing what you can achieve with pitch, EQ and reverb.
Yeah, part of being a musician is setting up and tuning your instrument and effects. Not sure why you’d expect ANY instrument to come out of the box set to your personal preferences and ready to play. Guitars, bass, saxophone, harmonica, piano…I can’t think of any instrument that doesn’t need the musician to set it up.
@@Feercholain My Roland TD11KV needed tons of setting up and it still sounds trash. There's not one decent dry set of toms. It sounds just like an acoustic set. Yugh. This Nitro Max sounds MUCH better.
The Simmons Titan 50 is the same features for the same price, but the sounds are way better and it has a better kick drum pad, it feels and triggers better and it actually fits double bass pedals. It's on guitar center's website and if a store is near you I would recommend it instead of this kit.
That snare at 6:08 is SUPER familiar. I think its a sound that was used on some 80's tunes that are famous. The first thing i thought of is Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy, but after listening to it, that snare is way deeper....but with a very similar attack. Itll come to me later, probably. Anyway, this seems like a great low priced e-kit. The tech has gotten cheaper and cheaper. Oh, and they started innovating again so i cant wait to see how good e-kits get. DW is making SUPER high end e-kits with acoustic shells that you can use as normal drums. The tech in them is amazing. They cut the signal delay to virtually nothing, and have pressure sensors & like 5 zones a drum. Oh, and they are WIRELESS. I cant wait to see what else they come up with... As places like DW improve the tech, e-kits will get better and better, and cheaper and cheaper. Great stuff.
I CANT ANYMORE! I have the same brand e-kit and it has some of the same hi-hat, ride, and crash symbol sounds, just scrambled up! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! YOU’RE MY MOTIVATION!
Great playin man! I alway loved Alesis! Its good to see they are keepin with it on another good kit! I played a couple similar to that. I really like how you can mute the cymbal and the sensitivity of the hi hat as well! Definitely huge selling points at that price!
Alesis just can’t get decent sounds. A bunch just sounds artificial. You should try the mimic pro. Game changer. Been using it since it came out. I still don’t think there’s any module on the market that sounds anywhere near as good as the pearl mimic pro. I would love to see you review that.
@@regalasongs2256 yeah but I don’t use any daw etc as the sounds onboard are just amazing. I’m a less is more guy. One less piece of equipment or software getting in the way is a plus for me. lol. Of course there’s a huge price differential between something like this kit that he is sampling in the video versus Pearl mimic Pro so it’s probably geared towards two very different audiences anyway.
@@dylanconrad6930 that’s what I mentioned. Two diff price points and audiences. That said. Calling it a beast of a module just doesn’t seem accurate at all.
@@dylanconrad6930 My Alesis Strike Pro SE sounds Great....simply grab the best kit closest to your preference, & mix out instruments throughout the variety, tweak the settings & save. I do all of my demo recording for Original material using it......& now could'nt picture living without it !
The low quality sounds are baffling to me because the Alesis Nitro I have has the best sounds I've heard from any reasonably priced electronic kit! I've dialed in a kit that sounds as good as it's going to get without a DAW, so what happened here?
I don't think there's an excuse for any e-kit having bad sounds nowadays considering how accessible and inexpensive recording has become in the last decade. You think they'd Atleast cycle a few variations of the same-velocity hit so that it doesn't sound like it's triggering. Idk that's just my opinion, I can make more realistic sounding drums using Ableton and my fingers 💯
That’s pretty amazing for $400. Playing a full-size Ludwig kit in my parents’ basement while listening to Rush at full volume over speakers while vainly attempting to be the next Neil Peart…well, I’m sure my parents would have gleefully invested in something like this, if it had existed in 1981.
For $400 it's pretty nice. Good detailed review. Only compllaint is I would have liked a mention of how the heads feel; mainly are they lively enough to do your pad practice on?
How's it holding up? I'm also thinking of either buying a simmons titan 50, yamaha dtx432k, or this drum kit. I've heard the snare drum section is often loose and the bass pedal falls apart on some people
The Simmons Titan 50 is the same features for the same price, but the sounds are way better and it has a better kick drum pad, it feels and triggers better and it actually fits double bass pedals.
……Which is hideously expensive. I’ve had a TD9 for years which I do love but the strike pro SE has soooo much bang for the buck and I think it sounds better than the Rolands!!
Looked kinda wobbly, and I noticed you eventually had to sandbag the kick tower. I do like that it's expandable at least. Great playing (almost overshadows the actual kit!)
@@rdavidr I have the Nitro Mesh, and the kick tower looks the same on the Max. The tower in my kit tends to lift up at the back (the end with the spikes) when I clamp a non-Alesis pedal to it (can't remember if it happened with the Alesis pedal, too) so that the spikes don't really engage the rug. A gallon jug of water (in the round jugs that commercial cleaning solutions, windshield washer fluid, etc. come in, not the square-ish milk jub) nestles right between the vertical braces on the tower while sitting on the crosspiece that holds the spikes and holds it down well enough.
I’ve had a more expensive Alesis Dm7x (I think that’s what it’s called) it is now showing its age since the hi hats are not responsive at all which sucks cause my Music uses a lot of intricate hi hat patterns so I’m thinking of getting this one! Also excuse the run on sentence. I’m wondering if I can add a cymbal from my current kit to this one? 🤔
The rack is kind of small, but Alesis does sell a matching expantion pack that includes a 4th tom, second crash, and the required hardware/ cables to add it all in. I bought the expantion with mine, so it's effectively as expanded as it can be, without the need to split the tom inputs, which are actually 2 zone inputs despite the fact it only has single zone toms.
I know this review is about the kit, but at 4':42" that groove is simply a beast. (- I'm no drummer I'm just following you for a while now.) Coolio, really. 👌
10" dual zone snare... i'm jealous... I was curious about the difference in the Nitro Mesh and the Nitro Max... That looks to be quite the upgrade. As other chats mentioned, you should give the Strike Pro a try. (GC sometimes has / had them out to demo.)
I got the alesis turbo, which was the model priced under the nitro. Idk if they still make it but for a hundred dollars more than what my kit cost this kit has so many features i wished mine had. Well worth the extra hundred it would seem
I am 68 yr old guy and I just bought one of these kits. I have a lefty- righty question. I am mostly left handed (almost all lefties are somewhat ambidextrous by necessity, and I am no different). When I fiddle with drumming my left hand always leads . My left hand is a better one-handed drummer. Should I leave drum set as rightly and just switch?
Can you adjust the position of everything more? The high hat is a mile away from the snare, and the ride would be better more to the right by the floor tom.
If you were going to get a ekit at this price the Simmons Titan 50 is the same features for the same price, but the sounds are way better and it has a better kick drum pad, it feels and triggers better and it actually fits double bass pedals. Not the same level as Steven slate but it's definitely better than this module.
Would be helpful to see how these things work with double bass. I never see cheap edrum kits hooked to double pedals because most of them suck with that.
I don't mean to seem like an idiot but where does the sound come out. DO you have to plug into a stereo or amp? No one ever shows that part. I'm just curious because I want to get the new Donnor E kit. the newest Donnor kit may be the way I go. I lost my left leg a couple of years ago and want to see just howI'lll do before I buy another drum kit. Oh yeah, since you like snare drums so much, I have a Ludwig concert snare in sparkle blue. It was my first. I started taking drum lessons when I was 5. I'm now 56. I bought it from my drum teacher. So I'm not sure the exact year. My lessons started in 72. I know she was a senior in high school. So it's probably from the mid-60s. Let me know
So basically all ekits (or at least the ones Ive used/shown) have 1/4" outputs either for recording into an interface like Im doing or to hook up to a mixer or amp. Plus theres a headphone output for, well, headphones lol.
Great video, what built-in kit is good for heavy metal, like metallica, megadeth etc? Or you have to use some software to expend to get acceptable sound for that?
is it worth to pay a bit more for Surge or it wouldn't really make a difference? the thing that caught my eye in Surge is kick drum, other than that they seem pretty similar i guess
Alesis DM7X (yes....the precursor to the Nitro) user here. Man those sounds bring back memories - not for the right reasons... Man I cannot wait to move onto something better. For the last few months I've preferred practicing with the module off :/
Or get a Roland TD27 that has an infinitely more sturdy rack and pads, significantly smaller footprint, digital hats ride and snare that pick up the smallest of dynamics, all for £700 more 🤷♂️ I work at Andertons and we had to remove our display Strike Pro SE cos it kept falling apart, moving and cos it took up far too much space. I’d even argue that the TD17 is better than the Strike Pro…
Something I've been curious about lately... What if you used mesh head for the reso side? Would you get a sort of "inbetween" a concert tom and regular double headed tom sound? Or would it just sound like one or the other? Also could you use it to have a loud kit for rehearsal and gigs, and then use the mesh side for quiet practice?
I feel like toms are the one drum that you can tell they are electronic when you hit it. the rest sounds pretty real. I mean you can still tell it's electric but with the toms you can really tell.
I've had an alesis surge mesh for almost a year now and the snare drum pad is already broken. Whenever I hit the pad it registers as a rim shot on the module. I've found that alesis does not great reviews for long term drum sets.
wheres my e-kit gang at?
Here
Where would you all be without my David.
Here. I have the Nitro Mesh and dig it.
I’m here
i wish i was part of it my ludwig is loud af
You should combine all the e-kits you have into one kit
Imitate a neal peart octokit
@@OverproofMMA Add a Malletkat and call it the Robot Apocalypse
The megadesk of e-kits!
@@OverproofMMAmore like initiate Neal Peart E-octokit
Do it.
To eDrum makers: Yes to the phone stand, super useful. Yes to dry acoustic drum samples of a few classic kit types, birch kit, maple kit, 70's kit. No to tons of novelty kits that are buried in cheezy studio effects or weird comedy electronic sproing sounds. No to tiny 10" hi-hats. No to only 10-15 user presets. Yes to Bluetooth for streaming in tracks.
i doubt they're going to read the comment, but you're right.
You know you can connect it to your pc and use EZDrummer?
@@salesone8615and double the cost of the kit :)
Exactly, modules filled with junk, like 200 snares you'll NEVER use!
@@salesone8615 they shouldn't include any sounds if it's going to be sold strickly as a controller. Since is not just a controller they should give us samples and features that we actually want to use.
I subscribed because of the peel.. lol
I have this kit in the "Special Edition" which is just red, but I wanted to point out in case others are here and own it that the Hi-Hat actually has a "Heel Splash" trigger as well. So you can do close, half close, full open and heel splash.
I just bought the kit 3 weeks ago. I wasn’t into electronic kits. I use it to practice. I play to songs using the blue tooth option. I play using headphones or through my monitor. It takes up less floor space than a 4 piece acoustic kit, it has a smaller foot print. I can pretty much play when ever I want with out disturbing others. It’s a good way to build up your drum vocabulary by experimenting with different drum patterns to see how they sound as fills. Now apply these patterns to your acoustic kit when playing. Keep on drumming.
How noisey is it irl? Can neighbors in the adjacent room hear it?
For $400 bucks it does/did way more than my Pearl DRX-1 I bought back in ‘86. You’ve come a long way baby.
Fer sure! Let's hope 40 years made a difference.
That " Snare sounds familiar " snare sound reminded me of She Drives Me Crazy by Fine Young Cannibals.
I was thinking it would be funny if he said this would be the perfect kit for my Fine Young Canibals tribute band. I heard one of their songs the other day and I was thinking about why that snare sound is so bad. 1990 was a really bad year in music.
I thought it sounded like I've got the power snare. but that fine young cannibals joint is appropriate too.
Ooh ooh
It was such a distinct snare sound that idk how it reminded me instantly of that song.
@@sullysullster8217 Plus that 2 note riff that happens in the middle. So naff and funny.
4:02 Run to the Hills 🤘
I’ve got the alesis nitro mesh kit, thing is a beast for a budget kit and has amazing results recording thru midi with xln audio’s addictive drums. Gives a real kit sound without buying an acoustic kit/ all the mic gear to record!
Been using a standard Alesis Nitro Kit for a long time. Bought it like 8 years ago and it still works like new
Man, I gotta tell ya.... I have been watching your channel for many years now. Have commented here and there. But your drumming has come so far lately!! You are playing this set amazingly and it seems like something has just clicked with you and your interpretation.
I sure love watching your videos as with so many of us and damn you sure have a lot of gear and what's your secret to getting companies to sending you things for free, or at least I'm sure they're being sent to you for free anyway. I have a few endorsements under my belt being a professional drummer for 49 and a half years now but I don't even get my stuff for free lol.
@@jackenglish1041 With your extensive experience you should starting your own TH-cam channel and build a following like this guy has. He has 344k followers, so drum companies will see it as extremely worthwhile to have him review their products to a large number of people who are all clearly fans of drums and drumming in general. If just 0.5% of his viewers order one of these kits, that’s sales of 1,720 kits which, @ $400 each, would equate to revenue of $688,000…all off the back of sending him one free kit! 🥁
Dude! You are awesome! Sidenote, I managed to catch the subscription to Drumeo! Thanks!
Dang I just tried it too and said code is invalid so I came back to see who got it 😅
slick work my friend, congrats!
As someone with the Alesis strike pro.. their kits are really sturdy and feel surprisingly natural for an "e-kit"
I’ve played drums for over thirty years. A few months ago, I went to visit my best friend and long time bass player. He was showing me some e-kits on his computer and asked me if I liked any of them. Told him I didn’t know how good they’d be at such a low price point. He said, I’ll get one for you that we can keep at my house so we can jam when you visit. After a little research, I narrowed it down to a Simmons and this Alexis. Got it back to his house and set it up (which was a pain). Once it was set up and plugged into a bass cab, we jammed and I was pleasantly surprised by how good it was relative to the price. Triggers were decent enough to get a buzz roll going. Also, it was on sale for $350 USD, but it was red and black. Aesthetics aside, it serves our purpose well and I’d recommend it to anyone interested in learning basic coordination drumming techniques.
That snare sound you mentioned remind me of that song "she drives me crazy (ooh, ooh) like noone else (ooh, ooh) she drives me crazy and I can't help myself".
I'm 34 btw.
4:01 anyone else start playing Run To The Hills in their head?
Instantly
I think that was the idea yeah
Oh God those backing tracks are seared into my brain from my nitro mesh kit
Same !
Many of the sounds and songs date back even farther than the Nitro line. The ones that do go back farther were used on the Alesis dm6 kits and the Ion Professional, as well as at least one Simmons model from the 2000s/ 2010s. All of these kits, including the Nitro max, are made by the same company, which is Medeli, so in this case they put many of the same sounds and songs into them with minor changes to things like the general midi instruments used to play them. I prefer the gm sound font from the older ones, though the one that the nitro series uses isn't too bad.
Ive owned a couple nitros and played many other kits and honestly the fact that you can tune the drums to match stuff is probably the nitros best feature
I just bought this kit 3 weeks ago and I love it. Hardly touch my Roland TD11KV nowadays. You alswys have to build your own user kits and do a bit of tweeking but that's half the fun. Great sounds and features. Very happy!
Would you recommend this over the Roland TD-02KV? They are the same price in my country, but was wondering if I should get the nitro max because of the kick drum and pedal
@@theonewhoknocks797 Absolutely, the roland rack is a lot sturdier, but if you set up the Max properly (I use a spirit level to make sure the cross pieces are 100% level) and tighten it up and retighten after a few days and again after a few weeks (Coz the plastic gives a bit) you're good to go.
Here are some custom kits I designed myself and they're killer.
Kit 35
Snare 100 V 22 p - 2 r 06
T1 164 V 17 pan - 1 p ooo r 006
T2 165 V 017 p 001 r 006
T3 166 V 024 p 002 pit 000 r 006
Bd 006 V 021 pan 000 pitch 000 r008
Hh 277 V 032 pan - 01 pit 000 r 008
Cr 268 V 019 pan - 01 pit - 05 Rev 002
Rd 253 V 032 pan 002 pit 000 Rev 001
Kit 40
S 100 V 018 pan 000 pit - 01 r 000
T1 143 V 012 pan - 01 pit 000 r 006
T2 145 v012 pan 001 pit 000 r 006
T3 147 V 012 pan 002 pit 000 r 006
Cr 260 V 023 pan 003 pit - 02 r 006
Rd 253 V 029 pan 002 pit 000 r 006
Bd 001 V 032 pan 000 pit 000 r 004
Hh 277 V 032 pan - 02 pit 000 r 004
Hh tap 300 V 20 pan - 02 pit 000 r 004
Pedal 311 V 017 pan - 02 pit 000 r 004
Kit 48
S 076 V 020 pan 000 pit 000 r 006
T1 161 V 17 pan - 01 pit 000 r 004
T2 163 V 016 pan 001 pit 000 r 004
T3 165 V 015 pan 002 pit 000 Rev 004
Bd 009 V 032 pan 000 pit 000 r 004
Hh 277 V 032 pan - 02 pit 000 rev004
Pedal 311 V 010 pan - 2 pit 000 r 004
Stick 302 V 024 pan - 02 pit 001 r 004
Cr 268 V 016 pan - 01 pit - 05 r 008
Rd 253 V 028 pan 002 pit 000 Rev 003
Std factory kits on most mudules just suck.
To answer your question, to me it's all about sound quality. I don't care about the flimsy rack, and also portability. I sold my Roland TD11KV.
Im so excited because this drum set is coming to my house in 6 days!!
I have the Command X model. 600 programed sounds, chrome rack, red trim, and 600 preprogrammed sounds! I added an extention kit so it's more fun. Thanks for the info. I've been thinking of adding an additional kit to make it bigger.
watching an the part about upside down allen head screws... flip the t bracket over and the screws will be on top. Great unboxing!!
I think the worst issue with e-drums is that they have hundreds of sound but very few are good, a lot of them sound a bit fake, i don’t know why.
You have to modify the tune and the reverb to make them sound better
Tends to happen with cheap kits. If you play a high-end Roland kit, that's another story
Agreed. Maybe these companies should focus on making sound banks that aren't supposed to sound real. Figuring out what kinds of samples are most popular and making those the selling point/primary presets.
I've got a TD11KV and this kit sounds better. The roland sounds tired and dated, and with almost every kit I've ever owned you have to build your own user kits. It's amazing what you can achieve with pitch, EQ and reverb.
Yeah, part of being a musician is setting up and tuning your instrument and effects. Not sure why you’d expect ANY instrument to come out of the box set to your personal preferences and ready to play. Guitars, bass, saxophone, harmonica, piano…I can’t think of any instrument that doesn’t need the musician to set it up.
@@Feercholain My Roland TD11KV needed tons of setting up and it still sounds trash. There's not one decent dry set of toms. It sounds just like an acoustic set. Yugh. This Nitro Max sounds MUCH better.
was just showing this kit to my mom last night out of the sweetwater catalogue, she wants to learn drums
The Simmons Titan 50 is the same features for the same price, but the sounds are way better and it has a better kick drum pad, it feels and triggers better and it actually fits double bass pedals. It's on guitar center's website and if a store is near you I would recommend it instead of this kit.
@@theblackknight870 oh sick, thanks
@@theblackknight870are you sponsored by them
That snare at 6:08 is SUPER familiar. I think its a sound that was used on some 80's tunes that are famous. The first thing i thought of is Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives Me Crazy, but after listening to it, that snare is way deeper....but with a very similar attack. Itll come to me later, probably. Anyway, this seems like a great low priced e-kit. The tech has gotten cheaper and cheaper. Oh, and they started innovating again so i cant wait to see how good e-kits get. DW is making SUPER high end e-kits with acoustic shells that you can use as normal drums. The tech in them is amazing. They cut the signal delay to virtually nothing, and have pressure sensors & like 5 zones a drum. Oh, and they are WIRELESS. I cant wait to see what else they come up with...
As places like DW improve the tech, e-kits will get better and better, and cheaper and cheaper. Great stuff.
Is it herb Alpert - keep your eyes on me? Produced by jam and Lewis
sounds like in a big country - big country kinda.
I heard fyc too
I CANT ANYMORE! I have the same brand e-kit and it has some of the same hi-hat, ride, and crash symbol sounds, just scrambled up! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK! YOU’RE MY MOTIVATION!
Sweetwater had a expanded version of this kit that came with a double bass drum pedal and I'm quite happy with it
I ordered mine off Sweetwater today! Just gotta wait for em to be back in stock to ship to me. Cant wait
Great playin man! I alway loved Alesis! Its good to see they are keepin with it on another good kit! I played a couple similar to that. I really like how you can mute the cymbal and the sensitivity of the hi hat as well! Definitely huge selling points at that price!
Bruh. You were killing it on song 49. That sounded awesome.
Been thinking about buying this set, definitely helpful for helping me decide. Nice video!
Awesome , This the best E Drum demo I have ever seen by far
Alesis just can’t get decent sounds. A bunch just sounds artificial. You should try the mimic pro. Game changer. Been using it since it came out. I still don’t think there’s any module on the market that sounds anywhere near as good as the pearl mimic pro. I would love to see you review that.
any daw would solve that. :)
@@regalasongs2256 yeah but I don’t use any daw etc as the sounds onboard are just amazing. I’m a less is more guy. One less piece of equipment or software getting in the way is a plus for me. lol. Of course there’s a huge price differential between something like this kit that he is sampling in the video versus Pearl mimic Pro so it’s probably geared towards two very different audiences anyway.
This is a silly comparison. He’s showcasing a $400 budget set and you’re telling him to try a $2400 module.
@@dylanconrad6930 that’s what I mentioned. Two diff price points and audiences. That said. Calling it a beast of a module just doesn’t seem accurate at all.
@@dylanconrad6930 My Alesis Strike Pro SE sounds Great....simply grab the best kit closest to your preference, & mix out instruments throughout the variety, tweak the settings & save. I do all of my demo recording for Original material using it......& now could'nt picture living without it !
The low quality sounds are baffling to me because the Alesis Nitro I have has the best sounds I've heard from any reasonably priced electronic kit! I've dialed in a kit that sounds as good as it's going to get without a DAW, so what happened here?
I don't think there's an excuse for any e-kit having bad sounds nowadays considering how accessible and inexpensive recording has become in the last decade. You think they'd Atleast cycle a few variations of the same-velocity hit so that it doesn't sound like it's triggering. Idk that's just my opinion, I can make more realistic sounding drums using Ableton and my fingers 💯
The drum sounds hit me like a flashbang. These sounds have been burned in my brain from my first nitro kit, from many years ago
Never thought I'd hear David play Iron Maiden!
That’s pretty amazing for $400. Playing a full-size Ludwig kit in my parents’ basement while listening to Rush at full volume over speakers while vainly attempting to be the next Neil Peart…well, I’m sure my parents would have gleefully invested in something like this, if it had existed in 1981.
I believe Neil himself said "The bad things about drums are: NO ONE wants to hear you practice."
For $400 it's pretty nice. Good detailed review. Only compllaint is I would have liked a mention of how the heads feel; mainly are they lively enough to do your pad practice on?
Super sensitive, just like my roland. Great pads.
Thank you for song all of us your proficiency behind a set of drums. You are amazing!!!❤️🙏🎄🎅👏✌️❤️
just got this kit. I love it!
How's it holding up? I'm also thinking of either buying a simmons titan 50, yamaha dtx432k, or this drum kit. I've heard the snare drum section is often loose and the bass pedal falls apart on some people
@@Monocentic it's holding up great! No issues at all! I really recommend it
you have always had some darn respectable chops dude!
The Simmons Titan 50 is the same features for the same price, but the sounds are way better and it has a better kick drum pad, it feels and triggers better and it actually fits double bass pedals.
You should try something like a TD-17 kvx or something like that
……Which is hideously expensive. I’ve had a TD9 for years which I do love but the strike pro SE has soooo much bang for the buck and I think it sounds better than the Rolands!!
Looked kinda wobbly, and I noticed you eventually had to sandbag the kick tower. I do like that it's expandable at least. Great playing (almost overshadows the actual kit!)
yeah, the kick was flying away even with the spikes maxed out
@@rdavidr I have the Nitro Mesh, and the kick tower looks the same on the Max. The tower in my kit tends to lift up at the back (the end with the spikes) when I clamp a non-Alesis pedal to it (can't remember if it happened with the Alesis pedal, too) so that the spikes don't really engage the rug. A gallon jug of water (in the round jugs that commercial cleaning solutions, windshield washer fluid, etc. come in, not the square-ish milk jub) nestles right between the vertical braces on the tower while sitting on the crosspiece that holds the spikes and holds it down well enough.
I’ve had a more expensive Alesis Dm7x (I think that’s what it’s called) it is now showing its age since the hi hats are not responsive at all which sucks cause my
Music uses a lot of intricate hi hat patterns so I’m thinking of getting this one! Also excuse the run on sentence.
I’m wondering if I can add a cymbal from my current kit to this one? 🤔
The rack is kind of small, but Alesis does sell a matching expantion pack that includes a 4th tom, second crash, and the required hardware/ cables to add it all in. I bought the expantion with mine, so it's effectively as expanded as it can be, without the need to split the tom inputs, which are actually 2 zone inputs despite the fact it only has single zone toms.
@@acerbt nice I ended up buying the Alesis DM10 Mk II!
you know you can tighten the heads for a snappy stick return. Love mine.
Been thinking about getting one of these as my first anything kit! Looking to start playing drums (my first love) after all these years!
HAPPY NEW YEAR RDAVIDR
The trigger with the choak strip is supposed to be on the crash and not the ride, even though the module supports it there.
I practice my bossa nova skills whenever my guitarist is tuning 😊
I know this review is about the kit, but at 4':42" that groove is simply a beast.
(- I'm no drummer I'm just following you for a while now.) Coolio, really. 👌
Dunno how practicable it would be, but would be interesting to see if you could augment an acoustic kit with some of the e-kit pads for effects, etc.
10" dual zone snare... i'm jealous...
I was curious about the difference in the Nitro Mesh and the Nitro Max... That looks to be quite the upgrade.
As other chats mentioned, you should give the Strike Pro a try. (GC sometimes has / had them out to demo.)
I got the alesis turbo, which was the model priced under the nitro. Idk if they still make it but for a hundred dollars more than what my kit cost this kit has so many features i wished mine had. Well worth the extra hundred it would seem
Dude you’re nuts! Nice playing!
You gots the great chops, Buddy !
I am 68 yr old guy and I just bought one of these kits. I have a lefty- righty question. I am mostly left handed (almost all lefties are somewhat ambidextrous by necessity, and I am no different). When I fiddle with drumming my left hand always leads . My left hand is a better one-handed drummer. Should I leave drum set as rightly and just switch?
Can you adjust the position of everything more? The high hat is a mile away from the snare, and the ride would be better more to the right by the floor tom.
Cymbal work was clean my friend. 🥁 🤘
this kit with the expansion (floor tom and cymbal) on sale at MF now. just ordered it yesterday.
1:32 I subscribed because “That was so satisfying to watch”
I like that he played Run to the Hills by Iron Maiden one of my all time favourite songs
Could you make a low volume cymbal but fill every hole with rivets like the 100 rivet cymbal but worst
I just ordered one. Had to rearrange my room to fit it.
If i were to get something like this I can assure you i will be using steven slate samples instead of the sounds that this module can produce
If you were going to get a ekit at this price the Simmons Titan 50 is the same features for the same price, but the sounds are way better and it has a better kick drum pad, it feels and triggers better and it actually fits double bass pedals. Not the same level as Steven slate but it's definitely better than this module.
does it have double kick pedals option?
It’s funny on the cheaper turbo mesh kit. It comes with a drum key to put the rack together.
Would be helpful to see how these things work with double bass. I never see cheap edrum kits hooked to double pedals because most of them suck with that.
I don't mean to seem like an idiot but where does the sound come out. DO you have to plug into a stereo or amp? No one ever shows that part. I'm just curious because I want to get the new Donnor E kit. the newest Donnor kit may be the way I go. I lost my left leg a couple of years ago and want to see just howI'lll do before I buy another drum kit. Oh yeah, since you like snare drums so much, I have a Ludwig concert snare in sparkle blue. It was my first. I started taking drum lessons when I was 5. I'm now 56. I bought it from my drum teacher. So I'm not sure the exact year. My lessons started in 72. I know she was a senior in high school. So it's probably from the mid-60s. Let me know
So basically all ekits (or at least the ones Ive used/shown) have 1/4" outputs either for recording into an interface like Im doing or to hook up to a mixer or amp. Plus theres a headphone output for, well, headphones lol.
Great video, what built-in kit is good for heavy metal, like metallica, megadeth etc? Or you have to use some software to expend to get acceptable sound for that?
"That" snare: "She Drives Me Crazy" - Fine Young Cannibals
that little section of you playing kit #3 was SICK. FAT TOMS.
I need one of these kits SO BAD! Ive been teaching my 8yr old Grandson & my new neighbors are being difficult lol.
david seems to love the ride bell a lot very wholesome experience but needs more ride bells
the nitro mesh is one of the best I've used so will most likely upgrade to a new Alesis
straight up that kit 31 snare is so nostalgic
That familiar snare around minute 6 reminds me of Fine Young Cannibals!
That plastic film tear off was so funny!!!🤣🤣
awesome for the beginner as well
i swear you just did the entire drum opening scene from some kind of wonderful... am i imagining things?
is it worth to pay a bit more for Surge or it wouldn't really make a difference? the thing that caught my eye in Surge is kick drum, other than that they seem pretty similar i guess
Dave just can't get the peel down 😂 awesome video man
2:35 i guess you can put the whole junction thing upside down? so the screws are facing up?
kit one is awesome !!!!!! rock n roll !!!!!!
@Drum Workshop should send you one other their new E kit. Good video David
Alesis DM7X (yes....the precursor to the Nitro) user here. Man those sounds bring back memories - not for the right reasons...
Man I cannot wait to move onto something better. For the last few months I've preferred practicing with the module off :/
You should get your hands on an Alesis Strike Pro SE (its the kit I have), such an upgrade over their budget kits
Or get a Roland TD27 that has an infinitely more sturdy rack and pads, significantly smaller footprint, digital hats ride and snare that pick up the smallest of dynamics, all for £700 more 🤷♂️ I work at Andertons and we had to remove our display Strike Pro SE cos it kept falling apart, moving and cos it took up far too much space. I’d even argue that the TD17 is better than the Strike Pro…
very good demo, brother
Is is Don Henley's "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" you're mentioning at 6:12?
4:02 Iron Maiden "Run To The Hills" intro? :)
Something I've been curious about lately... What if you used mesh head for the reso side? Would you get a sort of "inbetween" a concert tom and regular double headed tom sound? Or would it just sound like one or the other? Also could you use it to have a loud kit for rehearsal and gigs, and then use the mesh side for quiet practice?
If you love 1980s video game sounds, this kit is for you! You sure it's not New Old Stock from the 80s? I can see why it's $400.
IT HAS BLUETOOTH. That also doesn't sound like an 80s VGM.
@@chobies5383you ever tried to buy a Bluetooth module? They can put them in there for pennies.
Oh you must know of a better set for this price. Do tell?
Man I just got 200 dollar e-kit and I can't wait to play it.
I feel like toms are the one drum that you can tell they are electronic when you hit it. the rest sounds pretty real. I mean you can still tell it's electric but with the toms you can really tell.
is there a way to have a song from the internet playing in the head phones as well?
I like drum
Who snares
@@paradiddle5150sanre
I would like to try this one for one of my speedruns!!
@4:05 Maiden's "Run To The Hills" comes to mind...lol
I've had an alesis surge mesh for almost a year now and the snare drum pad is already broken. Whenever I hit the pad it registers as a rim shot on the module. I've found that alesis does not great reviews for long term drum sets.
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Rdavidr is a Maiden fan, it's canon. Cry about it.