Jamis Ins *cOuGh* it’s the strike pro se *CoUgH* But I do agree, there has to be comprises to take the price down and the quality is the compromise in alesis, unfortunately
@Jamis Ins I've had mine for almost two years and I hit pretty damn hard. Chewed threw sticks in around six to eight hours of play on my acoustic (not insane by any means). Like all companies lemons exist.
@Jamis Ins bro you got the lower end model. The SE had had a solid reputation. Way better than the first Pro from a few years back. Crimson isn't even the same park. It's like comparing the iPhone 4 to the 11 max
Just ordered from Sweetwater. They gave me a great deal on this set + the Tama Iron Cobra hi hat stand and double kick pedal, with a throne for $2671 shipped. Cant wait. Much better than the 5k Roland kit, and totally better value. One thing youtube is missing is just people playing along with music to get an idea how the drums really sound. Will be doing that even though it wont be monetized
Yes, I'm going to do a video. Blows away top of line Roland. I am adding some small 10 in Nitro cymbals to use as splashes. Using a splitter.cable.and tom rim for the triggers. I called alesis and they said it would work. Went a little crazy and got the Bose Model 1s with B2 bass module for a PA. Got an s1 pro for a monitor but dont like as the kick is too bright. Trading it out for 2 15 in yamaha monitors
@Mango I think they stepped up their game. I have a 9 piece double bass Ayotte with a cage, so I know quality. This feels good to me, but there will inevitably be haters. I did do a lot of tuning thru the module to get the sound I want. Right out of the box the triggers need some tuning, but I was able to dial them in pretty good. Overall satisfied, especially since you get more drums and cymbals for 1/2 the price of a high end roland. And when pairing with the Bose PA, it rivals most acoustics. Alesis has been great with customer service. They sent me new clamps for my extra cymbals for free.
Awesome. What exact items (hi hat, double kick pedal, and throne) did you get in you order for that price. I've gone on the site but can't seem to find any of those items that would get me close to the price you got.
@@VermontPrepper Sorry, previous comment was vague. What is the name of each (Hi Hat stand, double kick pedal, and throne) that you added to your cart to get that price? I'm seeing a bunch of options for each item but I can't seem to get the same price you got. Thanks :)
You guys do some of the best and entertaining drum kit reviews I've watched. I used to live in the UK in London and Richmond on Thames. Thanks for your channel and for a little British humor!
that's a bummer, and now because this one is out your one is kinda grandfathered, its rubbish companies do this to people. maybe they will sell the bass drum separately
Je possède la version précédente depuis plusieurs années , fonctionne toujours parfaitement , rien de cassé , et les joueurs de Roland deviennent jaloux quand ils jouent dessus !!!😀
Amazing demo guys, thank you. You really showed off a wide variety of kits and playing styles. I have one sitting behind me. I love it. It's also great because you have 8 outs for the various components such as kick, snare, toms, etc. So, if you like to record into a Tascam Model 24 as I do, all of your drum parts can be separated like the TD-50 but without the TD-50 price ($8,000 USD). I love that it has 808 and 909 samples built in. The kits sound amazing to me. Super inspiring. Not bad for a great-looking $2600 (and change) kit. Love the banter too. Cheers!
It's a great piece of kit for sure! The mesh heads have changed on this modal, they now come with dual-zone for the snare and toms along with a faster response mesh for a more natural feel. Check out our website for a full description of all the new features. :)
Yo! Alesis Surge kit... great kit for the money only problem is there are only two good kits on the controller. I like how you guys are demonstrating these kits.
Do like! Ever since my son has been obsessed with a mates electric kit, I have been starting to look at some better ones. This one is great, and is a great price!
Would you consider changing the heads for the triple ply Real Feel heads from Drum-Tec? Can you see through them ? How about buying another 14” and going 10,12, 14,14 . Use the 8” up over the hihat for a timbale or bongo or whatever. How about changing the ride for the big ATV and use this 16” as a trash crash or gong. Have they changed the triggering system inside? Is it going to be more reliable ? They did a good job on the Strike Pad. Maybe the workmanship carried over to this. I hope. I love the look and price. I’d like to plug it into an EV 15” with 15” sub as well!!!
Only go for electronic when you have to for practical reasons. I only have a full high-end electronic kit and use it for live too. It is good. But acoustic will always feel and sound better.
@@Tom-sd2vi Thanks for your advice, I know I let the voice in the back of my head get the better of me sometimes! But; it was based on the idea of having loads of different drums at your fingertips. I focused on my snare because that's the one I am the most unhappy with. I have been working through a number of different tricks and hacks to make it sound better, and its going in the right direction. But, it still sounds like it belongs in a marching band - not a rock band! Yes I am trying to get a high-end sound, out of a low to mid range snare, but I'm don't one to blame the equipment. As I tick different ideas off the list, its sometimes good to add others to it!
Just got my first e-kit, Alesis Burst, not even in the same realm as this beast, but I am shocked by the realism of these, especially the hat that's fully proportionate to the open/closed position. Are all cymbals triple trigger? I'd like to see more bell on the ride and crashes. Just amazing work by Alesis. Love the Roseanna and Zep kits. Roland eat your heart out!
I’m looking to moving to something like this from an acoustic kit, mainly so I can practice without annoying the neighbours!! As such, how much acoustic noise do you get from a kit like this compared to a more ‘traditional’ electronic kit with pads?
Excellent! You got some chops on you sir. I just bought mine today and will have it delivered this Friday. I love the way it looks and unlike my Roland TD-30, you can import your own samples or drum sounds. I don't understand, I paid 5k for my Roland and those guys don't include that feature. You think for the money you paid for the Roland it would have that. I was worried about the issues they were having back a few years ago when they first came out with this kit. Apparently, they've figured it out and they went with the hammered cymbals which very cool. Also, I got the demo from Sweetwater for 2200.00. Very cool!
How is the new hi-hat? As someone who hates the original strike pro's hi-hat I'm desperate for another one. I'm mainly looking at the vh-11 but if this one is good too I'd rather have another strike pro one.
Looking to change to e drums and at present have a Tama Imperialstar kit with 8 mounted toms and 2 floor toms double bass drum. Had this kit since the late 80's, but now at the stage of having to reduce the noise. Love the look of the Alesis pro, more like a kit rather than some plastic tupper ware lids, and the price is reasonable. Question from me is, can this kit be added too with more drums and cymbals. Especially the cymbals. Would i have to get an additional input module.
I'm very interested in this set. I have an old Roland TD10 set that works fine but it's prehistoric. This kit looks great, sounds great here...but I keep reading over and over about issues with the hi hat not working properly. I didn't notice any of that here. Did you have to tweak the settings to get them to play correctly?
Thanks very much. Now will it work with SD3 & ezdrummer? Someone said on V- Drums that the midi latency is so horrendous that it makes using a VST NOT POSSIBLE. I don’t want this to be true. I love the kit . I want it to be great. But I’m only using Toontrack. You need to hook it up and let us know if this is true or fiction...please?
It should work with any VST. I have used it with SD2 and Logic Pro's included MIDI kits. It's not true that Roland modules have horrible latency. I used a TD-11 with SD2 and Steven Slate Drums 5 all the time. Just double-check your latency settings in your DAW.
You need an audio interface that supports ASIO if you want to play through SD3. Any normal soundcard is going to have terrible latency. That goes for any electronic kit, as it's just passing midi through usb at that point and it's the PC output that's typically delayed.
Is there anything better than this kit a year later in Nov 2020 ? in this brand or other brand, can you combine your favorite sounds from all the different kits and combine them into one custom kit ? and how easy is it to use something like superior drummer with this module ? and how many of the preset kits actually sound like real drums. I can't stand all the gimmicky sounds that allot of kits have. I just want real sounding drums. for practice and studio use. any advice from Andertons or people in the comments are appreciated.
Hey guys. Wow great video! Is that stock right out of the box? Or did you have to do some fine tuning to it first? Also, is this considered the "2nd gen" of this kit? I'm contemplating on getting one (in Canada) but not sure which one to go with..... Regular pro model or this Special Edition model. It seems they fixed most if not all of the issues that were happening on the regular Pro model! Looking forward to your reply! Cheers!
Definitely go with the special edition. The regular strike and strike pro have really bad durability, with some parts breaking in a few months or even a month. However, they have fixed alot of those issues with the special edition. Plus, the hi hat controller is alot better on this one.
I just bought this kit. I want to mount the hi hat on the rack and use the Alesis RealHat pedal. Anyone know a good rack mount stand/arm to where I can still use the upper hardware that came with the kit (because of the lock nut)?
Hey, great reviews and walk through drums with you. I’m really interested in these drums. For sound and looks for live session (maybe) but primary for recording but then with Superior Drummer 3 within Logic Pro X. I’ve seen that there have been issues getting Alesis drums to map midi in a correct and easy manner in EZ Drummer and or Superior Drummer. Have you guys tired this and was is your thoughts about it? Is connecting these drums to Superior Drummer 3 something you might consider doing a video about?
for superior drummer: clear out all the notes for all parts of the kit. every single part of your Kit has a midi learn function so use that and hit the part of your kit that you want to assign. worked with every e-drum i have used without any issues.
Roland Digital snare with position sensing, digital HH with pressure and position sensing are light years ahead, but Roland toms still shound like sh*t being shot out of a machine gun. The Toms on this kit sound some much more natural.
I have a Strike Pro Special Edition DRUM. However, there is a problem. The symbols are the problem. For all symbols, bow and edge work in reverse. It's terrible and I'm suffering every day. The open hi-hat control doesn't work really well. You must help me. Please contact.
I've never liked the sound of toms on Roland kits except for the floor toms. Not even on the high end models. Even though I had td 11kv the sound of toms sounded bad even on the 30 kv. This is way better
People have said that a lot, probably because of how Roland models sound (with tons of flexibility to edit) vs. real samples used by Alesis. I prefer the samples, and the Strike Pro SE comes with 808 and 909 samples. The kits just sound great.
I think there’s so much crap talked about e kits, I’ve been playing Roland stuff for years and it’s been fine but for most normal people on normal budgets there all like kids toys size wise and I hate that . This kit sounds absolutely fine to me and the drums actually feel like drums when your sat behind them and that for me is a massive massive plus , I’d have like to here someone actually play it properly to a track instead of annoyingly messing about on it ! Just saying ....but nice kit 👌
Alesis hardware is kind of a gamble. The cymbals are known to break easily. For a long lasting option i would go for a roland kit. I bought a 2 year old used kit and used it for 3 years and its still A++. But if you're on a tight budget, you get WAY bigger drums for a lower prize with alesis kits. So there is not realy a best of both worlds sadly.
@@DubstepCherry depends if your using vst or stock sounds the alesis has better stock sounds and module is way better then td25 but if your triggering vst I would go Roland will last longer and triggers great.
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Whats the name of the first kit played on video? on 00:05s? thanks
I want this desperately. I havemt watched all the way through but is there more spaces for cables in the module if i were to add say, more cymbals or something? I probably wont need to but im a cymbal freak so u never know lol
Can you not just play an 8 bar beat without unnecessary fills all the time? Really hard to get an idea of how it would handle real world playing to songs.
Was thinking the same thing. It's ok doing all these choppy misleading fills but usually what makes those fills so clever is the fact that they always fall back into 4/4... if you don't do that it just comes across as someone imitating a better drummer. There is nothing musical about it really and it is hard to hear how these samples may fit into a song or along with a band. I mean listen to how bad this sounds @ 2:42 lol it sounds like the drumming rendition of someone experiencing a stroke.
I would imagine that it is but like many people, they have set the gain a bit high on the snare. Certainly on my 2box (admittedly with a bespoke diamond kit) I can get ghost notes that are both super sensitive and so quiet that you can barely hear them. I would imagine that it just needs a tweak as they tend to come stock with a set up that effectively creates compression.
i don't understand why nobody is teaming up with Toontrack for a drummodule with extensions and a fantastic sound.... imagine a superior drummer sound live ...
Theres a module add on that does that, which I take with me, is called my laptop XD
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@@homewardboundphotos do you really play shows with all sound from the laptop? i now that works but for me that was always too much of a hassle... the the pearl mimic pro on the other hand are basically steven slate drums in a perfect package, that is something i would really like live
@ I don't find it much trouble. plugging in a laptop and an interface takes like 30 seconds, relatively it's a fraction of the amount of time it takes to set up the kit itself.
May sound like a daft question but how quiet is this kit (like if you’re playing with headphones)? Years ago I had a Roland tf9kv that I had to sell sadly & now thinking of resurrecting my drumming hobby, the old Roland had a rubber pad bass drum that was kinda loud for anyone else in the flat - curious if anyone who owns one of these could comment?
I don’t understand all the love for this kit. The samples are fantastic. But I could also say that for an 80s CD player. What makes a good drum module is being able to play the samples quickly and not sound like that’s what happening. Listen closely to the demos. They are perfect until the drums are played rapidly. Then. bleh. Robot, machine gun. Probably fine if you are happy to play them via your Mac, but then you may as well buy a cheaper set. If they can fix that, I’ll be a fan.
@@oscarwong4201 Hello. I actually just had the same conversation with my brother. Roland VAD706. This gives you a few things. 1) Looks, many ppl won’t even notice it’s digital. 2) Individual outputs, so the sound desk can e.g. turn up the cymbals. 3) full sized drum heads, what people are used to. 4) amazing sound. If the budget is tight. then a Roland TD-27KV. You can still set individual levels, just this is done on the kit itself. You could also look lower on the VAD line that use this module, so you get the acoustic look. good luck.
Nothing weird about it to me. Everyone has their own style I’m sure if you posted yourself playing drums some people would think you play weird to and some not, someone always has to comment negatively
Sorry Guys. Its not that great sounding. We are bashing Roland here i see, but the cymbals for example on the Strike lacks everything. Do like the hihat sound (open/closed). Its not expensive, but that means somerhings gotta give. When i look at the build of this module hmmmm.. and cables everywhere
You get what you pay for. In my experience Roland stuff is superior in build quality. Don’t be fooled by quantity. Go for quality. I understand Roland is expensive but there is a reason. Alesis has a very bad reputation for build quality. Believe me - I would love for the Strike Pro SE to be great. I would buy it as well. But until they prove to me there build quality is equal with Roland ?.. it’s a no buy for me.
The new Strike Pro SE is great, and has gotten very good reviews. It's also sample-based, so the sounds are better. Roland models their sound but offers more flexibility with editing. People widely complain about the Roland's toms. The Strike Pro SE gives you an additional tom and cymbal, way bigger triggers overall (but for the ride) and way more sounds/kits/samples, plus 8 outs. That means you can recording into something like a Tascam Model 24 and mix your kick, snare, toms, etc. independently and also have those separated in your DAW. Can't do that with Roland (without USB audio) unless you get the 8k TD-50.
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I've been a Roland guy forever...but Alesis is seriously winning me over. Monster, legit kits for waaaaay less cash! :)
Jamis Ins *cOuGh* it’s the strike pro se *CoUgH*
But I do agree, there has to be comprises to take the price down and the quality is the compromise in alesis, unfortunately
2box beats this drum module easily. Less machine gUn effect than Alesis
@Jamis Ins I've had mine for almost two years and I hit pretty damn hard. Chewed threw sticks in around six to eight hours of play on my acoustic (not insane by any means). Like all companies lemons exist.
@Jamis Ins bro you got the lower end model. The SE had had a solid reputation. Way better than the first Pro from a few years back. Crimson isn't even the same park. It's like comparing the iPhone 4 to the 11 max
My 23yo Roland still works perfectly. Play any Alesis product for 10 yrs. and see whats left....
Just ordered from Sweetwater. They gave me a great deal on this set + the Tama Iron Cobra hi hat stand and double kick pedal, with a throne for $2671 shipped. Cant wait. Much better than the 5k Roland kit, and totally better value. One thing youtube is missing is just people playing along with music to get an idea how the drums really sound. Will be doing that even though it wont be monetized
Yes, I'm going to do a video. Blows away top of line Roland. I am adding some small 10 in Nitro cymbals to use as splashes. Using a splitter.cable.and tom rim for the triggers. I called alesis and they said it would work. Went a little crazy and got the Bose Model 1s with B2 bass module for a PA. Got an s1 pro for a monitor but dont like as the kick is too bright. Trading it out for 2 15 in yamaha monitors
@Mango I think they stepped up their game. I have a 9 piece double bass Ayotte with a cage, so I know quality. This feels good to me, but there will inevitably be haters. I did do a lot of tuning thru the module to get the sound I want. Right out of the box the triggers need some tuning, but I was able to dial them in pretty good. Overall satisfied, especially since you get more drums and cymbals for 1/2 the price of a high end roland. And when pairing with the Bose PA, it rivals most acoustics. Alesis has been great with customer service. They sent me new clamps for my extra cymbals for free.
Awesome. What exact items (hi hat, double kick pedal, and throne) did you get in you order for that price. I've gone on the site but can't seem to find any of those items that would get me close to the price you got.
Hi hat, double kick, and throne.
@@VermontPrepper Sorry, previous comment was vague. What is the name of each (Hi Hat stand, double kick pedal, and throne) that you added to your cart to get that price? I'm seeing a bunch of options for each item but I can't seem to get the same price you got. Thanks :)
I am learning on the Crimson 2. This kit is out of my budget, but it looks and sounds amazing.
Check out zzounds. They split it into payments. No credit check.
You guys do some of the best and entertaining drum kit reviews I've watched. I used to live in the UK in London and Richmond on Thames. Thanks for your channel and for a little British humor!
Getting one of these for my drum room, cant wait to load all my drum samples up to it!
I literally bought the normal one a month ago! I would have totally waited if I knew this was coming out! Dammit!!!
that's a bummer, and now because this one is out your one is kinda grandfathered, its rubbish companies do this to people. maybe they will sell the bass drum separately
@@MrMikeydrum I hope so. "Can definitely take a double bass pedal" made me want to scream.
8, 10,10,12 Tom's in this shot.
Evan Keal 8,10,12,14. Not sure what you mean
Dirt Gambit lol what do you mean? Are companies never supposed to bring new products out? The other one has been out for years anyway
I don’t know why…but this is the best vid I’ve watched on this. Funny - great banter 😂
Just test drove this it completely took me by surprise I’d take this over just about any rolands
Thank you for the wonderful overview of kits on the Alesis Strike Pro SE.
The greatest electronic drum of all time
Je possède la version précédente depuis plusieurs années , fonctionne toujours parfaitement , rien de cassé , et les joueurs de Roland deviennent jaloux quand ils jouent dessus !!!😀
It's hysterical reading all the angry posts.....get down to a shop and try it out for yourselves :-)
i tried the phil collins' in the air tonight setting and it was just mind blowing how close it was
Amazing demo guys, thank you. You really showed off a wide variety of kits and playing styles. I have one sitting behind me. I love it. It's also great because you have 8 outs for the various components such as kick, snare, toms, etc. So, if you like to record into a Tascam Model 24 as I do, all of your drum parts can be separated like the TD-50 but without the TD-50 price ($8,000 USD). I love that it has 808 and 909 samples built in. The kits sound amazing to me. Super inspiring.
Not bad for a great-looking $2600 (and change) kit.
Love the banter too. Cheers!
Wow! Looks amazing, and sounds awesome! Is there any actual difference between these mesh heads and those on the previous version?
It's a great piece of kit for sure! The mesh heads have changed on this modal, they now come with dual-zone for the snare and toms along with a faster response mesh for a more natural feel. Check out our website for a full description of all the new features. :)
Ordered mine already, Hope they offer individual toms soon.
You can get individual toms. Also you can add other pads from any other kit (Roland, other Alesis kit pads..etc.)
@Mango Great! I have it running with Superior drummer 3 and it sounds even better, Cymbals are miles better on SD3.
@@johnl7889 one month update? I'm getting mine on Wednesday 🤤
Super fun review dudes! Was laughing out loud lol
Yo! Alesis Surge kit... great kit for the money only problem is there are only two good kits on the controller. I like how you guys are demonstrating these kits.
Do like! Ever since my son has been obsessed with a mates electric kit, I have been starting to look at some better ones. This one is great, and is a great price!
Would you consider changing the heads for the triple ply Real Feel heads from Drum-Tec? Can you see through them ? How about buying another 14” and going 10,12, 14,14 . Use the 8” up over the hihat for a timbale or bongo or whatever. How about changing the ride for the big ATV and use this 16” as a trash crash or gong. Have they changed the triggering system inside? Is it going to be more reliable ? They did a good job on the Strike Pad. Maybe the workmanship carried over to this. I hope. I love the look and price. I’d like to plug it into an EV 15” with 15” sub as well!!!
Hi.
This kit sounds cool, got me thinking 🤔, of replacing my acoustic snare, with this electronic one - go hybrid and have some fun....!
Give it a go! Having an electronic snare can open up a whole new world of fun ;)
Only go for electronic when you have to for practical reasons. I only have a full high-end electronic kit and use it for live too. It is good. But acoustic will always feel and sound better.
@@Tom-sd2vi
Thanks for your advice, I know I let the voice in the back of my head get the better of me sometimes! But; it was based on the idea of having loads of different drums at your fingertips.
I focused on my snare because that's the one I am the most unhappy with. I have been working through a number of different tricks and hacks to make it sound better, and its going in the right direction. But, it still sounds like it belongs in a marching band - not a rock band!
Yes I am trying to get a high-end sound, out of a low to mid range snare, but I'm don't one to blame the equipment. As I tick different ideas off the list, its sometimes good to add others to it!
@@miyahollands6136 I understand your thoughts but would recommend buying a better acoustic snare, not an electronic one.
@@Tom-sd2vi
Yep! That's probably where I will eventually end up!
Just got my first e-kit, Alesis Burst, not even in the same realm as this beast, but I am shocked by the realism of these, especially the hat that's fully proportionate to the open/closed position. Are all cymbals triple trigger? I'd like to see more bell on the ride and crashes. Just amazing work by Alesis. Love the Roseanna and Zep kits. Roland eat your heart out!
Only the ride is triple trigger. The rest are double.
Love this video. You two make it fun!
i saw the preset called "Tonight's Air" which is probably a Phil Collins style kit
It is
actually, i've tried this drum kit and i tried the Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight preset
and it was actually pretty close!
love this kit
When you load samples of your own how do you incorporate rimshot, side stick & centre to every drum pad? i only see layer A/B centre & Layer A/B rim!
I’m looking to moving to something like this from an acoustic kit, mainly so I can practice without annoying the neighbours!! As such, how much acoustic noise do you get from a kit like this compared to a more ‘traditional’ electronic kit with pads?
Excellent! You got some chops on you sir. I just bought mine today and will have it delivered this Friday. I love the way it looks and unlike my Roland TD-30, you can import your own samples or drum sounds. I don't understand, I paid 5k for my Roland and those guys don't include that feature. You think for the money you paid for the Roland it would have that. I was worried about the issues they were having back a few years ago when they first came out with this kit. Apparently, they've figured it out and they went with the hammered cymbals which very cool. Also, I got the demo from Sweetwater for 2200.00. Very cool!
Nice vid guys!
Glad you enjoyed it!
A nice informal video chaps - well done.😀 Will you be reviewing the new Simmons 1200? Thanks.
3:28 thought he was about to play something else
How is the new hi-hat? As someone who hates the original strike pro's hi-hat I'm desperate for another one. I'm mainly looking at the vh-11 but if this one is good too I'd rather have another strike pro one.
Vh10 is better then vh11 it's lighter and responds better in my opinion I had for my td17,kvx also it's cheaper than vh11 check it out
Looking to change to e drums and at present have a Tama Imperialstar kit with 8 mounted toms and 2 floor toms double bass drum. Had this kit since the late 80's, but now at the stage of having to reduce the noise. Love the look of the Alesis pro, more like a kit rather than some plastic tupper ware lids, and the price is reasonable. Question from me is, can this kit be added too with more drums and cymbals. Especially the cymbals. Would i have to get an additional input module.
You can split the outputs. But do you really need more cymbals on this kit?😅
you have achieved Hanes the Socks's interest
I'm very interested in this set. I have an old Roland TD10 set that works fine but it's prehistoric. This kit looks great, sounds great here...but I keep reading over and over about issues with the hi hat not working properly. I didn't notice any of that here. Did you have to tweak the settings to get them to play correctly?
I’m hopefully coming to Andertons today do you still have this kit there?
Roland TD50K BABY. But I may check this one out also.
@@poxcr and way smaller pads. Just ordered this kit. I'm never buying another roland.
Thanks very much. Now will it work with SD3 & ezdrummer? Someone said on V- Drums that the midi latency is so horrendous that it makes using a VST NOT POSSIBLE. I don’t want this to be true. I love the kit . I want it to be great. But I’m only using Toontrack. You need to hook it up and let us know if this is true or fiction...please?
It should work with any VST. I have used it with SD2 and Logic Pro's included MIDI kits. It's not true that Roland modules have horrible latency. I used a TD-11 with SD2 and Steven Slate Drums 5 all the time. Just double-check your latency settings in your DAW.
You need an audio interface that supports ASIO if you want to play through SD3. Any normal soundcard is going to have terrible latency. That goes for any electronic kit, as it's just passing midi through usb at that point and it's the PC output that's typically delayed.
@@jackgoff4859 I should've mentioned that in my comment. Interfaces are important.
@@jackgoff4859 I have a Scarlett 2i4. That should do it for the Strike SE and SD 3
Dude the mouldle is a beast it will easily handle any vst and sd3
Are people using kits like this when playing live ?
the opposite of a Keith Moon sound, when has he ever had a tight high pitched muted sound? Maybe you were thinking of Kenny Jones?????
he has, he had one on won't get fooled again
How does the latency compare to Roland?
what kind of drum monitor are you going through?
For the series “Sounds Like...” pleas do Dave Grohl next
how is experience with alesis strike pro
Does the hugh hat stand come with this kit?
Can you review NU-X, Simmons, and Donner?
Can I add another drum to this and add more cymbals to this kit?
Absolutely yes
Is there anything better than this kit a year later in Nov 2020 ? in this brand or other brand, can you combine your favorite sounds from all the different kits and combine them into one custom kit ? and how easy is it to use something like superior drummer with this module ? and how many of the preset kits actually sound like real drums. I can't stand all the gimmicky sounds that allot of kits have. I just want real sounding drums. for practice and studio use. any advice from Andertons or people in the comments are appreciated.
Hey guys. Wow great video! Is that stock right out of the box? Or did you have to do some fine tuning to it first? Also, is this considered the "2nd gen" of this kit? I'm contemplating on getting one (in Canada) but not sure which one to go with..... Regular pro model or this Special Edition model. It seems they fixed most if not all of the issues that were happening on the regular Pro model! Looking forward to your reply! Cheers!
Definitely go with the special edition. The regular strike and strike pro have really bad durability, with some parts breaking in a few months or even a month. However, they have fixed alot of those issues with the special edition. Plus, the hi hat controller is alot better on this one.
Electronic drums, finally, start to sound better than real drums, I guess. Love it!
How would you compare to new Pearl Emerge set???
I just bought this kit. I want to mount the hi hat on the rack and use the Alesis RealHat pedal. Anyone know a good rack mount stand/arm to where I can still use the upper hardware that came with the kit (because of the lock nut)?
damn am i about to buy this?
Hey, great reviews and walk through drums with you. I’m really interested in these drums. For sound and looks for live session (maybe) but primary for recording but then with Superior Drummer 3 within Logic Pro X.
I’ve seen that there have been issues getting Alesis drums to map midi in a correct and easy manner in EZ Drummer and or Superior Drummer. Have you guys tired this and was is your thoughts about it?
Is connecting these drums to Superior Drummer 3 something you might consider doing a video about?
for superior drummer: clear out all the notes for all parts of the kit. every single part of your Kit has a midi learn function so use that and hit the part of your kit that you want to assign. worked with every e-drum i have used without any issues.
Can it rim-click on the snare? Having a hard time finding this out...
Yes
Roland Digital snare with position sensing, digital HH with pressure and position sensing are light years ahead, but Roland toms still shound like sh*t being shot out of a machine gun. The Toms on this kit sound some much more natural.
Does the kit have a left handed mode?
I have a Strike Pro Special Edition DRUM.
However, there is a problem.
The symbols are the problem.
For all symbols, bow and edge work in reverse.
It's terrible and I'm suffering every day.
The open hi-hat control doesn't work really well.
You must help me.
Please contact.
I've never liked the sound of toms on Roland kits except for the floor toms. Not even on the high end models. Even though I had td 11kv the sound of toms sounded bad even on the 30 kv. This is way better
People have said that a lot, probably because of how Roland models sound (with tons of flexibility to edit) vs. real samples used by Alesis. I prefer the samples, and the Strike Pro SE comes with 808 and 909 samples. The kits just sound great.
Does it have run shot and rim click?
Can you play acrostic sound on the strike module
Yes
Does the snare have positional sensing?
I think there’s so much crap talked about e kits, I’ve been playing Roland stuff for years and it’s been fine but for most normal people on normal budgets there all like kids toys size wise and I hate that . This kit sounds absolutely fine to me and the drums actually feel like drums when your sat behind them and that for me is a massive massive plus , I’d have like to here someone actually play it properly to a track instead of annoyingly messing about on it ! Just saying ....but nice kit 👌
So is it worth it?
Does anyone know if you can choke the cymbals with this kit?
I'm curious as to the durability of it. Is it gonna last? Would it be wiser to spend $2500 on a Roland TD25 for example?
Alesis hardware is kind of a gamble. The cymbals are known to break easily. For a long lasting option i would go for a roland kit. I bought a 2 year old used kit and used it for 3 years and its still A++. But if you're on a tight budget, you get WAY bigger drums for a lower prize with alesis kits. So there is not realy a best of both worlds sadly.
@@DubstepCherry depends if your using vst or stock sounds the alesis has better stock sounds and module is way better then td25 but if your triggering vst I would go Roland will last longer and triggers great.
Whats the name of the first kit played on video? on 00:05s? thanks
big bird kit
Can I request for Sound Like Shut Bodyslam??
I noticed the Alesis has awesome ghost strokes on the snare but can all the cymbals be choked like its Roland counterpart?
Yeah you can choke cymbals. Just make sure the Alesis logo is opposite you, because that's where the choke trigger is.
Can you expand this kit with an additional cymbal?
Of course!
does the snare has rim sound ?
I want this desperately. I havemt watched all the way through but is there more spaces for cables in the module if i were to add say, more cymbals or something? I probably wont need to but im a cymbal freak so u never know lol
You can run splitters
Are speakers needed in order to hear the sounds?
Headphones or speakers, i'm pretty sure theres nothing integrated into the module so you'll need your own speakers or headphones
SOLD!
I thought that was Dave Grohl for second because my quality was at 240p lmao
Austin Smith Tom Green mixed with Dave Grohl lol
Does it come with memory card
Yes
Just remember you will need at least another 4 to 500 for the pedal hi hat and throne. If you need cables or headphone as well.
pretty wild that it's 2600 dollars and doesn't come complete
Can you not just play an 8 bar beat without unnecessary fills all the time? Really hard to get an idea of how it would handle real world playing to songs.
Chas Bacon agreed - I think it’s just insecurity. Most gigging drummers will play 90% beat & 10% fills.😀
Was thinking the same thing. It's ok doing all these choppy misleading fills but usually what makes those fills so clever is the fact that they always fall back into 4/4... if you don't do that it just comes across as someone imitating a better drummer. There is nothing musical about it really and it is hard to hear how these samples may fit into a song or along with a band.
I mean listen to how bad this sounds @ 2:42 lol it sounds like the drumming rendition of someone experiencing a stroke.
Yellow Kit = Tony Williams?
Is have any Reggae. Kit. If not. You at. Last 6. Reggae
Sounds great, Any colour other than bl***y red please!
Im surprised the dont at least sell wraps. I like the color but can see others not liking it.
I just got the normal one 😤
Cheeky!
So the sampling or sensitivity or whatever isn’t good enough to actually play the Rosanna shuffle.
I would imagine that it is but like many people, they have set the gain a bit high on the snare. Certainly on my 2box (admittedly with a bespoke diamond kit) I can get ghost notes that are both super sensitive and so quiet that you can barely hear them. I would imagine that it just needs a tweak as they tend to come stock with a set up that effectively creates compression.
7:32 you know what that means.
i don't understand why nobody is teaming up with Toontrack for a drummodule with extensions and a fantastic sound.... imagine a superior drummer sound live ...
Theres a module add on that does that, which I take with me, is called my laptop XD
@@homewardboundphotos do you really play shows with all sound from the laptop? i now that works but for me that was always too much of a hassle... the the pearl mimic pro on the other hand are basically steven slate drums in a perfect package, that is something i would really like live
@ I don't find it much trouble. plugging in a laptop and an interface takes like 30 seconds, relatively it's a fraction of the amount of time it takes to set up the kit itself.
May sound like a daft question but how quiet is this kit (like if you’re playing with headphones)? Years ago I had a Roland tf9kv that I had to sell sadly & now thinking of resurrecting my drumming hobby, the old Roland had a rubber pad bass drum that was kinda loud for anyone else in the flat - curious if anyone who owns one of these could comment?
......does it have a metallica justice album kit ? Lol
How much is the kit
Current retail price is $2,500
What’s not to like about that set? I think you get a lot of BANG for your buck. Pun intended.
1/4th of Roland's price and 5 times the happiness I guess
Rose Ann 😂
I don’t understand all the love for this kit. The samples are fantastic. But I could also say that for an 80s CD player. What makes a good drum module is being able to play the samples quickly and not sound like that’s what happening. Listen closely to the demos. They are perfect until the drums are played rapidly. Then. bleh. Robot, machine gun. Probably fine if you are happy to play them via your Mac, but then you may as well buy a cheaper set. If they can fix that, I’ll be a fan.
what do you reccomend then? im trying to get one for my church
@@oscarwong4201 Hello. I actually just had the same conversation with my brother. Roland VAD706. This gives you a few things. 1) Looks, many ppl won’t even notice it’s digital. 2) Individual outputs, so the sound desk can e.g. turn up the cymbals. 3) full sized drum heads, what people are used to. 4) amazing sound.
If the budget is tight. then a Roland TD-27KV. You can still set individual levels, just this is done on the kit itself. You could also look lower on the VAD line that use this module, so you get the acoustic look. good luck.
Pearl mimic pro, 2box rumit and high end roland modules are the only modules that dont have obvious machine gunning unfortunately
you guys are cool like your thn,,,that set blows i have the module,,ringo wont play one
This guy plays the drums weirdly
Nothing weird about it to me. Everyone has their own style I’m sure if you posted yourself playing drums some people would think you play weird to and some not, someone always has to comment negatively
Sorry Guys. Its not that great sounding. We are bashing Roland here i see, but the cymbals for example on the Strike lacks everything. Do like the hihat sound (open/closed). Its not expensive, but that means somerhings gotta give. When i look at the build of this module hmmmm.. and cables everywhere
can Jesus play the drums too or is his talent limited to turning the knob?
Lol the guys too young to know the spin doctors song
You get what you pay for. In my experience Roland stuff is superior in build quality. Don’t be fooled by quantity. Go for quality. I understand Roland is expensive but there is a reason. Alesis has a very bad reputation for build quality. Believe me - I would love for the Strike Pro SE to be great. I would buy it as well. But until they prove to me there build quality is equal with Roland ?.. it’s a no buy for me.
The new Strike Pro SE is great, and has gotten very good reviews. It's also sample-based, so the sounds are better. Roland models their sound but offers more flexibility with editing. People widely complain about the Roland's toms. The Strike Pro SE gives you an additional tom and cymbal, way bigger triggers overall (but for the ride) and way more sounds/kits/samples, plus 8 outs. That means you can recording into something like a Tascam Model 24 and mix your kick, snare, toms, etc. independently and also have those separated in your DAW. Can't do that with Roland (without USB audio) unless you get the 8k TD-50.
Alesis kits used to suck pretty bad but this kit blows away anything made by Roland unless you want to spend twice the money
This might even win female singers over. :)