I live in an apartment and I get home from work late but Id like to learn to play drums. I dont want to disturb the neighbours but I want to learn. I saw an electronic drum kit in a store today and someone was playing it with head phones and I couldn’t hear a thing. That gave me the idea I could learn. Are these electronic kits any good? Are they worth learning on and can you transfer the skills to acoustic kits? And are they the best option noise wise or can you muffle an acoustic kit enough to be quiet enough to play in an apartment late at night without disturbing neighbours on the other side of the wall?
You would have to get a fairly expensive one for it to be worth buying. At least $700.
My brother in law is a drummer and uses a fancy Roland kit in their townhouse. I’ve played it as well.
it’s pretty cool and with the sound module you can get a lot of varied drum kit sounds.
However , it does have drawbacks…the feel of the drums is a bit off. It’s very hard to do snare rolls on a electronic snare pad. The cymbals are rubber pads so you don’t get the same rebound feel off of them.
They are better for a drummer who already plays and knows his techniques already, and just needs a quiet kit to jam on in a quiet environment.
Muffling an acoustic set is not going to help much in an apartment. You can transfer most of what you do on an elec. kit to a normal kit, for instance keeping a beat and most rhythmic adventures can translate, but nuances are lost.
My Brother in law does recordings in the studio with his electronic kit…you can’t really tell the difference, as far as that goes, if he is doing the beat and doesn’t get too complicated with the fills.
"An Electronic Drum kit" is gods gift to apartments. No noise and a great way to learn. My friend owns one and his neighbors are 100% happy with it. No noise and no problem, just play with head phones and your set…
The only down side is that there a bit on the pricey side and you need to buy an amp with it so that you can play it out loud. The drum in itself though, is a great way to learn. later on you can graduate to an acoustic set but for now its a great way to start
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You would have to get a fairly expensive one for it to be worth buying. At least $700.
My brother in law is a drummer and uses a fancy Roland kit in their townhouse. I’ve played it as well.
it’s pretty cool and with the sound module you can get a lot of varied drum kit sounds.
However , it does have drawbacks…the feel of the drums is a bit off. It’s very hard to do snare rolls on a electronic snare pad. The cymbals are rubber pads so you don’t get the same rebound feel off of them.
They are better for a drummer who already plays and knows his techniques already, and just needs a quiet kit to jam on in a quiet environment.
Muffling an acoustic set is not going to help much in an apartment. You can transfer most of what you do on an elec. kit to a normal kit, for instance keeping a beat and most rhythmic adventures can translate, but nuances are lost.
My Brother in law does recordings in the studio with his electronic kit…you can’t really tell the difference, as far as that goes, if he is doing the beat and doesn’t get too complicated with the fills.
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40+yrs guitarist/drummer/former pro musician