hi everyone joff here from professional music technology today we're going to be looking at
five of our favorite affordable electronic drum kits that are perfect for beginners
okay so first up on our list this is our most affordable kit that we do this is
our tour tech tt12s so it's a really nice compact design on this one great for any
small areas that you you know want to put a kit in the corner or something like that
it's a five piece kit layout on there so you've got your hi-hats
you've got your crash symbol
and you've got your ride cymbal as well okay for the rest of the kit you've got your bass drum
and your three toms which are all velocity sensitive as well
and then you have a dual zone snare pad on here so you get two different sounds out of this drum by
hitting it in different areas either on the main part or on the rim for your rim shot on that one
so the kit itself in the module on the tt12 it encompasses 250 sounds in there so that's 20
preset kits which is anything from your acoustic drum sets to percussion to electronic drum sounds
you also have 20 different songs on there as well or sort of backing tracks that you can play with
and then there's 10 user kits where you can take any of those 250 sounds put them in whatever
order you want and even customize them by changing pictures and things like that so plenty of stuff
to play with on here other features of the module include you've got an auxiliary input here so you
can plug in an ipod or ipad or you know stereo and play music through the module through your
headphones with the kit as well you also have a usb and midi output so you can plug this into a
computer and use it as a midi control system if you're using recording software and also most
usefully on here there's a metronome as well so you can practice along to particular tempos and
work on your chops and getting your playing up to speed so that's it on the tc 12s the drum kit
does include a pair of sticks when you buy it but if you need other things like drum stools
headphones we do do a bundle deal on our website it's always worth having a check on there as well
okay next up we have the yamaha dtx402 uh there's a couple of versions of this kit this is our most
affordable one this is the 402 which has the midi controller pedals rather than a real bass
drum pedal but it's great if you're in a flat or somewhere above where you don't want the sound
traveling through the floor with those bass drum pedals on that so really nice really well designed
kit laid out again exactly as your five piece kit on here you've got your snare your three toms kick
pedal hi-hats crash ride everything you need for all your exam grades so the snare drum and the
ride symbol on here have two different velocities on there so as you're playing them you'll get two
different sounds out of each one so on the ride symbol you can have the ride and the ride bell
and then again the same with the snare there'll be two different snare sound
so the module itself features 10 different themed drum kits on here or different musical styles
and to accompany those styles as well there are some backing tracks on here where you can
have the music with the drums or you can take the drums away and play along yourself just like this
and if you find yourself getting out of time with that there's also
a click track you can play along with it as well
one of my favorite features about this kit is the fact that it's got a brilliant ios
app that you can use with it it'll plug into your iphone into an ipad even android as well
the app on here opens up the entire module by putting the power of the mod for on your phone
so you can customize the kits on here you have visual guides for playing with the apps that
will actually give you feedback on how well you're performing and then there's a fantastic challenge
function on here where it takes all of those 10 songs and breaks them up individual lessons but
you can't access the higher songs until you've scored higher so kind of like a video game
and a challenge for your kids when they're wanting to learn stuff so again with all of these kits
this one has an auxiliary input so you can plug in an external audio device and play music through
the headphones with the kit you've got a usb to host so you can plug it into a computer and
use it as a midi controller system uh headphone input as well for quiet practice for everyone else
i think this was probably one of my favorite kits for under 500 pounds this one it also comes
with a five year warranty which is a fantastic offer from yamaha so this is the yamaha dtx402
right okay so here we have the roland td1k so this is quite similar in design to the yamaha
that we just looked at however this is a much more ergonomically designed uh piece of kit on
here so quite quite plush looking you know quite look quite nice in a modern home similar to the
mr it does have the midi controller pedals on here so if you're in a room above someone
the playing one of these the sound won't travel through the floor anywhere near as much
as it would with a real bass drum pedal on there the module itself is quite nice and simplistic you
have 15 different drum kits on here 15 different backing tracks so songs that you can play along
with there's a metronome on there just to help working with your rudiments and your paradiddles
and a coaching mode function here this is something that's got 10 different challenge
sections on it what it does is it will give you sort of guide showing you whether you're
ahead of the beat or behind the beat or there's another one which will show you
what it will actually drop out the metronome and it'll score you on how accurate you are if you're
playing in time with that or not so various different things that you can help uh help
aid with your practice on that one cool looking at some of the other features of the kit the
pads here are really nice quite soft rubber so they feel quite comfortable play on the symbols
themselves have got dual zone areas so you can get two different sounds out of each symbol
the different sounds on there you also have an extra cable as well so you do have the option
of adding in another tom or another symbol on there and finally just like all the other
kits you have the auxiliary input on here so you can plug in any external audio device usb
so you can plug it into your computer and use it as a midi controller system again
so if you're after a great looking great sounding space saving kit this is the roland td1k
hmm
okay so next we're going to look at something slightly different to all the traditional kits
that we've been playing so far this is the yamaha dd75 so it's a tabletop portable drum
kit on this one it runs on batteries so you can take it anywhere it's got built-in speakers the
pedals itself are two of these switch pedals here so you can literally put them on any surface any
floor and use them as you need it's got various different built-in sounds there's over 500 sounds
on this kit you can assign to different things different patches and create your own user kits
there's a load of songs as well there's a hundred songs that you can play along to and
record your own parts to as well on the recording function here
there's even a hand percussion mode so you can press this button and then play some
of the drums with your hands as well so any of these sort of latin percussion sections on there
okay so with this kit as well you do also have the auxiliary input on the back here so you can
plug in any audio device on there it doesn't have a usb but it does have midi capabilities on here
so you can plug this in again and use it as a mini trigger system it's a great little kit to start
off with if it's something that you're not sure that you've got the space for one of these larger
kits it's a really good way to just actually get into drumming and just get your limb independence
and coordination going because you can use your feet and your hands there's four separate things
on there so it's a really good starter kit for that one again this is the yamaha dd75
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cool and finally on our list we come to the tour tech tt22m what makes this kit unique is it's got
mesh drum heads on it and at this price point that's something that's normally reserved for
kits of a much higher spec so what mesh heads mean is that they're a synthetic drum skin on there
they're not rubber pad so with these they feel a lot more realistic like a normal drum head would
and you can change the tension of them as well so for a 60 inch floor tom you can have it tuned
really nice and low and you don't get too much bounce back for your snare drum here the 10 inch
pad you can have it tuned nice and high so it's got lots of bounce like your snare drum
would have on there also as well this is the only kit on our list that has a real bass drum pedal
so it does come with a mesh pad for that but you also get the bass drum pedal included as
well with this one so a much more natural feel you get more swing and respond from the bass
there and easier to play sort of faster double strokes and things the symbols on this one as
well feature dual triggering so you've got two different sounds out the symbol and a choking
capability as well so you can actually catch the symbol and stop the sound just like this
same on the ride and then two different sounds
same thing with the drums as well you've got two different sounds from the head and the rim
so lots of fun to play with on that the other nice feature with this kit is this on a really
nice four poster rack so quite big and sturdy but it means you can position everything much
more normally than your acoustic kit would be set out like so you won't feel too different going
from one of these onto an acoustic kit on there okay and moving on to the module of the tt22m
this module has over 400 drum sounds on there which are spread across 29 preset kits you also
have 12 user kits as well where you can design and customize your own drums on there there's 20 songs
on here that you can play along with with the same function that you can remove the drums from there
and add a click track so you can add your own percussion and backing to the tracks yourself
so other features that you get with this kit as well you also have the auxiliary input so again
you can plug in any external audio device and play along with music through the same headphones while
hearing the kit you also have on here a full usb audio and midi interface which makes it very easy
to record the audio sounds from here straight onto your computer so if you've got the space
for it this is the tortec tt22m probably the most realistic feeling kit that we've looked at today
so
cool thanks everyone for watching that was five of the best cheap electronic drum kits that are
suitable for beginners if you want to know any more about these kits do log on to our pmt online
website where all these kits are available with their information and specs or alternatively if
you're in any of the areas where a pmt store is do pop in and speak to your local drum guy there
i'll be happy to run through all the kits and show you some more of the features on them don't forget
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