Any of you bastards have a Roland TD-25KV or other drum kit?

[romanianreaper]

I was thinking about getting a drum kit, for fun of playing but for recording purposes, etc. I have been checking out the reviews of the Roland TD-25KV and watching vids, etc. and seems to sound very realistic and have a great feel. I was wondering if anyone owns one or has played one? I know it is not the same as a real drumkit but either are tickets from the police from loud playing.

If you guys have any info or have bandmates, etc that have played it, would be curious to see what people think. The reason I'm looking into this one is because it isn't the cheap, rubber pad version but also isn't the price of a car.

 

[errrrrl]

I have an upgraded/ maxed out Roland TD6. It originally came with a mesh snare and rubber pads, rubber bassdrum thing and cymbals for the rest. Its now all 100% mesh and can't add any more pieces unless I get a new brain/drum module

Here is the thing about Roland kits, the stocks drums samples are seriously out dated and pretty much suck. If you want to get awesome drum sounds just make sure the kit's brain /drum module has a midi. You can hook it up to your computer via midi and use software like Addictive Drums or Superior drummer to get the real realistic sounds into your recordings.

So when you see the higher ends kits like the TD20 etc it doesn't necessarily mean it will have better sounding drums than the smaller or rubber pad kits (cause they all suck). You can make a shitty rubber pad kit sound amazing with midi and addictive drums. But if you got the cash and want a nice kit then by all means, they are nice to have for sure!

This vid might shed some light on what I am referring to, good luck!

 

[romanianreaper]

Thanks E! Yeah, I figured the midi option is a good thing to have handy. Check out some vids of the TD-25KV. I think their priority was to create a more realistic sounding kit with only like 18 kits or something like that, instead of tons and tons of kits that don't accomplish anything useful.

 

[PBGas]

I was thinking about getting a drum kit, for fun of playing but for recording purposes, etc. I have been checking out the reviews of the Roland TD-25KV and watching vids, etc. and seems to sound very realistic and have a great feel. I was wondering if anyone owns one or has played one? I know it is not the same as a real drumkit but either are tickets from the police from loud playing.

If you guys have any info or have bandmates, etc that have played it, would be curious to see what people think. The reason I'm looking into this one is because it isn't the cheap, rubber pad version but also isn't the price of a car.

Awesome kit! I picked one up for my son for his birthday and he absolutely loves it. Easy to put together and really sounds great. The mesh pads are really nice to play!

 

[mnnt75]

I have the TD25 and love it.
I am not a drummer pre se but the sounds through headphones or recordings are really good.

Had an older set that would allow you to expand more, could set it up where the rim was 1 sound and the middle was another and do not really have that any more so the set is limited by the number of pieces.

But I just discovered these:
https://zildjian.com/gen16-overview#section-2

I haven't looked into them much yet but figure you could use this as it uses a different module and expand the cymbal slots to something else and have more realistic cymbals.

I would buy again.

Got at GC for 2k with their warranty, throne, double kick...so they can make deals on them.

 

[rokket2005]

The Roland kits have the best feel. The Yamaha kits are nice too. What I'd personally do is get a lower end brain like one of the Yamaha dtx's, get an acoustic kit and put on mesh heads and triggers. It won't feel as good as the Roland pads, but it will sound just as good and you then have the ability at a later date to use it as an acoustic kit.

 

[romanianreaper]

I have the TD25 and love it.
I am not a drummer pre se but the sounds through headphones or recordings are really good.

Had an older set that would allow you to expand more, could set it up where the rim was 1 sound and the middle was another and do not really have that any more so the set is limited by the number of pieces.

But I just discovered these:
https://zildjian.com/gen16-overview#section-2

I haven't looked into them much yet but figure you could use this as it uses a different module and expand the cymbal slots to something else and have more realistic cymbals.

I would buy again.

Got at GC for 2k with their warranty, throne, double kick...so they can make deals on them.

Very cool!!!!

 

[romanianreaper]

I was thinking about getting a drum kit, for fun of playing but for recording purposes, etc. I have been checking out the reviews of the Roland TD-25KV and watching vids, etc. and seems to sound very realistic and have a great feel. I was wondering if anyone owns one or has played one? I know it is not the same as a real drumkit but either are tickets from the police from loud playing.

If you guys have any info or have bandmates, etc that have played it, would be curious to see what people think. The reason I'm looking into this one is because it isn't the cheap, rubber pad version but also isn't the price of a car.

Awesome kit! I picked one up for my son for his birthday and he absolutely loves it. Easy to put together and really sounds great. The mesh pads are really nice to play!

Thanks man! You and your son got a band yet? Appreciate the info.

 

[squealie]

You can also buy a 10 pack of cheap piezo triggers, and use your acoustic kit. There are freeware vst's that turn your trigger impulses into midi and you wont need anything but your interface and BFD, Superior, Slate drums.

 

[errrrrl]

Thanks E! Yeah, I figured the midi option is a good thing to have handy. Check out some vids of the TD-25KV. I think their priority was to create a more realistic sounding kit with only like 18 kits or something like that, instead of tons and tons of kits that don't accomplish anything useful.

So I finally got to check out the TD25KV. Wow, dig all the new tech especially the high hat. I'm curious why they used a smaller pad for the bass drum. I thought it was rubber like the old models but saw that it was also mesh just small.

My bass drum is the only piece that I worry about breaking cause I really beat the shit out of mine with double bass... I upgraded to a (now old) KD120 many years ago. Still works great... maybe it's time to upgrade a few more pieces

Good luck with your purchase!

 

[romanianreaper]

Thanks E! Yeah, I figured the midi option is a good thing to have handy. Check out some vids of the TD-25KV. I think their priority was to create a more realistic sounding kit with only like 18 kits or something like that, instead of tons and tons of kits that don't accomplish anything useful.

So I finally got to check out the TD25KV. Wow, dig all the new tech especially the high hat. I'm curious why they used a smaller pad for the bass drum. I thought it was rubber like the old models but saw that it was also mesh just small.

My bass drum is the only piece that I worry about breaking cause I really beat the shit out of mine with double bass... I upgraded to a (now old) KD120 many years ago. Still works great... maybe it's time to upgrade a few more pieces

Good luck with your purchase!

Did you play one in person? I've only got to check out vids, etc. I know videos are not the best way to get an idea of how something sounds but read some reviews, etc.

I'm going to sell a few items, save up, etc. and make this a goal. I really think it would be fun to have a drumset again.

 

[errrrrl]

Thanks E! Yeah, I figured the midi option is a good thing to have handy. Check out some vids of the TD-25KV. I think their priority was to create a more realistic sounding kit with only like 18 kits or something like that, instead of tons and tons of kits that don't accomplish anything useful.

So I finally got to check out the TD25KV. Wow, dig all the new tech especially the high hat. I'm curious why they used a smaller pad for the bass drum. I thought it was rubber like the old models but saw that it was also mesh just small.

My bass drum is the only piece that I worry about breaking cause I really beat the shit out of mine with double bass... I upgraded to a (now old) KD120 many years ago. Still works great... maybe it's time to upgrade a few more pieces

Good luck with your purchase!

Did you play one in person? I've only got to check out vids, etc. I know videos are not the best way to get an idea of how something sounds but read some reviews, etc.

I'm going to sell a few items, save up, etc. and make this a goal. I really think it would be fun to have a drumset again.

Nah, I didn't play one in person. Music stores here don't stock jack on anything expensive usually. But I did watch a crap ton of videos, pretty cool... and definitely not cheap. I wish I learned about the whole midi vst drum thing a long time ago. There was a point in time when I literally was burnt out on the stock samples. I had a friend with a very expensive (for its time) Roland TD20S Roland that had worse samples than mine. It's hard to explain but you just get bored with the built in sets over time, so be sure to learn the midi thing when you have time, so worth it!

 

[amiller]

Yes, I have a TD-25 and love it. I did upgrade the kick trigger to a larger mesh pad and love that too...it just has a better feel.

I also agree, send the triggers via midi to your DAW and trigger the samples in Superior Drummer or whatever flavor drum software you have. The Roland on-board sounds are meh.

I'm by no means a drummer but I can hold some basic beats. The cool thing is that I can record a drum section in a song and then go back into a midi editor and easily fix my mistakes.

So, with Superior Drummer drag and drop parts and my own drum parts I can really make the drums in my songs sound like they were tailor written and recorded for that specific song.

 

[romanianreaper]

Yes, I have a TD-25 and love it. I did upgrade the kick trigger to a larger mesh pad and love that too...it just has a better feel.

I also agree, send the triggers via midi to your DAW and trigger the samples in Superior Drummer or whatever flavor drum software you have. The Roland on-board sounds are meh.

I'm by no means a drummer but I can hold some basic beats. The cool thing is that I can record a drum section in a song and then go back into a midi editor and easily fix my mistakes.

So, with Superior Drummer drag and drop parts and my own drum parts I can really make the drums in my songs sound like they were tailor written and recorded for that specific song.

Cool! It irritates me that they don't include the mesh bass drum stock but I guess that is how they convince folks to upgrade.