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Ion Audio IED01 5-Piece Electronic Drum Kit

233 drum sounds. Complete MIDI implementation.

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It's true what they say: practice makes perfect. What they don't say is, practice also makes noise, especially if you're practicing on the drums! While daily practice will undoubtedly benefit your playing, it's not quite as enjoyable for those who have to listen to you master that one fill over and over. If you want to keep your snare rolls sharp while also keeping your housemates happy, the Ion Audio IED01 5-Piece Electronic Drum Kit is the perfect solution.

Electronic drum kits typically cost thousands of dollars, putting them out of the reach of many beginner and semi-pro percussionists, but not the Ion Audio IED01. Ion Audio has made it their mission to bring professional audio solutions to the masses, and the IED01 lets anyone enjoy the benefits of a full-sized, virtually silent drum set for practice or home recording. Best of all, it comes with everything you need to start jamming right away.

Complete Drum Package
You'll be able to hit the ground drumming when you get your all-inclusive Ion Audio IE01 electronic kit. The sturdy and fully adjustable rack frame supports the five rubberized trigger pads. Two foot-pedals are included, one for the hi-hat and one for the kick. All necessary wiring is provided to hook up to the included "brain," and you even get a pair of sticks and a set of high-quality headphones. All you'll need is a space to set them up and an outlet to plug into! Should you ever decide to expand your kit, Ion Audio makes affordable, high-quality cymbal and pad triggers that can be added to your setup in a cinch.

Inspired Practice
The IED01 is powered by the IDM01, Ion Audio's easy-to-use, realistic-sounding drum machine "brain." With 233 onboard sounds, practice has never been more fun! To help recreate the feel and response of real drums, the Ion Audio Five-Piece Electronic Kit utilizes what's called "Dynamic Articulation." Simply put, as you strike the trigger pads harder, you not only get an increase in volume, but a shift in the basic tonal characteristic of the sound. This results in a more realistic-sounding performance, and a more effective practice for drummers working on their dynamics control. For working on rhythm, the IDM01 is pre-loaded with 50 preset patterns to play along with. The IDM01 also lets you record and store your own patterns as you start coming up with your own grooves--not just a cool song-writing feature, but an indispensable tool for self-evaluating your own-playing!

Home Studio Tool
In addition to storing patterns, the Ion Audio IED01 drum kit brain offers full MIDI connectivity. With MIDI you can hook your electronic drum set up to most recording software and trigger software samplers and virtual instruments. You may not have a drum room in you home studio setup, but that doesn't mean you can't have great-sounding drum tracks in your projects. With the IE01 triggering your software instruments, you'll get a more realistic-sounding performance, because playing the Ion Audio electronic kit is more like playing on a real acoustic set. Your songs will come to life like you never thought possible.

The Ion Audio IED01 Five-Piece Electronic Drum Kit is the quickest and easiest way to get into drumming. You get the feel of playing on an acoustic kit and the convenience and flexibility of an electronic kit, all at a price that makes the IED01 as easy to own as it is to play!
The iDM01 features a great selection of 233 realistic, natural drum sounds, offered both in dry form and sampled with Ion's incomparable digital reverbs. Ion's exclusive 'Dynamic Articulation' feature enables a drum sound to change its tonal content as it's played harder for truly realistic performances. The iDM01 features 50 preset patterns with enough built-in rhythmic variations (with A, B and two fill sections) for composing complete arrangements, and creating and saving your own customized patterns and songs. Plug the headphones, included in the kit, right into the headphone jack for discrete practicing. Plus, the iDM01 also provides complete MIDI implementation, flexible programming and editing features and velocity-sensitive pad buttons.

Set includes:

1 snare drum pad

2 tom tom pads

1 cymbal pad

1 high hat pad

1 kick drum foot switch

1 open high hat foot switch

1 set of drum sticks

iDM01 drum machine

Headphones
Amazing bargain! Electronic drum kit with 233 realistic sounds, and full MIDI implementation. Headphone jack. Includes 1 snare, 2 tom, 1 cymbal, and 1 hi-hat pad; kick drum and open hi-hat footswitches; drum machine module, plus sticks and headphones!
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11/11 Price lowered, New, was $219.00, now only $209.95.

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Ion Audio IED01 5-Piece Electronic Drum Kit Reviews

413 People rated this product :
           8 out of 10
           9 out of 10
"Great kit, worth every penny. Must find better kick pedal."
Feature:
The ONLY flaw this kit has is the foot pedals. When used as a bass pedal they double tap while playing sometimes which really bugs when you are playing a good song. Its got everything you need to start playing. It would be nice if they included another pad assembly for a floor tom. It certianly is no toy. The module looks small in the pics, but its a good 9 inches wide. It can produce almost any kit you can think of. The pads are tap sensitive. If you hit softer, they play softer. If you hit them hard, they sound hard. The bars that hold it togeather are metal and its real sturdy. Definitly a good sounding kit.

Quality:
I can't complain, I got the kit for a great price. It would be nice if the clamps that hold the frame togeather were metal. The plastic ones work fine, but that extra strength wouldn't hurt. The pads are built strong and will last a long life of pounding.

Value:
This kit is the best value for the money. You won't find a better kit for the price. With an investment in a better foot pedal, this kit can keep up with the best of em.

Desirability:
Its a real basic setup. Its not breath taking, but it gets the job done.

Sound:
It really does sound good. For what it is and the cost, I would buy another again if I had to. There are many different sounds of drum kits that are easy to find and use. Its a very strong sounding kit and it sounds great.

Ease of Use:
Its very easy to use. Other then the pedals, I am sure you can replace one with a Alesis DM5 Pro pedal. This kit plays along real easy and is very accurate with a real acoustic drum kit. You can play fast, slow and it picks up the sound fine.

Support:
I sent the website 2 emails in the last week and haven't herd squat. Also the ion forum is down and is never working.

Overall:
I will play this kit until it breaks beyond repair, while taking care of it of course. I plan on getting an Alesis DM5 Pro kit when I upgrade from this one.

Submitted: 11/05/2008
Style of Music: Rock, classic rock, alternative
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           9 out of 10
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"There is nothing to compare at this price."
Feature:
The drum module with it's MIDI out and drum trigger inputs is probably worth the cost of the whole kit alone. Everything else is a benefit. I did expect that the module would allow the user to adjust drum effects on each kit (e.g. reverb) but it does not (just select another kit or make your own up). Also, I expected a stand alone metronome to be on board, but there is not one. I had to make a user pattern OO into my metronome.

Quality:
I've had 'Alesis' stuff in the past and it has been reliable so I would expect this ION to be so. So far so good.

Value:
I got a very good deal on the kit and if you can get the same deal it makes a great starter kit.

Desirability:
I own it and intend to use it to start to learn drums more seriously and also to trigger my drum plug ins in my DAW (especially to create my own more 'realistic' fills). It's much easier and more realistic than than using a keyboard.

Sound:
OK Alesis design drum module, I think it's a step up from the SR 16 as it states that it's 24 bit. The drums are as good as any 100 - 200 dollar module that you will find but with extra benefits (trigger inputs and MIDI out). Some of the kits are a little over processed. I wanted to address the issue folks have had with the footpedals.... THEY ARE ADJUSTABLE!!! (see Ions web site) A small screw underneath will make them less sensitive. You can even make your own 'custom' spring adjustment for even more travel. I can now keep some slight foot pressure on the pedal as I release it (and between kicks) with no double trigger.

Ease of Use:
I found it easy to get going but I am somewhat technically familiar with this type of equipment. The manual is OK if you take the time to go through and experiment, just don't rush if you are new to this type of gear.

Support:
Don't know, hope I don't need to find out.

Overall:
A great value starter kit or basic MIDI drum trigger kit for use with your DAW drum plug ins. I only wish the additional triggers were not so expensive! I would like to get 2 of the cymbals but that is 100 bucks alone! but almost a must have because then I can have a floor tom plus 2 cymbals.... soon!

Submitted: 06/20/2009
Style of Music: Rock, Blues, Acoustic
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