Alesis RealHead Kick Pad Drum Pad
Large enough for a double kick pedal, this kick trigger pad for Alesis electronic drum kits gives a natural response to keep your playing focused.
Overall User Ratings (based on 3 ratings)
Submitted April 6, 2014 by Tommy Verran in Thomasville, GA
"Alesis RealHead Kick Pad Drum Pad"
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This pad is great at a very reasonable cost. It is exactly what I was looking for. zzounds was extremely fast in processing my order and shipping. It arrived after only a couple days from the time I ordered! They were also very helpful with customer service.
Musical Background:
I have played music for 55 years and drums for 51 years. I was a music educator for 30 years.
Musical Style:
classical, rock, jazz, blues, country, bossa nova
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Submitted January 12, 2012 by a customer from gmail.com
"Looks great, sounds and feels horrible!! Try before you buy!!"
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Nice look, horrible pad surface, like placing your beater on a 2x4 piece of wood. Forget getting any support from Alesis.
Sound
Sounds like your knocking on wood, loud surface. Not good on the shins, its like beating on a block of wood.
Features
Easy setup
Ease of Use
It would be nice if you could hear the bass drum sound over the knocking of the wood.
Quality
Built well, except the playing surface fails miserably. They need to consult with a REAL drummer before deciding to make a kick trigger out of a block of wood.
Value
Its ok if you can drown out the wood knocking noise.
Manufacturer Support
Called 3 times, sat on hold for over 30 mins and never picked up. Beware of Alesis support--if you can call it support.
The Wow Factor
I thought I wanted it till I played it for less than a minute and knew it was a big mistake buy.
Musical Background:
Professional 20+ years
Musical Style:
Rock
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Submitted April 12, 2014 by Mike K in Clayton, CA
"Weak trigger, or to sensitive of a trigger."
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I bought the DM10X kit a couple months back. I just bought an extra "bass drum" to use instead of using my double pedal.Well, the sensitivity between the two in not even close being the same. I've switched around the cords to make sure it wasn't those. It is for sure the pads. I took a Y connector to the output for the bass drum, and put each one in to the female part of the adapter, as you should. When you hit each pad with the same velocity, they do not respond the same; one is a lot more sensitive than the other. So of course, this is highly annoying when playing with two bass drums...one louder than the other.Yes, the pads are loud when you hit them and annoying, but you can get used to it, as long as the rest of the kit has that same annoyance with the other pads.So if you are thinking about getting a second kick for your set, beware!! The triggers maybe not respond the same.Something to think about!!Good luck!
Musical Background:
Drumming since 1983, bass playing for half a year.
Musical Style:
Rock
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