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First, thanks to zZounds for a sick price match. I won’t say where or how much, but it was a lot!! Anyway, I had a Roland TD12 module w a full set of PD120s and PD100 Drums...and the cymbal set from a TD11 kit I had upgraded. These were awesome. I stupidly sold them, and immediately realized I needed E Drums, but didn’t have the cash. The 18 payment deal showed up Monday, so I bought these after a lot of looking. Bottom line, the pads, and the rack especially, are awesome. I’m sorry Roland, but the racks you supply look like absolute crap. Cheap unstable crap. I had to modify mine w Ultimate support tunes to keep it stable. The Alesis rack is heavy duty, well thought out. The clamps are just fantastic. Again, Roland...wake up.The module feels cheap, knobs wobble, but so did my TD12 knobs. The sounds are pretty darn good. I bought it to use as a rehearsal kit for my drummer in my New Wave cover band, so, I don’t really need acoustic kits and the like, but the electronic stuff is great. Plus the ability to load my own samples in for what I paid?? Just, wow. Now the bad news. The cymbals are total garbage. The sounds are generally awful, and they sound totally fake. I ended up just mounting my zildjian cymbals on the rack, and hey, it really sounds good. I thought it might sound weird, but nope. Plus, now I have 5 extra trigger inputs I can use my d Rand TD11 PDX and PD 8a with. I now have 4 Alesis toms, my Roland PDX8 as snare, and 3 PD8 rubber pads for weird stuff like claps, noises, and decent cymbal effects like China and sadh if I need them. Those sound ok used like this for add ons. It’s the crashes that sound bad. The choke barely worked, and sadly, the 3 zone ride was more like one zone that triggered all 3 sounds, sometimes. No dynamics at all. Roland cymbals were 1000 Times better. For the money though, if you’re using this for electronic music, or just need a decent set to practice quietly with, go with this. The TD11 is about the same price, if you do your homework, hint hint, but for the $$, with Alesis you get the all mesh pads, and believe me, that’s a big deal. Good luck! Hope this helps!

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It is a great kit for recording. Overall, most of the pre programmed kits are very realistic. The only issue is the kick drum. I had to lower my beaters (Below the center/middle) in order to get sound out of it. The trigger is too low. Other than that, I am pleased with the purchase. I found this kit for 799.00 and reported it to zZounds. They counter offered at 791.00 Great deal!

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