Pro
- Silent, I can play at home, in my house, even after the kids went to bed
- Diversity in sound. I tent to play in a lot different styles and I can easily adjust the sound of my kit accordingly
- Mobility! Just fold the kit together and take it under you arm (perhaps a tiny bit simplified ;-) )
- Easy to record! Both midi and audio is connected to my sound card! Just press Record on my computer
- One pad can have to different sounds depended where you hit it, for example one cymbal pad can be a thin crash and a china. Not an ultimate solution but it solves the third paragraph of cons below.
- Mix in! You can easily mix in drumless music and get a nice balanced soundstage.
- They don't break your sticks! I have never broken a pair of drum sticks on my e-kit!
- Tuning! You don't have to tune your kit. You can if you want to, but you don't need to!
- You can record what you play instantly with the controller
- They take up a lot of less space than an acoustic kit
Cons
- Just not the right feeling. It's good but not quite as good as acoustic!
- Sound! I don't know about the TD-20 or the TD-30 but the TD-9 is not just as nice sounding as an acoustic kit! However it sound hell of a lot better than a cheep acoustic kit!
- Adding new stuff! My TD-9 has a limited number if in ports and they are all taken already. If I want to add more drums/cymbals/whatever I need another control unit and they cost a lot of money! Whit an acoustic kit I would not have this problem
- An electric kit can never, ever look cool on stage!
- Leaking of trigger signal to other pads. If you hit one trigger sometimes (not often) you get the sound from an other trigger, especially within the same pad
- No snare strainer.
- The love of a new cymbal! Yes, you can buy a new cymbal for your electronic kit, obviously, but you probably wouldn't spend hours and hours listen to it, touch it and feel it before deciding what cymbal you are going to buy!
- Personality! Yes, I love my TD-9 kit, but it will never have the same personality as my long last Perl First Session (my first kit)
- Did I mention that it will never, ever look cool on stage!
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