E-Drum Recap: 2023 (the best and worst of the year) 

Thanks for all the great content! Merry Xmas and best of luck in 2024❤

Very nice recap video Justin!! Hope you have a Merry Christmas!!

Good review! Thanks Merry Christmas Y'all!

Excellent, Justin! Your videos are the best! ... and thanks for the shout out! BTW - I helped design and program the Medeli MZ928.

I am a simple man, I see 65 drums and I click watch!

Nitro Max sounds 3X better than its predecessor. Night and day on both sounds and sensitivity/crosstalk control.

I would LOVE to see you do a deep dive on V2 of Sensory Percussion. The way they’ve revamped the software and hardware is MASSIVE and really opens it up to more accessibility (lots of ways to use other MIDI/triggers/control options). The modular approach is insane and the things I’ve accomplished with it over V1 are night and day.

I've actually had a chance to play some of the EF-Note e-Drums at NAMM, and I love them, they have great response, great sounds, of course the shells are amazing

Great run down!

Hey Justin.. if you have not done it already... an in-depth look at hihats and how good they actually are in regards to sound. Do the sound react after a strike when you move the pedal.... crossfades.. splash ups and so on... simply put.. is the hihat a "sound selector" or an organic experience on hi end/low end and so on. :)

Medeli Mz 928 looks really good. I hope you will make video for this drum set soon.

Fingers crossed Roland gets their heads out of their butts and actually offers better stock sounds in a new update to the TD27/50 modules. Was very disappointed in the stock kits and EDrum Workshop came in clutch with some really good kits and samples for my TD27 module on my VAD504. Otherwise I really wish the EFnote kits had some sort of SD capabilities for importing samples and processed kits into it.

I wish I could get the chance to play an efnote kit. But I’m broke rn. Put thousands of dollars this year into an acoustic kit 😂

I didn't know e drums were so advanced...Sold my Roland a while back and now looking for a super cheap kit to just practice chops quietly. Great video

One thing I'd really like to see in the future is an open source e-drum module that can host any and every drum VSTi on the planet, somewhat similar to the Pearl Module but an open source design that will host any VST drum library in the world. There are so many great sounding libraries out there it would be great to have an e-drum module where you just load up your favorite VST drum library and be good to go. If I, as a non drummer, am thinking about this, then I'm sure some hardware and software developers are thinking about this as well. Something to consider for the future of e-drums?

I L❤VE the stage box & "Ozone" looking e-cymbal pad on the 707 Full. But how is the Tone???

Hi. I have been watching your videos while trying to get an electric drums that will not disturb the neighbors and will use the drums giving drum lessons and also for rehearsals with my band while i will be rehearsing with it. I need something that's not expensive but will last and not break so quick

Is there any info on the Millenium MPS 1000? I am very tempted to use it to run VSTs, would love it if the sold it without a module.

Hi Justin! Thanx for your work, it's amazing! A question: I'm browsing with no rush for my first e-kit (restarting playing drums after a 20&more years stop, in an environment where I can't slam on the acoustic set ). I'm oriented towards the yamaha dtx6k3-x and the roland td 17 kvx2. I'm leaning on the yamaha, because it seems more compact (space is an issue), I seem to prefer the sounds of the module (you described as "punchier"), the hihat stand is included ad it cost less. On the other hand what I like about the roland is the fact that the toms are dual zone. At this point the main discrimination is the machine gun effect, and there's my question: is there any difference between yamaha and roland, using specifically their modules? The machine gun effect is less prominent using vsts? Unfortunately, there are no stores in my area where I can try both modules side by side. Thanks for all!

could you please do a review of the Mandala Pad V3 in 2024?

You missed that the D2 version of the Millennium MPS 1000 came out in March of this year. A month after I bought the 2022 version. 🙄

Justin, How do I connect Bluetooth to my Strike Module for the Headphones?

Ok im looking for an electronic drum set what brand is the best to buy for the first timers

Hey Justin do you think that medeli module is the same as the strike module ??? Why aren't medeli drums distributed here in the states?

Looking between a Roland td07kvx vs titan 70? Is the Roland worth extra 400??

Would love to see proper reviews of medeli and unlock drums/products Those smart pads look interesting

I just want something small and durable that I can use my samples and external drum libraries with

Any thoughts on Lemon kits like the T 950?

I wonder how the MEDELI compare to the STRIKE Pro module

If budget wasn’t a concern, which kit would you pick for best feel, internal sounds, and features??? Like top tier if you won the lottery!!?

Interested in if you think the Simmons Titan 70 is a worthy budget buy? Looking to pick one up...

Is Simmons fairly similar to Millennium drums? They seem similar. Also really cool and informative channel. Please, keep it up. :)

I'm looking forward to the evolution of Donner. 🤞🤞🤞🤞

and the Millenium edrum kit? dont know if that kit was release this year

I need an electronic drum kit

Simmons Titan 70 All day long at its price point!

I'm a little disappointed that so much. Attention is being put on the fact that the Alyssa's Nitro max's rack is unstable. Because I just bought it and it doesn't move at all with me. I don't know maybe i'm playing it In just the right configuration, but it's pretty solid. And I'm actually quite impressed with it. And the fact that it has so much upgrade capability. I think that it hasn't been overhyped. I think it's gotten the justified amount of attention. I don't think it's truly understood how much versatility This kit has and for its price range. You don't have to dump a bunch of money into it to upgrade it to make it a pro. Kit

I was keeping my eye on that donner 500 pro. Can you elaborate on why you disliked it?

IMHO, Sensory Percussion is incomparable with any of these drum kits; the modular approach and control is simply on a different level from traditional drum triggers. It takes a second to set up, but the control and possibilities are unparalleled.

i expected to see the mps 750x pro. although you may not have heard much of it because its a european brand

wireless adds extra 2ms latency which is not acceptable if you already using virtual instrument.

Is Roland td17-kvx2 still the best e-drum set to get for ~$2k?

All modules aside, if you're using drum software like Perfect Drums, etc. wouldn't that cancel any argument about the quality of sounds coming from the module out of the box? If quality sounds is your goal, wouldn't the software take care of that no matter what kit you use? I used to have the Roland KVX-2 with all the extra cymbals, kick pads, etc. and the module was great but I used Perfect Drums to really get the sound I wanted. Couldn't this be applied to say the Donner DED200 or any of the Alesis kits? It's just such a jump in price from Donner's 400-500 bucks to 2000 for the roland higher end stuff.

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I was super psyched about unlock drums stuff until I found out they were from Israel, needless to say I’m not spending a single cent on them. Everything else is super cool though, this was overall a really exciting year for electronic drums and I can’t wait to see how things proceed from here!

I suggest if you have a nice set of drums pre-roland you keep them. Roland is going to ruin it all with their electronic trash.

Started being shipped from occupied Palestine*

Now that Roland owns everything they're going to start making everything electronic. And it's junk. no self-respecting drummer would buy that junk