

You can't play brushes with them, and side stick playing is clunky at best. Although the technology gets a little better each year, electronics just don't feel or respond like an acoustic kit. IMO the VST (software)-based kit sounds are still way better than the newer stock Roland samples.įrom a weekend warrior perspective, I've spent a good amount of time working with v-drums in both recording and gigging situations. The new kits are nice and a lot more stable than the external software setup I'm currently using, but they're also really expensive. I think I bought my base td-6v for $600 in 2008, then added two cymbals and a few other upgrades.There are ways to expand a limited-input brain such as the td-6v. The td6v is a dinosaur, but using samples from Addictive, Superior Drummer or another drum production software will give you incredible sounds and better response from an inexpensive kit.


Roland td-6v, pd-80r snare, pd-8 toms and hat, cy-8 and Pintech cymbals, kd-8 kickĪddictive Drums samples midied via a laptop, Tascam US-122 usb-audio interface, Behringer 4 channel mixer. I still use them as my practice and home recording kit with the following setup:
