Pyle Electronic Tabletop Digital Drum Set, Compact Portable Drum Pad Kit w/ 8 Touch Sensitive Pads and Pedals, 600 Sounds, USB & Headphone Outputs, MIDI/AUX Inputs, 4x5” Drums & 4x3.5” Cymbals

The Pyle PTED01 digital drums work great. It's easy to program the way you want by changing the pad voices and midi note pad assignments. The USB port allows you to connect to your computer for midi sequencing inside your digital audio workstation software. There are five memory locations to store your own drum kits for the internal kits and midi kits. The drum sounds have cross switching for soft and hard hits on the pads which adds a nice dynamic touch. You can play along with the 100 built in songs and mute the kit performances in each song with the "Drum Off" button, also you can practice and control the volume of the accompaniment tracks. Please watch my video on how to setup the PTED01 to perform the way you like, and hear how the drum kits sound to make it easier for you to decide if the PTED01 is right for you. Please feel free to use the Video Index below for my video. Video Index: 00:00 - Introduction and basic Features 4:36 – Control Buttons 8:58 – Drum Kit Sounds 13:23 – Pad Voice Editing 25:50 – Reverb Settings 27:17 – Song Mode 33:34 – Record Mode 42:40 – Midi Note Setup For DAW Software 48:38 - DAW Recording 53:25 – Rating and Wrap Up 55:20 - Built In Demo Patterns

I have now tried several of these electric drum pads. I am a beginner drummer and have an electric kit for home. But I wanted a kit that I could travel with and take to work. I work 24-72 hour shifts and do have a few minutes to practice here or there. What would make this kit perfect would be battery back up for it to be complete portable. This is one of the only tabletop models that has the high hat where it belongs in a traditional kit instead of in the middle. Also, there’s lots of kit choices as well as the ability to create your own kit. I believe the sounds coming from this kit are similar that come from traditional electronic drum kits that are full size. this instrument does not sound like a toy. I’m still getting used to the high hat and kick pedals. I’m still learning the timing of them versus other pedals that I’ve tried with other kits. As a beginner, I don’t do double kicks and could make comments to the sensitivity of these particular petals. Of the five tabletop kits that I have tried this one is my favorite.

While this kit won't replace a higher end electronic drum setup, it offers some unexpected features we love. It also has drawbacks. My 11-year-old grandson has the summer off from his drum lessons, but wanted to practice regularly and learn some new songs. This set seemed the best bet for that and we are pleased. It didn't take him long to figure out how to use the controls to set the configuration he wanted and he especially liked the provided loops with timer that allowed him to quickly learn and play along with these relatively simple routines. That gave him a boost in confidence to try more complex things. Out of the box, we used the AC adapter to plug the unit into an outlet because we didn't have the necessary 6 C batteries on hand. Once we buy those he'll enjoy having the set more portable. I worried that it would be too loud and possibly annoying to listen to so I had some headphones on hand for him to use (you need ones with a fairly long cord to reach from the back of the unit under or around it thus out of the way and to the user), but we never plugged those in because it is more pleasant to listen to than expected and of course there are volume controls. We downloaded a song he knew onto my iPhone and started that so he could play along. He set the volume so it matched the playing song and did pretty well. His major complaint was that occasionally a drum head doesn't sound as it should which would distract his rhythm. You do need to hit them 'just so' to get the response. I guess when you're used to a full size kit, it's a bit awkward to hit these small pads consistently and in the right place. There are 'dead spots' at the edges of the pads and sometimes when he hit two pads at once in a faster riff, one might not sound. That might have been a product of his inexperience, but it's something to think about if you expect to use this kit for more than practice and play. As a listener, I thought the cymbals and some other sounds should have more reverb than they did, but that may be something you can set. There are a lot of options for settings. The thing that ended up entertaining us all for a long time and was totally unexpected was that in addition to the many choices for drum set sounds, there are over a hundred other sounds to choose from. Everything from explosions, thunder, various animal sounds, laughter, footsteps, a creaking door, an eerie scream to car sounds and convincing war sounds. You can set each pad and pedal separately and save the configuration just like you can with the drum set sounds, so my young drummer ended up creating sets to match stories he made up and then punctuated them in the telling with various sounds. That was a lot of fun. Bottom line: It was easy and fast to set the unit up initially using one of several preconfigured drum set combinations assigned to the pads and pedals that are pretty standard, I guess, as he was able to instantly identify which pad represented which corresponding drum set piece and was satisfied with the sounds, but I was amazed at the options available to set things up to suit specific needs. He had no trouble figuring out how to do this without the instructions and spent hours at it, making up stories to punctuate with sound effects as well as playing along with provided loops and demos and real songs playing on other media. If he sticks with his lessons he'll need a higher end set than this, but for now this is fine and decent value for the price.

Divertentissimo! Bello e facile da usare con un repertorio veramente vasto. E costa poco. Consiglio a tutti i percussionisti. 5 stelle

Worth the price. Sounds good

buena relación en precio, calidad y funcionabilidad, bueno para alguien que requiere practicar, pero además lo puedes conectar a tu pc o ipad (para ipad se requiere cable adaptador) para disparar sonidos de vst, y por cierto los sonidos incorporador algunos suenan bien y son decentes, por otra parte me di cuenta que este mismo digital drum kit es el que vende alesis y medeli a costos mas elevados

Excellent!! Gave this to my 9yr old son for Christmas... He was wanting a full size drum kit so compromised and purchased this one. The sound is excellent, it does so much! My son hasn't stopped playing and recording on it...plus the best bit, it takes headphones ;0)

Very well ... it delivers as promised! I'm happy with tis purchase, especially with the bass drum and hi hat pedal.