First of all, thanks to all who stop in to read this, 'cos this might be a long-ish post ;) I am currently living in Korea. Before coming here, I had played drums for a grand total of 7 months, and totally loved it. Made some good progress, if I do say so myself.... anyway, now that I'm here, I really miss drumming! I'm considering buying an electonic kit - something small and quiet (apartment living), something to continue working on my skills and practicing until I go back home. It's a money thing. Here, it's gonna cost me a fair bit more than it would if I were back home (but if I were back home I wouldn't be able to afford it anyway, ha ha ha). My question to you DTXPRESSers, and other electronic drummers out there, is: IS IT WORTH IT? I've tried it out at the music shop, taken her for a spin, if you will. I like the variety of sounds (polyphony?), the fact that one can customize kits, MIDI it to a PC, record, edit, all that jazz. The thing is, I'm not real crazy about the feel of the rubber pads, the static nature of the "cymbals"... Yes, I'm looking for something to practice / learn on, to "get the groove", so to speak, but I don't want to get too used to a certain 'feel" and then have to re-train myself to play an acoustic set when I go back home. Is the re- adjustment that hard to make? I'm probably gonna do it anyway, but I just wanted to get a few thoughts from some people who have more drumming experience than I do. Thanks!
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DTXPRESS - To Buy or Not to Buy
2002-12-20 by mkotke <mkotke@yahoo.com>
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