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Comments About the Sounds:
It's a drum module, and it was designed to sound, play, and feel like real drums. It does this by using samples of real drums (or synthetic if that's your thing) loaded into the ddrum and triggering the different samples based on where the head of the drum is hit and how hard. It uses real heads that play like real heads. It is made out of aluminum so you can play it as hard as you would real drums and it doesn't break. The stock sounds are pretty weak in my opinion, but if you go to www.clavia.se and download some of the FREE signature series sounds, it is the best sounding electronic kit out there. It is the most dynamic electronic instrument I have ever played. The electronic hi-hat attaches to a real hi-hat stand so you can use whatever you are most comfortable with instead of a lame all purpose electronic hi-hat pedal. You can make your own samples for it (although memory is limited to 8mb which is uses very efficiently). I can't say enough good things about this instrument. It is infinitely more expressive than the roland v-drums, the snare sounds much better (there are so many good snares I have a tough time deciding which one I like most out of them.) When you roll and ghost note, it sounds like a real drum. When you hit the middle of the snare it sounds like you hit the middle of it. If you hit the edge, it gets a little pingier. When you are playing and you really pound on it, the snare sound pops more then when you play it quiet, and you never feel like you are hitting and it is going as loud as it can go when you still want to be able to go louder. So expressive... It really is amazing. The hi-hat sounds completely real on most of the signature kits (stock hat is pretty weak). There are so many good kicks and toms it is hard to pick them as well.