Question by Raven52: Electric drums?
I have a Pearl drumset and have been adding on different sounds to it. During vacation on a cruise, I saw the drummer with an electric drumset and I became fascianted with it. I notice that electric drums are expensive and I have no idea what to get. How much would it cost just to add an electric floor tom to my set by getting the cheapest things possible? I know i need a pad, but what else?
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I really don’t know much about electric drums. What do I have to buy to add a electric cymbal and electric floor tom into my kit?
what is a drum trigger and do i need it?
Can you give me some “brains” that are out there now?
Best answer:
Answer by PJH
You also need the “brain” that the pad plugs into, and the amp to make it loud. If all you want is a few “add on” sounds, Alesis makes a control pad that can plug into their SR-16 drum machine. They would be $ 350 for both. Another way to go is the Yamaha DD55 Digital Drum Kit for $ 240. ION makes a whole kit for $ 300. and you could just use what you wanted. Then for any of this stuff you’d need an amp to power it.
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