Electric Drum kits, any recommendations? Got around a £500 budget...

vaticancameos

I'm a guitarist really, but I've recently started learning to play the drums, I was using my housemates kit but I've just moved house and want to get an electric kit...

I did a tiny bit of research, it seems the Roland TD-1KV comes highly recommended at my price-range, it even has a 'mesh' snare (?) which I guess is good?

http://www.roland.co.uk/products/td-1kv/

Considering I just want it to fuck around on in Superior Drummer and lay down some real basic drum tracks, would it be a good idea?

Anyone got any better recommendations?

Thanks!

meltedbuzzbox

I would recommend the Alesis DM10  used

Its probably the most bang for your buck at £500 (you should be able to get it for less than that)

PolarityMan

Yep I as about to say the same thing. Second hand alesis dm10 or dmX

andy1839

I've got a Roland TD-25 and a Yamaha DTX700. They're the big two manufacturers, I looked at the Alesis stuff and the Roland and Yamaha stuff were streets ahead in terms of quality of the pads, cymbals and racks.

I find the Roland mesh heads easier to play as they have more bounce back than the DTX pads, I would suggest having a go on different ones. I had a look at the Gear4Music WHD brand ones, you can pick up a full set with mesh heads for around £500, they seem worth a look too.

I have to admit I loved the look of the Alesis Crimson kit, huge though!

vaticancameos

Yeah that Alesis kit is rather massive!