Hart Pro 5.3 TE3.2 Electronic Drum Kit Black Lacquer

Rubber Pads feel like a practice pad, usually cost less and have a smaller design. Not all are created equally- the best are foam rubber over a harder rubber for more give and have a more natural bounce quality and generally last longer. Mesh heads are more realistic- they feel more like a real drumhead including the rebound and have more give. They generally offer better positional sensing and can be tuned like acoustic drums for the feel and rebound desired. As opposed to rubber heads, mesh heads will eventually wear out and need to be replaced.

Rubber Pads feel like a practice pad, usually cost less and have a smaller design. Single zone- some simpler kits will have one zone per pad which means only one sound/recording will be triggered which usually will sound softer at lower strikes and have a harder sound when struck harder. They can sound more one dimensional. The kick pad only needs a single zone as it strike in on place only. Dual zone- two physically different areas on a pad like ride edge and bell, head and rim, choking cymbals,.. Triple zone- allows for rim, middle and bell of a ride cymbal or tom center, rim and a latin percussion sound,ĝ

Rubber Pads feel like a practice pad, usually cost less and have a smaller design. More of an issue for acoustic drummers due to smaller head size who have to adjust their playing style to work with the usually smaller electronic pads versus drumheads

Simplest is volume of pad increases with harder strikes. With better modules or some drum sounds or samples (recordings) in lesser modules, the actual sound or timber changes as the pad is struck harder for better realism using ĝmultisamples'. It could be a simple crossfade from a soft hit to hard one or could have more samples in between to offer more subtle changes as the pad is struck progressively harder.

With better kits the sound will change as you move the drumstick over different parts of a pad or cymbal for better realism- typically the snare and ride. With the snare hit in the middle of the pad it will be a thick full sound and grow brighter and thinner as you move towards the edge.

How well built and sturdy is it? Will it hold up well? Will the pads not slip around?

Quality and variety of sounds- listen to the demo's, listen to a cymbal decay- does it fade too fast? drums strong and clear? Number of trigger inputs- room to add more cymbals and pads? will they be single or dual zone possibly using more trigger inputs. Editing capability- to tweak each drum sound and effects which can include tuning, pan position, decay, EQ, amount of fx level, .. all the way up to the material the drum is made of, tension level,ĝ CD input- so one can play along with their favorite songs Teaching- to dheck one's timing, training exercises, etc. Internal songs to play along with- the drums can usually be muted or not to play along with Ease of Use/Display- is it intuitive? Is the display understandable or too difficult? Number of outputs- 2 is usually enough except in a studio or live sound setup where the engineer would like to have the kick, snare, separated to process separately for more control of the elements Recording- using a midi sequencer- how many tracks or instruments can play simultaneously? How many Songs and notes will it hold in memory.as long as possible.