ALESIS DM NITRO MESH ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT

Back in the day, people used to say that something fun was "the most fun you can have with your clothes on". It was a bit of a naff saying but it did the rounds for a long time. Well, drumming might just be that fully-dressed frolic that works for me! I laugh out aloud whether I'm getting something right or hilariously wrong, and its invigorating and rewarding at the same time. This kit covers just about all that I want to achieve. I was getting it to replace the old Octapad II that I still have. That was getting a bit unreliable and I just wanted to trigger drum sounds elsewhere, but to my surprise, actually playing and learning new tricks has proven to be pretty engaging and exciting. It's hard to assemble, and heavy too once it starts coming together (well, it has to be). The instructions are okay, but not overwhelming. We really need another picture for a little Ikea-man lying on the floor throwing a tantrum when putting one of these together. It's kinda exciting to see it taking shape, though. The instructions are a bit fuzzy on things like orientation of parts - is this crossbar the right way up, or upside down? Getting the kit assembled is partly instruction and partly inspiration. Once it is set up, the fun begins. The module (brain) controls everything except your playing, and has a bunch of demo tune for playing along to, with drum parts that can be switched on or off as required. You can also choose other kits (sounds) to play or concoct your own kit from the various sampled sounds, mixing bass drum with snare from another kit, and cymbals from yet another one, and so on. There are practice functions to improve your timing and accuracy in other regards as well, and switching on the metronome while playing along to a demo tune will also invoke the function that watches your timing. You can even play music from your phone or some other device and drum along to that. I record music and have made drumless versions of my own music to play along to. It might also be possible to find such tunes online, by bigger rockstars than me! You can also play drums into a DAW (USB-midi) and assign the hits to different drum sounds, meaning that you can add your own playing to any demo tracks you are recording and also change the sounds as you go. It's a beginner kit in many ways. The drums are all single-zone but for the snare, which has two. This means that the sounds are less changeable by techniques such as where you strike the drum, although they are obviously velocity-sensitive and you get a lot of nuance that way. You have to move up to another kit to get that feature. You can add another tomtom and another cymbal to this kit using the two spare inputs on the brain module. I've not become an expert with this one yet, but who knows, one day I might do a whole-bar fill that goes around the kit and miss that final drum and cymbal. It's comprehensive enough for a long time musician getting into drumming, there's a lot to learn. Build quality is "sturdy". It needs to be! It's heavy as a large boulder but things like the bass drum pedal, while fantastic and just like a proper one, are so light that they will creep across the floor as you play the bass drum, eventually ending up out of reach! So you really need to look at getting a backstop for wandering pedals. The hi-hat pedal doesnt have the same wanderlust. It's not so bad. Playing acoustically is hilarious, just a collection of weird bumps and binks and bops as you hit the pieces, so headphones or an external amp are the way to go. I've used a guitar combo to good effect, although you really have to do some serious equalising of the sound to get something acceptable. Headphones is great too, and with other people in the house perhaps it's the only polite option. Playig upstairs on a wooden floor would be antisocial either way, so use a good drum mat or something to deaden the bumps if you are in that situation. As a 60-something just getting started, this is great fun, and with great fun comes great progress. I'm now confident that I could amaze someone with my drumming (unless they were also a drummer) and was at that level after about 2 months of playing an hour or so each day. I've come to a plateau in my progress and now need to look into specific things, most importantly trying to get my right foot (bass drum) to stop following my right hand (hi-hat cymbal) when I change the rhythm on one or the other. This "rewiring" of the brain is a common obstable that is only overcome with practice, and this kit provides more than enough fun to keep me going while I figure that de-coupling skill out. It's not for everybody. If you're easily discouraged then it really doesn't matter how great a drumkit is, you probably wouldn't stick with it anyway, but if you're even moderately ambitious and open about having to learn and improve, this is a real blast. I doubt I'll ever regret buying this kit and using it to "upskill" myself in music. There's also nothing quite as satisfying as now having demo tracks on which I really did play every last instrument myself! No drum machines, no pre-recorded tracks slipped in, just my own work. Enjoy!

I love this kit! It takes a while to get setup properly, with all the cables in all the right places, and - if you're like me, the wiring nice and tidy, and there are a lot of wires! It works seamlessly on it's own, best to get a cheapo headphone amplifier if you plan to use it outside of the PC. I have it hooked up via MIDI to my PC and it maps to Rock Band and Guitar Hero without any problem, (look it up on t'internet). I also have it mapped into GarageBand on iOS via MIDI. While there are 3 toms as standard, with only 1 input, all are dual input capable if you do a bit of rewiring of the cable harness - which effectively gives you an additional 3 inputs that you can rig to anything you like - extra cymbals, a cowbell etc.... even claps - there are hundreds of sounds built in that you can map to any input. It's a hugely versatile kit, got me into drumming, there is plenty of free software out there like Clone Hero and Pardiddle - it even works with some Oculus Quest games and work with it out of the box, just plug in the MIDI cable, map the drums and you are away to everything from Eye of the Tiger to We Will Rock You and Iron Maiden! It's so addictive being able to drum along with your favourite songs, I lose hours on it, it has mesh pads that are pretty quiet unless you are in the same room! But the only real noise you'll make to annoy the neighbours, (if you have headphones on) is you screaming along to AC/DC! Highly recommended for any music fan - I also play Bass, Guitar and a bit of keyboards, and this is my favourite bit of kit :-) A good workout too - when did you last see a fat drummer? T

Great quality entry e-drum kit. As someone that has played drums for many years I would say this is a great priced entry level kit. The kit can also be expanded on if you want a more advanced kit as you get better at the instrument. All mesh heads are responsive and have a real drum feel, which would be good enough is practicing for exams or pieces. There is a lot better drum sound quality if you are able to plug into a DAW such as GarageBand, then you can alter the sound you want. Also very handy if you’re looking to record but I have noticed some lag when doing this. All in all I would recommend this kit until you’re ready to take a step up.

Just received this and started having fun practicing right away. In a nutshell great value for money, if you just need to practice in between studio sessions. Thanks and credit to to user Jaz, whose detailed review helped me chose this kit. The delivery was fast and assembly was pretty easy. Material felt a bit flimsy but sturdy enough once all screw are tightened. If you are used to acoustic kits, this one will take some adjusting at first. The snare drums is awkwardly positioned and very small. 1 times out of three I'm hitting the rim. The low and high time are a good size but the floor tom is also awkwardly positioned and too small. The hit hat needs to be tightened as another user noted - it tends to move away otherwise. The kick pad is of decent quality and easy to use. The hi-hat however is a big low point with very little realism to the real thing so you would need to keep that in mind when learning. Sound is loud enough - beware to not go too loud lest you destroy your ears. Easy to find how to use external source sound to practice. All in all for the budget I am pretty happy so far. It's of a better quality than anticipated though I would like a better snare drums on this one .

L'ho presa per mio figlio di 4 anni che ha mostrato molta propensione e sta facendo lezioni con un maestro. Per il prezzo è una batteria che si potrebbe tranquillamente suonare su un palco, non è un giocattolo, ottimi suoni, pelli mesh, buona risposta dinamica... penso sia la migliore scelta in questo range. Il rack consente di montarla più bassa per bambini e questo è stato il motivo della mia scelta di Alesis. Ho ricercato molto e a mio avviso al di sotto di questo modello sono davvero giocattoli... questo però, ripeto, è del tutto dignitoso e soddisferebbe anche un amatore adulto senza problemi. Chiaramente non aspettatevi rullate fluide come nei modelli top della Roland, però parliamo di prezzi 10/15 volte tanto. Questa suona bene, è ben fatta, carina da vedere, leggera. Se vostro figlio vuole imparare non gli comprate giocattoli, prendete una batteria che può iniziare a suonare realmente e che non gli tarpi le ali sul nascere. Molto consigliata.

Débutant à la batterie, je voulais acquérir un bon kit pour débuter mais pas forcément le premier prix basique. Après consultations de nombreux avis et comparatifs, je me suis tourné vers ce kit d'Alesis. Les points forts : Légère et prends peu de place. Bien que le montage soit un peu fastidieux (mais honnêtement c'est faisable en une demi-heure, faut pas exagérer...), le kit reste solide et bien en place une fois monté. La qualité du son est très bonne, ça sonne clairement et proprement. Attention à bien utiliser un casque sans micro sinon les sons seront étouffés. Les peaux "mesh" sont vraiment agréables à utiliser, le rendu est très bon, les baguettes rebondissent bien. Toute la partie logicielle est complète, un peu fastidieuse pour les réglages précis (dommage que le mode d'emploi soit succinct). Les possibilités de connexions sont top (casque, enceinte, PC, toms supplémentaires...) Une excellente batterie pour débuter et pour pratiquer à un niveau intermédiaire !

The sound quality is less than acoustic, could not purchase the acoustic due to sound production being hazardous to the ear drums of family members. Moving, on, the assembly was easy as the instructions were clear and easy to follow. This is great set for beginners and anyone who is passionate about drumming. There are great beats stored in the module,also an examination mode where the module will play you a tone and then you got to play it back,it will let you know how u performed. Recommending for purchase.

tl;dr: Great kit for any drummer whether you live in a home, apartment or have young children and you want to drum while they are asleep at night. Great variety of sounds to play with. Ability to save custom kits. best bang for your buck if you want an e-kit that near perfectly replicates an acoustic set, and the company that takes care of your warranty is amazing. Recently got my own house again and wanted to get back into drummer, but with an infant daughter, an acoustic set was out of the question. So I decided to go with this e-kit and it was a great choice. It's such a quite set that I can play it late at night whilst my baby is sleeping and it doesn't wake her at all. Best bang for your buck if you want an e-kit that can very closely resemble and acoustic set (such as the lighter or heavier you hit a cymbal/snare/tom the lower or higher the sound) and the mesh heads feel great. Not a perfect match to an acoustic but miles better than an e-kit that doesn't use mesh heads. Unfortunately, I did have an issue with the kit out of box, but the company that takes care of the warranty is fantastic. I sent in a ticket, and instead of just throwing emails around they called me directly to work out the details and in less than a week my issue was fixed. (Which is why I'm still giving this kit a 5 star. Though it may have had an issue, it was most likely not a common one and the support was amazing) I Had to give up my acoustic drumset about 8 years ago do to moving into an apartment. Finally got to a place where I could start drumming again and decided to give this e-kit a try. I had been pushed away from e-kits for so long because they just weren't the best and hard to get into after you've played an acoustic kit. Needless to say e-kits have come a long way, and for the price this is a great set for beginners and intermediate drummers. The mesh pads feel great and give you a decently close to real feel. They rebound a bit more than a real snare/toms, but it's not that bad. The set is nice a quite so you're not annoying anyone else that might be listening, so it would also be great for apartments, but if someone is living below you the bass pedal might still be loud. It has a great variety of sounds to choose from and you can create your own kits and save them right onto the module. The ability to plug in your phone to an aux jack on the module is also great. Makes it so much easier to play along with music. One thing I do for easy recording of drum covers or just recording beats is that I use an aux splitter. I plug that splitter in the headphone jack, plug my headphones into one end and use a double ended aux cord into the other. That way you plug in the aux into a microphone jack on your PC and you can record your drums right into audcity or a similar audio recorder. Alternatively, you can change that mic input into a listen device and the sound goes straight to your PC and you just use software like OBS or similar to record your covers. Doing this, since you're playing the music your drumming to from your phone plugged into the aux port on the module, that music is going directly to your PC with your drums. It's a nice way to record covers without having to worry about syncing up your music to your drums. I also find that there isn't a huge drop is sound quality doing it thing way either. The drums still sound great going through the aux to your PC so it's a nice cheap option compared to spending tons of money on interfaces.

Excelente bateria! Resistente, fácil de montar, módulo com ótimas opções para estudo. Recomendo usar baquetas com ponta de nylon. Único ponto que talvez possa ser um problema é a altura. Para pessoas mais altas fica um pouco desconfortável e difícil de ajustar.