Electric Drum Set – Sound X SMI-1458 Electric Drums

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6 Responses to “Electric Drum Set – Sound X SMI-1458 Electric Drums”

  • Norman Cheng:

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    this machine is pretty good for its price, of course you can’t compare it with other drum sets, but its very good overall,

  • Thomas Aldrich:

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    I have had this set for a couple of days and, for the money, this seems to be a great value. Really easy to set up, the wires are run inside the frame so you don’t have cords hanging everywhere. I have only played it through the headphones, and overall the sound is very good. The pads and cymbals are very sturdy and fairly responsive and should hold up for a while. The kick is decent and the hi-hat function is o.k.; I have not had any of the problems, mentioned by others, with the mis-triggering zones. I would agree with the other reviewer about the pre-set patterns, which are really weak; if you are looking for some rock beats you will be disappointed. I am a medieum level drummer and this is a great set for me, since an accoustic would be way too loud; this set is a homerun for a beginner or anyone (especially a kid), looking to give drumming a try.

  • jazz drum guy:

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    I’ve been a professional drummer for more than 40 years and it’s always been a pain in the butt practicing without offending someone – parents, girlfriends, wives, neighbors – so I’ve always used a practice pad set or muffled my drums and cymbals with pads, which are less than optimal. It hasn’t been worth $3000 for an electronic set but I paid less than $300 for my Singing Machine set and I love it. I’ve recommended it to my students as well. The drum/cymbal preset sounds are great and altering any of them is easy. The play-along tracks cover many musical styles and are fine for practice – better than a metronome (which it also has) and you can speed them up or slow them down, depending on your skill. And you can record yourself alone, or playing along, which is great for students. The drawbacks include the pad positions don’t allow much flexibility but are fine for the standard kit setup; the bass “head” is too taut, making it too easy to play faster than you could on a bass drum; the snare has both head and rim shot sounds, which is nice, but you can do a rim shot just by hitting the rim, rather than having to strike the head and rim simultaneously. But all in all, for the price, this is a great product.

  • Victor Bornia:

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    I’m a former guitarist and part-time drummer who recently got an acoustic kit again (in the garage)…but practicing basics at deafening levels (and — ahem — “entertaining” the neighbors) doesn’t sit well with me, so I looked for an inexpensive electric solution solution. Found it with this. Now (7/09) reduced from the $[...] I paid, this is a ridiculously great deal… Hell, try it for 30 days; Amazon’s return policy is great.

    This set took a little tweaking to taste, most importantly clipping a beefy old sock to the kick pad to dampen the bounce (which was causing double-hits), but now things are sweet. Rigged up a holder for my iPod and now I just snap on the headphones and practice away whenever the hell I want — in my home office! Sounds are great, feel/responsiveness fine, layout limitations manageable.

    NOTE: I had one pad crap out (cease to work) within the 90-day warranty period, so I called the company and they OVER-NIGHTED (seriously) a replacement to me. Next morning. I was floored. If you’re looking for a tinker kit and don’t wanna spend 500+, this is the thing (there’s a new model out for not much more, and it’s prolly better, but now this one’s even cheaper!)

  • Marshall W. Krieger:

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    I’m a songwriter, not a drummer, who was in the process of putting a group together. I have limited practice space. I bought the Singing Machine to have around, in hopes of picking up a drummer that could add percussion to our practices and to learn the tunes.

    This was a great, great buy, but would recommend finding this at a reasonable price. This far exceeded my expectations. Sturdily built, good sound, no glitches.

    The drummer I found (he is excellent by the way) is left handed, while I bought a right-handed set. After about 3 practices he came over on a weekend and we literally took the kit apart and rebuilt it as a left-handed set. While he doesn’t play it for the gigs, he loves it for the practices — as do I. It saves time without having to set up, break down, pack, etc.

    I regard this purchase as one of the best I’ve ever made.

  • Virginia Harrington:

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    is there anyway you can play your ipod through this so u can play to songs? very good kit too! AMAZING