Advantages: quality & quantity of sounds Disadvantages: bit tricky to programme
...the roland jv1080 i own is not used to its full capacity. It has great high quality sounds and an effects section but using it has been a bit of a chore. I tend to stick to preset sounds of which there are around 664, then theres performance mode and the rhythm sets. There are 40 effects but its a bit tricky assigning them. I tend to do everything I need withing Cakewalk Pro Audio rather than touch the JV panel! The outputs are a bit limited. I would have liked an output for each midi channel.
The owner manual is a bit mind blowing as well, with little diagrams of how the sounds are made up, ring modulators and other things you dont really need to know. Im a musician and just wanted to get some sounds out of it. At the time I bought the jv1080 it was £700, this has probably dropped dramatically by now. Overall it has been a useful sound...
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Advantages: Great authentic sounds, feels like playing real drums Disadvantages: knowing that if you had £5000 you could get a much better one
...(DC 9V)
Current Draw =600 mA
Accessories = AC Adaptor (ACI/ACB Series), Screws(M5 x12) x4
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The brain is great, and is the main part of any V-drums, as the drum pads themselves can be swapped around, added to and upgraded if so desired. I found this very useful because Roland are forever making improvments and if you have the money, you can make your drums even more responsive.
Unfortunatly the TD-8 is now discontinued, as it is one of the 'in the middle' drum kits in the V drums range that has similar kits available. Other than the TD 8, a recomendable kit would be the TD 3 for a starter kit, as its brilliant and expandable. But for a real pro, the TD20 is probavly thebest kit in the business. Maybe better than the real thing?
Over all... i love my drum kit, and so should you. SOunds brilliant...
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Advantages: Cheap, feature-packed, responsive and great sounding; perfect for many standard professional needs and beginners who want to splash out. DD's have been manufactured for atleast a decade or so Disadvantages: No match for an acoustic kit or VDrums, toyish looking, some minor irregularities in pad response and limitations to the in-built recording feature
...can be controlled via a connected sequencer. A headphone jack completes the kit as does great documentation with appendix tables for reference.
The DD55 is by no means a replacement for an acoustic kit (and neither are VDrums) but for the price and features, the DD55 is possibly the best portable solution for digital percussion for both the pro and the above-amateur. It's portability and brilliant sampled sounds, plus full-featured MIDI make it a brilliant electronic and almost acoustic kit for recording (it's way cheaper than a mixer and a barrage of mics for an acoustic kit), and a pretty good first drum kit for anyone.
The DD55 might be considered by the smug as an impressive toy, but so was the Roland TB-303 bass machine which ended up becoming a standard instrument in dance music. That's not saying the DD55 will end up with historical...
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I bought this product, for the use of my graphic coursework at GCSE level.
I like using this product as the pen is very lightweight, so it won't drag you down when during something onto the computer.
Also I like the feature, that you can lift up the... more
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