January 25, 2010
Alesis DM5 Pro Kit with Surge Cymbals
- Complete five-piece electronic drumset with SURGE cymbals: bass drum, snare drum, three toms, Hi-Hat, Crash, and dual-zone Ride
- DM5 sound module with 540 sounds, 21 programmable sets, and Dynamic Articulation
- Drum pads feature drum key-tunable eight-inch mylar drum heads for customizable feel
- Brass-alloy SURGE cymbals are real cymbals with built-in triggering for seriously acoustic feel
- Practice near-silently with headphones, or connect to a PA or powered speaker to rock out as loud as you want!
Product Description
Our flagship electronic drumset features the legendary sounds of the DM5 drum module. The rack-mounted, programmable sound module contains 540 percussion sounds and 21 pre-programmed drum/percussion sets and features Dynamic Articulation™, which ensures that sounds respond with natural dynamics and timbre-changes for the most realistic and accurate sonic response. DM5 Pro Kit's acoustic-feeling drum pads are built around standard eight-inch mylar drum heads and... More >>
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I’ve been thrilled with the quality of the set and the sounds. There are only 20 kits, but each has got really good sounds. Note, you have to purchase separately a bass pedal and this is something you don’t want to skimp on. I’ve run the kit now through a full PA and it sounds as good as when we’ve mic’ed a full kit. I bought it just to practice and build me chops. I found the cymbals sensitivity needed a bit of tweaking because they were accidentally firing when I hit the toms, but other than that I’ve not had to do much adjustment. For the price, I’d highly recommend.
Rating: 5 / 5
Just got this kit (from another seller, but wanted to give feedback here).
I’m not an experienced drummer, and this is my first e-drum, purchased for my 13yr old son. But I like to think I know something about music, audio, and electronics. With that intro I hereby declare, this kit looks great and it rocks !
The beauty of e-drums is they take up less space, and can be played with headphones at significantly lower noise. And with this kit you can play and customize 20 different drum kits, in one kit.
The sampled drums sound very realistic, and there is an incredible selection of over 500 sounds. The drum & Cymbal triggers pickup consistently, but sometimes miss on a soft hit – But the DM5 has adjustments for that and we have only begun customizing and tweeking it. It has alot of “Pro” features and is very customizable for a kit priced closer to entry-level. I thought I might replace the mylar heads with mesh heads, but the black mylars look good and are pretty quiet. The DM5 has 2 extra trigger inputs and we may connect two additional triggers such as the Remo practice pads that we electified per instructions found on the web.
Granted, this is not a Roland TD20, but it doesn’t cost anything near that, and seems to offer alot more than the Roland V-Drum Lite for the same price. The quality of the hardware is more than I expected – nice 1.5″ anodized alum tube frame, solid metal (brass?) cymbals, well-built DM5 controller & cables. Time will tell how well it holds up – how many sensitive electronic products are designed to be beaten with a stick ?
Aside from some flaws in the assembly instructions – the instructions are mis-labelled regarding the Dual-Zone inputs, and it would have been nice if they gave more guidance/pointers on assembling the frame – I put it together in about one hour.
Rating: 4 / 5