Roland TD-6/V-Club Review

History:

Purchase: I purchased my kit from Musician's Friend website for $1495.00

What I Like About This Unit: I love everything about my Roland V-Club kit! I could go on and on about my kit, but here are a few things. First, the sounds that this kit reproduces is awesome! I love to be able to put on my headphones and play with the demo songs - it's as if you're playing with a band! Of course, the pad levels are set to default volumes out of the box, but if they aren't loud enough on some of the demo songs with a lot of highs, you can easily turn each individual pad up. Speaking of adjusting pad settings, and this brings me to my second reason, you can adjust the pitch of each pad, change the instrument, inc/dec the decay setting, change the type of room you want to hear the drums in - like studio, locker, gym, cave, etc. - there are so many things you can do with the settings! In fact, you can do so much with the TD-6 that I'd be scared to even see the manual and what all you can do with the, say, TD-10...and this brings me to my third reason for loving my V-Club kit, over the mesh head kits. Sure, the mesh head technology is great, but those heads do have to be replaced eventually, and they're not cheap. The rubber pads will last. Just to say how confident I am in the rubber pads, I bought a PD-9 dual trigger pad for my snare when I got my kit, over what I've heard most do and buy a PD-80 mesh head pad or similar. Speaking of the PD-9, you actually get three sounds out of it, even though it's 'dual trigger'. Middle, outer, and rim. This kit is SO MUCH EASIER to handle/transport/setup than regular drums! You don't have to worry about mic'ing these, and believe me any drummer knows what a pain it is to mic drums. I can't wait to get into a studio with it! I use it at my church and it is great! I say to the person reading this and thinking about buying electronic drums, don't pass up the Roland V-Club kit! To me its sounds are just as good as the mesh head kits, not to mention it's about $3000 cheaper!

What I Do NOT Like About The Roland TD-6/V-Club: There's not anything bad to say about it. Buy another CY-6 and a PD-9 when you get the kit for even more options!

TD-6/V-Club Quality: The kit is very sturdy, overall. And the quality, well, all I have to say is Roland knows quality when it comes to the electronic percussion technology!

Summary: Bottom line, I love my Roland V-Club kit. If you are tired of hauling around acoustic drums, and tired of having to mic acoustic drums, this is the kit! One to two cables from the TD-6 to the board, and you're mic'd!!

Rating of this product: 5

This Roland Drums Percussion Review Submitted By: Steve

Date: 2003-12-30