Anyone use(d) Roland HD-1 V-Drums Lite?

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 03:25 pm
Indellable
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Member Since: Aug 12, 2008

I would like to get a set of v-drums for my brother for our studio. These seem to take up minimal space and after watching the video - look to be pretty decent for the money and would be great feature to be able to turn the volume down on command.

www.guitarcenter.com/Rola...475-i1318837.gc

If anyone has any expereience with them, please let me know. But, my main question is - can you record them directly in to a mixer just as you would any instrument using a 1/4" cable? Also, can you load your own drum sounds onto it or are you stuck with the 10 kits it gives you out of the box? Thanks.

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Hue
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Oct 31, 2008 09:36 am

I haven't had any experience with this kit yet, but I watched the video that you're refering to, and WOW, what a cool 'lil kit ! I really like how the double-bass is achievable by switching kits... nice feature .

We just moved into a much smaller place, and when our drummer saw this, he became very interested, as the space-saving feature of this puppy would be very handy indeed for our situation . We'll prolly end up at GC this weekend to check it out thoroughly .

Indellable
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Oct 31, 2008 04:46 pm

Hue - I thought the same thing space-wise. The ability to turn down the volume as as to not piss off the neighbors and/or sleeping babies is key. If you check it out this weekend, please let me know. Also, like I mention in my thred, I am interested to know:
1.) Canyou record them directly in to a mixer just as you would any instrument using a 1/4" cable?
2.) Can you load your own drum sounds onto it or are you stuck with the 10 kits it gives you out of the box?
3.) Is the headphone monitor completely seperate from the volume control?

If you happen to get any answers to those questions, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Noize2u
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Since: Apr 04, 2002

Oct 31, 2008 10:10 pm

1: Yes, you can record them directly through a mixer. Although the cable coming out of the little drum module is a stereo mini jack so you'll need to use a cable that goes from that to a pair of 1/4" jacks that supply the left and right signal to the mixer.

2: Nope, can't do that. Your stuck with whats on it. Although I did notice it has a midi out jack which could go to a midi interface into a computer to use a software drum program to get more drum sounds in software on the PC.

3: Not sure exactly what you mean. But it has a separate jack for headphone and line output. But I am assuming that once the headphones are plugged in it switches off the line output.

I have messed about with one a tiny bit. While I didn't honestly feel it was worth the $800 price they show it played and felt pretty nice. A little shaky. But I am 6 foot and 230 pounds so I'm pretty sure I was a bit big and had the kit stretched out to its limits as far as height and width.

As for the sounds, they are good. Pretty generic standard type sound. Good quality though for sure, nothing wimpy there at all going through a good sound system.

olddog
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Since: Jul 02, 2003

Nov 01, 2008 02:02 pm

I too feel it is overpriced, especially considering the TD3 used to be the $800 entry level Roland kit but it's a decent little kit. But then again Roland has always been on the expensive side.

Add EZDrummer or similar for around $149 and you've got all the bases covered.

Dan