hey, thanks for the detailed replies — super appreciated!
most important to me are triggering nuance and sound quality. i'd settle for fewer sounds if they are of high quality. also, i rarely use any of the "electronic" sounds in the 2Box kit — i have far better electronic sounds available in my other music equipment.
my main gripes with the standard 2Box pads are inconsistent cymbal triggering, almost zero nuance of cymball bell triggering, and inconsistent rim triggering. the hi-hat response is a low point.
i'm not wedded to a single brand and happy to combine stuff to make something decent. i do need decent MIDI triggering for sometimes controlling software on my computer.
to put it another way, if it was practical to have another acoustic kit i'd do that in a heartbeat. but noise and space considerations make that impossible.
most important to me are triggering nuance and sound quality. i'd settle for fewer sounds if they are of high quality. also, i rarely use any of the "electronic" sounds in the 2Box kit — i have far better electronic sounds available in my other music equipment.
my main gripes with the standard 2Box pads are inconsistent cymbal triggering, almost zero nuance of cymball bell triggering, and inconsistent rim triggering. the hi-hat response is a low point.
i'm not wedded to a single brand and happy to combine stuff to make something decent. i do need decent MIDI triggering for sometimes controlling software on my computer.
to put it another way, if it was practical to have another acoustic kit i'd do that in a heartbeat. but noise and space considerations make that impossible.