Played a Td9 back to back with a 2box kit at Jobeky

[wanabe]

Played a Td9 back to back with a 2box kit at Jobeky


Spent a little time at Jobeky on Friday as I was in the area for a Xmas do and arranged to pop in for a chat and play of their demo kits as I have ordered a kit from them with a 2box module and cymbals. Started on the 2box kit which felt very soft on the mesh pads, almost like hitting a pair of women's tights! The module sounds were good and varied with very few of the effects common in Roland modules. The hihat pad was a little "dead" to play ie. absorbent rather than springy to the hit so very little rebound.

Then played the Jobeky Stealth kit with a Roland TD9 module and Roland cymbals and VH11 hihat. The sounds from the Roland were good on some kits, perhaps the first few but very soon the kits were effects kits with sounds that would impress but would soon become tiresome and would not be used. Overall, there would be very few kits that I would use. The sounds are definitely more realistic on the 2box and I also liked the rim triggered sound loops which were very good. Again, may not use them after a while though.

Just to give some background - I am currently using a Jobeky mesh based classic kit with a Roland TD3 module and jobeky cymbals. I am upgrading to a 2box module and Jobeky Stealth kit - see their website:

http://www.jobekydrums.co.uk/index.p...roducts_id=192

The Jobeky kit looks just like a real acoustic it with full size drums, which play really well, in fact perfectly and have dual zone snare and toms. I have wanted a drum set since I was a kid and finally realised the dream when I reached 40 and was in a financial position to buy a kit and take advantage of the electronic kits that are now available. Having purchased a Jobeky kit a few years back I wanted to upgrade to a full size kit rather than the 8" pads I currently use and which are only about 4" deep. With Jobeky I can choose the wrap of my choice. It seems Roland are falling behind with their drums in not providing full size kits as an option, wraps which replicate the finishes available from acoustic drum manufacturers and real drum samples as provided by 2box. With Jobeky I can obtain the best of both worlds and play a full size it at reasonable sound levels.

Will post pictures when I have the kit and it is all set up. Still appreciate Roland, but there are other options out there.

[Murgen]

Congrats Wanabe, I hope you enjoy your kit. I must say that tweaking the hihat in combination with the right samples make the default hats sound very realistic. Take your time to get used to the module. I come from a TD3 like you and can appriciate your quantum leap into real sounds like no other.

[wanabe]

My kit will probably be ready mid January so I may come back to you for some tips, particularly with the hihat.