by Gig Stig
If you’ve always wanted a top end Roland V-Drum kit but could never justify selling body organs to afford the cost then this is the kit for you .... All of the best features are here on the TD12, the pads have a really natural feel to them and respond just like real drums, whilst the wealth of CD quality sampled sounds are fantastic and cover a wide range of musical genres…
Other benefits include the small footprint of the kit, which takes up a lot less space when compared to a normal acoustic kit, and this has a further advantage when transporting the component parts around. Parents, girlfriends, wives and neighbours will also appreciate the ability for near-silent rehearsal once the headphones are plugged into the processor unit.
A handy and perhaps slightlly unusual addition is the on-board sequencer that can record performances, and along with the integrated MIDI compatibility it should suit drummers who are busy doing studio work as the recorded performance can be dumped to a hard disk recorder via MIDI.
So, to conclude here are some of the many advantages of the TD12 :-
- Completely natural feel and response to the dual-trigger velocity sensitive drum pads
- Stunning Digital quality drum samples
- Humdreds of drum samples to choose from, and these can be assigned to any of the pads
- Small footprint kit, easy to assemble and transport
- Headphone input for near-silent rehearsal
- On board sequencer with full MIDI capability