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I have some drumming experience from my high school days (decades ago), and have a reawakened desire to learn to drum on a kit, for fun. I started with a practice pad, and wanted more. But I have no space for a kit, and also want to play without disturbing others. The Pyle fits the bill perfectly. It's compact, while offering a snare, three toms, and three cymbals, and it sounds great. You might not mistake it for a real kit, but with headphones, it sounds surprisingly close. Even the speakers are pretty good, when my wife is in the mood to hear some drumming. The selection of "voices" for the drum heads is remarkable. I do wish that the pads had a little more bounce and sensitivity to softer taps. I can't do soft rolls on it as easily as I can on the practice pad. I have both nylon-tipped sticks and wooden sticks, and it doesn't make a lot of difference. (The tom pads seem a little better for this than the snare pad, for some reason.) The foot pedals are good for what they are--I have no experience with real foot pedals--but as other have noted, they move around on the floor a lot. I'm experimenting with little vinyl stick-on bumpers to make them less prone to sliding. One small design quibble: When you power it on, the default volume is 12 (that's even higher than 11, if you know what I mean). It's loud. Don't try it with headphones on. So you have to form the habit of Power On, Volume Down. I bought an inexpensive Luvay snare drum stand, and that works reasonably well with the drum set, though I have to go to the absolute maximum height to get the drums at a good level. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B077THLFYQ I have one accessory bag on the stand for the sticks, and another to get the pedals up off the floor when I'm not using them. I'm one week into using the Pyle, and so far have been loving it!

I'm a new drummer, but have been a performing musician and sound tech for decades so I know quality sound. I've only had this kit for about an hour but am already very impressed with it. The sounds it produces are high quality, someone could actually gig with this if they wanted to. I'm talking about running it through a P.A. system, which is what I'm doing with it. The pads have a little bounce to them so it feels something like a real drum head. A lot of reviewers have had trouble with the pedals double triggering but I'm not having that problem. I think they actually have a pretty good response once you get used to them. They do need to be velcroed to floor so they don't move around. I haven't explored everything this kit has to offer yet but it is for sure a nice inexpensive set to learn to drum on. I really like having the internal songs that you can play to also. I'm very happy with it.

After making an inquiry at the post office, I was able to pickup my delivery of this PYLE drum kit (see attached photo). I purchased this as an alternative to trying to create drumbeats using piano keys/and or drum pads on a drum machine. - The problem with these methods are never lined up in the order of an actual drum set... which makes the very awkward to play, for me. - I used to play drums in college, and I was looking for a device/tool that allowed me to play them... in the same fashion. The PYLE Desktop Drumkit comes closest to simulate THAT experience. The drum pads are laid out fairly logically (similar to an actual drumset). However, I had to make a few adjustments: 1- The upper left pad was programmed to be OPEN HI-HIT (instead of crash cymbol) 2- The upper right pad was programmed to be CRASH cymbol (instead of ride cymbol) 3- The lower "middle" pad was programmed to be RIDE cymbol (instead of hi-hat) Saving this setup as a USER drumkit has allowed me to play the PYLE drums similar to an actual drum kit (using the supplied drumsticks that came with the unit). ALSO: Sound quality is pretty decent. - I played around with the individual levels of each sound pad to get the pads to sound more to my liking. ___ THINGS THAT COULD BE BETTER: I found the supplied drum pedals (that control the hi-hat & the kick drum) to be inconsistent, and unpredictable. With both pads they tended to add extra notes when tapped. - For, instance... when I wanted single notes (hits, of either pedal)... it would trigger "double" or "tripple" notes... when I was only trying to play a single note. - I tried tapping the pedal softer... and rotating the pedals at different angles so that my foot would strike the pedal in different areas of the pedal to try to eliminate the "extra" notes... but nothing that I did seemed to correct the problem. - Will probably look into get different pedals by other manufacturers to see if that will be an effective solution to improving "pedal" playability. As a temporary FIX...I programmed the lower right pad to be KICK drum (instead of the low tom). This seems to be a GOOD temporary fix. Regarding the hi-hat pedal... it doesn't "effectively" produce a splash sound (a sound which is used quite frequently in jazz and R&B music). - So, until I can figure out a way to produce a splash sound with the PYLE drums... I will probably resort to using my keyboard to produce "splash" sounds in my recordings. SPLASH sound: Is the sound that is produced when you got back & forth between the closed & the open hi-hat to create a kind of hissing sound. - A sound which was very OVER-USED during the disco era, but if you listen to any disco era record... you can clearly hear the sound that I am talking about. It's a great sound when used sparingly, and strategically... as a percussion accent. Lastly, I would recommend "touch" sensitivity to the drum pads. For, instance... when you hit an individual drum it has a certain tone, and a certain sound decay. If you hit the drum skin HARD - it produces a LOUDER sound & slightly longer decay. And, when you hit it SOFTER - it produces a SOFTER sound & a quicker decay. Presently, the PYLE pads only have ONE sound regardless of how forceful or less-forceful you strike the pad. (At least, "I" don't hear any noticeable difference. ___ Hopefully, this review is helpful. P.S. - Thanks to the gentleman who suggested inserting erasers into the drum pedals to get them to work properly. I will definitely give that suggestion a try!!!

My 10-year-old son and I are new to drums. We always wanted to learn drums, but we could never fulfill our dream due to the paucity of space at home and expensive drum kits. Then we saw this on Amazon, and after some research, this product seemed like the best fit for our budget and a small home. I gifted myself this drum kit on my 42nd birthday, and we have been super happy with the build quality, sound quality, and features. The only thing I wish could have been better is the base pedal, which is too sensitive to touch and gets pressed multiple times, even if you intend to press it once. It is far away from the actual acoustic drum pedal. I wish there was an after market accessory available that could be attached to the drums.

ES BUENA SOLO QUE EL PEDAL ES MUY SENSIBLE LO COMPRE PARA MI PAPA Y ES MUY PRATICA PORQUE PUEDE LLEVARSELA A CUALQUIER LADO SIN PROBLEMA

My grandson loves it!

War ein Geschenk zu Weihnachten, konnte leider nicht benutzt werden, da der Stecker nicht für Steckdosen in der EU gedacht ist. Schade. Stand leider auch nicht dabei. Daher kann ich über die Funktion noch nichts sagen, muss erst ein neues Netzteil besorgen.

Los Kits de batería pregrabados suenan bien, sin embargo la sensibilidad de los pads es muy plana y algunos pads se revuelven si les pegas muy fuerte. Para grabar recomendaría usar un ecualizador externo, pero ya depende lo que se tenga. Todo mundo se queja de los pedales así que no hablaré más de eso. En realidad no hay como invertir en una batería de verdad.