How do these acoustic-electric hybrid drums sound to you? Has DW successfully delivered a drum kit capable of both acoustic and electric styles? Sound off in the comments, then head over to Sweetwater for a detailed look at the complete array of DW’s cutting-edge DWe drums 👉 sweetwater.sjv.io/DW_DWe_Drums

@gadymarcus2362

8 ай бұрын

Magnifico.🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️🌡️

@user-ke9fv9bn8t

8 ай бұрын

How do they sound? ……. TOO EXPENSIVE, YA JUST LOST 75% of your audience. And church’s especially don’t have that kinda cash laying around. Kits should be priced at 3-5k tops!!! Great video tho…..

@MiningMyBusiness

8 ай бұрын

I think these sound excellent, but, are way out of affordable range for average/everyday drummer.

@NintenDub

8 ай бұрын

Does the snare sense wire tightness or did Nick just barely have the throw off on. Cuz the snare sounded terrible through this whole video

@petrtroschenkov360

8 ай бұрын

I’m wondering if it possible to produce 2 sounds simultaneously. I mean cross-stick and head/rim click sound. Still not clear. Usually, with electrical drums one sound mutes the other, making impossible to play jazz kind of stuff in the right way.

So here we have it: The out-of-reach price of Roland meets the out-of-touch price of DW.

@RolandDuke

8 ай бұрын

Ha!! Come on it’s only 11Gs man. lol

@Ben-ic1ve

8 ай бұрын

When worlds collide 😂

@arsonne

8 ай бұрын

DW is owned by roland now so no shocker here.

@jasonmacarthurdrums

8 ай бұрын

Sweet ! Now to sell one of my kidneys and this kit is mine….💩

@Juniscrazy

8 ай бұрын

At least it brings the hardware lol and cymbals.

Looks and sounds amazing, I wished you'd also showed how they sound in the room to someone without headphones (AKA how loud/quiet they actually are)

@justingarzamusic

8 ай бұрын

played one in Forks and the mesh heads are as you’d expect, think Remo silentstroke. The cymbals are definitely louder than traditional rubber pads but not completely unbearable. The total volume produced acoustically is like playing on a xymox practice pad, significantly quieter than an actual drum but you still hear the stick volume if that makes sense

@Pericles777

8 ай бұрын

Oh well, I was hoping to have the acoustic drums while also having a trigger simultaneously. 🤷🏽‍♂️ I don’t want to just trigger drum sounds

@justingarzamusic

8 ай бұрын

@@Pericles777 if i’m not mistaken, i think you may still be able to throw regular heads on it and keep the triggers running? that’s not something i can answer confidently but don’t see why you couldn’t lol

@BoeyChar

8 ай бұрын

30 minutes and they forget to include this which is probably the primary reason why someone would want to get an electric drum set 🙄

@jobrothberg4679

8 ай бұрын

Stop making sense!! You should feel privileged for just the chance to pay the GDP of a small country for these babies.

The cymbals STILL sound digital, especially the choke. That said it sounds miles better than the Roland kits and the wireless connectivity is amazing, I might need to buy these so I can use them with my bands, no mics to wire except for my vocal mic. Huge win.

Im actually glad they did this because i feel like the competition will help continue to push electric drums to a better level.

@chechoba

8 ай бұрын

absolutely

@vaughnmiller4371

20 күн бұрын

Yamaha. And of course there's would be 10 to 12 Grand.

This looks great! A little pricey for me, but for the person with the means, this looks like a great gigging kit! Congratulations DW! I have heard the murmurs for years about DW working on an ekit, well they came through with a beast!

@petrtroschenkov360

8 ай бұрын

How do you know price? How much? I saw see it nowhere. Please … a link on it.

@unclerhombus

8 ай бұрын

Who would wanna gig with a kit that costs this much, though? I’d be terrified to bring these out of the house.

@drummermomcjs

8 ай бұрын

@@unclerhombus Good point, but for the person who is in the habit of gigging and already takes great care of their drums, this kit is a boon and would make that process much easier. Professionals already gig with kits this expernsive. Some of the DW acoustic kits are as pricey and people gig with them.

Thanks to DW and Roland technology for the development of interesting tools for a percussionist with a new concept. We have been imagining many years of disassociating electronic and acoustic drums. Triggers with a sound controller and acoustic drums are not new. What's new is this wireless system. The software. The playability. It gives you more choices at your drumsticks. Innovation since its inception DW and Roland have hit the sweet spot.

This technology is going to change the game. This is the future of drums in my opinion. They have done all the work for you. 2 kits in 1. I can’t imagine how much testing went into this WOW The cymbals sound great and the drums sound beautiful . I have played DW since 2004 and I surly will be looking into this kit. It’s is amazing for sure.

what an amazing drum set, absolutely mind blowing

I wonder if Nick would tour with this? That's the real verdict. This will revolutionize electronic drumming in my opinion. No module needed, total accessibility to any program. Wow. And cymbals that sound good!!!!!!

@martinel2450

8 ай бұрын

I was hoping he would have done what I call the “machine gun sound test” on the snare.

Man…I’ve had this DWe set for yearsssssssssss! 😂 I converted my exotic collectors series kit into an E kit and played with 2Box and Pearl Mimic pro drum modules with Jobeky metal cymbals all around. Good stuff man! The wireless is a game changer no doubt. It’ll take 5 years or so to drop in price, but this is amazing stuff right here man. And the fact that it has round robin nice sounding drum samples with multiple velocities with no machine gunning snares etc…is fantastic.

@JoseMTamez

6 ай бұрын

So you have tried or used the software? What is round robin? Really, I've never heard of that before but I'll probably google it faster then getting a response to this question.

@gregthegroove

6 ай бұрын

@@JoseMTamez the 2Box module and Pearl mimic pro modules have their software built in. The mimic pro actually uses SS5 slate digital drums. I’ve used Evil drums VST software on my Mac and that was fantastic too. Quite the learning curve. “Round robin” is a term used to describe drum samples that are recorded multiple times at different velocities when hit by the stick, there’s upwards of 250 samples of high quality drum samples so when you hit the drum, it doesn’t play the same drum sample 2,3 times in a row. That’s what causes machine gunning snares where it doesn’t sound natural. When you hit a soft hit, it will play a real life soft hit when it was recorded. Back 20 years ago, they’d use one sample over and over and just lower the volume of the samples for “soft hits”. Round robin describes the smoothness of the drum samples. Not cheap sounding same snare sound over and over.

@philipleblanc62

3 ай бұрын

How do you individual line out to front of house

Loved your presentation and review of this sublime kit!

very cool kit and technology. Of course I knew it was going to be expensive, but I wouldn't expect much else from a DW and Roland style Collab.

This is absolutely blowing my mind. AMAZING PRODUCT.

Beautiful kit. You look so happy!

Amazing work by DW and that you can use it as an acoustic kit, outrageous.

I’m here for Nick’s playing:)

So sick!! I would love to have one of these one day

When i was in DW headquarters recently I was told that there was no need to remove the trigger when going acoustic. The only reason why you would want to remove it is because you overtones since the trigger will the dampen the drumhead a bit.

Amazing! Love this! Electronic drums on stage always seemed unprofessional to me. This is the answer

If I ever have a question about musical instruments, the last person on earth I would talk to is a 'sales engineer'. Who ever made that term up must think all customers are idiots.

I was skeptical on having a battery to worry about in each drum, but after it was explained on how long they last, how easy they are to change and how the software tells you the battery life that is left, it seems like they have made it basically worry free.

PROS: Easily a "convertible drum set." • Same sounds in all environments(with minor ambience adjustments). • Perform at full velocity in any situation. • FSR sensors DO make a great difference in feel with pressure(muting heads/pushing IN on heads). CONS: MUST have computer to run in all digital situations. • Have to rely on that computer for "stability." • Have to have the means to send all individual channels to FOH sound if he/she wants control out-front...and THEY ALWAYS DO! ;) • Batteries! • Triggers DO go bad. • Heavy hitters will realize that it DOES TAKE FINESSE to get these drums to respond correctly! • Snare drum and Cymbals STILL don't seem perfect...and most-likely never will. BONUS: The EASE of removing/installing the innards! WOW!

@iplaywithsticks6194

8 ай бұрын

Unless they address the lack of individual Outs, it's a no go for the majority of Live Drumming. None-the-less, a very cool kit.

@vegadeth

8 ай бұрын

@@iplaywithsticks6194 Regarding outputs: I guess that would depend on what interface you might be using. The software/mixer section shows aux/bus and sends at 20:50

As usual fantastic job Nick!

So when you play the kit in an apartment how noisy are they? The heads are probably quiet, but the cymbals a metal. Are neighbors going to hear the noise and complain?

@wright.boy_

8 ай бұрын

Cymbals are loud, like hitting sticks on a table surface.

Nick, you have the greatest job in the world. Looks like you really enjoy yourself. Those drums are amazing!

Increíble bateria! Dw siempre innovando! 🎉

WOOOOW! I was honestly pretty skeptical when I first heard about DW going electronic. This is remarkable! The snare wire throw being functional alone is mind blowing.

Amazing Nick. Thanks for this insight. Can you comment on what the actual kit (triggers / metallic cymbals) sound like when the volume is turned to zero? ie are they loud in the room with the stick noise etc

@ShinyShinyBlack

8 ай бұрын

That would've been nice to know, eh?

@splodge9

8 ай бұрын

@@ShinyShinyBlack I've seen 3 reviews now of this kit and nobody has mentioned it! Makes me wonder if it's an issue and they've been encouraged not to mention it? I'd love a top-top-top end kit in my home studio for high level session guys, but I just can't risk noise transmission for my neighbours, so this is a KEY issue for me.

@screaminglegs

8 ай бұрын

@@splodge9 Justin at 65 Drums demos the cymbals' acoustic noise level.

Couple questions: 1. Can you buy and use sound works with other electric kits? 2. If you already own a DW Kit can you buy the sensors and cymbals to retrofit the kit you already have?

@johntherat339

8 ай бұрын

1. Yes 2. They haven't announced anything about this yet but I doubt it

This is a pretty incredible looking kit with amazing tech! Hopefully in future years we'll see the price come down a bit.

Congratulations! Looks fantastic!

This is great. Looking forward to seeing where this technology will go in the future.

Great, I'm gonna just sell my house to buy this kit, thanks DW!

I LOVE THIS!!! I would totally actually play this kit with the BD completely acoustic, and the snare completely acoustic, with acoustic cymbals! THEN I would use the internal triggers for the toms, and run a second floor tom, and another small tom w, an Aux snare! for those drums I would keep the internal triggers IN but swap out the heads for real heads, and then I would go electric on the aux snare, second floor tom, and then finally the small tom!! I would use those drums to give me LOADS upon LOADS of different drums/hand percussion/orchestral percussion/sfx and of course samples and stuff!!!

I’ve been waiting to see this happen… Finally!

I think this kit is amazing, I am hoping they’ll release this as a retrofit kit for existing dw collectors owners as I don’t need another dw shell pack. It’s nice that this kit can be used as an acoustic kit, makes the price a little more acceptable. It’s a top end kit but also a top end e kit, so 2 for the price of one. Oh and finally it sounds closer to a real kit than anything roland has ever released, they always sound like Roland drums. I can spot the sound a mile off.

@angus4463

8 ай бұрын

Yep.. same here.. these things are pricey

@listener84

6 ай бұрын

EFNOTE PRO sounds and playability smoke this. All samples and no modeling. The Field cymbals feel like drinking on a countertop, they have no give at all and are super loud. The snare throw off is awesome, but honestly it just doesn’t feel good to play on and for a VST, it sounds alright but not great. EFNOTE is eating DWe’s lunch by actually doing things different. Roland buying DW, buying Versatrigger, using Field Cymbals sounds like it’s radical but it’s not. It’s just corporatism and a ton of resources to get it into the market. After giving DW close to 30K of my money over the years, there just no way I’d drop money on this.

Very cool, but I'll stick with my acoustic kit and roland td27kv. What I like with the roland td27 pads is being able to fit them in my sonor set up

The first question I have is how loud are these volume wise just hitting them and also when hitting the rimshot on the snare? There’s a reason every electronic kit has rubber rims etc. but that’s just a minor nitpick. Other than that it's amazing tech even though I’ll never have the budget to afford them.

I will be adding this set to my arsenal real soon!!!

Wow! Those are awesome. I wonder if there'll ever be a kit to convert my current DW drums to these?

Very VERY interesting indeed! I just got Roland VAD’s this year and enjoying the heck out of them! Wireless is the game changer though……..

This is probably the best electronic kit. I’ve heard this far when you play fills across the snare and toms, they don’t sound like static. But unfortunately, with the state of the economy and the cost of living crisis, I doubt very much if anybody can afford these units.

@chezchezchezchez

8 ай бұрын

LOL for $16,000 (or whatever it will cost) it freaken BETTER be the best.

@tnypxl

8 ай бұрын

@@Bpm121 In the same performance category, macs are priced competitively with their windows contemporaries.

@malinwj1167

8 ай бұрын

There's no COL 'crisis', knock it off with that stuff

Having played on this kit, the wireless feature is top-notch quality, but the symbols really bring down the experience. They have the feel of playing on top of a plastic box. I’d rather stick with the roland rubber cymbals

@NintenDub

8 ай бұрын

I figured that's was 10000% the case, despite trying to look like cymbals. They probably spent more time on how they look, the overhead shots look amazing,just like real,brand new shining cymbals. I wondered if they where plastic, or possibly like a sheet of metal equivalent to really cheap begginer kits from long long ago. As they wouldn't be heavy,but can still give you that feeling of definition on stuff like the ride.whereas rubber and plastic or wood are always gonna feel....not like a metal cymbals does

@benjiwill

8 ай бұрын

Reminds me of those Hart edrum cymbals I used to see advertised in the back of modern drummer mags back in the day

@philipleblanc62

3 ай бұрын

I posted a different comment that was geared derogatory towards live use but since have discovered that the roland td50x has a software update that allows us to use the module with this kit via 1 didgital cable connection from this kits didgital hub with out the need of a laptop giving all the line outs needed to use this kit live while also allowing us to use the roland digital hats and ride along with the crashes if we want now I feel they just need to redo the td50x module to have 4 digital inputs instead of 3 so we could also use the digital snare and they should do some cross business with the folks over at sd3 to implement the sd3 tones into the module the way pearl mimic uses slate or even the new elesis prime having software based tones

those are amazing sounding.

Out of a lot of peoples price ranges, but I am glad the technology for edrums is finally being pushed forward. 😅 Lets see what this opens up down the line.

This is great stuff for electronic drums as a whole. Roland is definitely taking notes on this one, so cheers to DW for pushing the envelope, as always. Now, it would've been great if they came with a separate pair of hoops that you can put on your drumheads and replace the entire hoop with a pre-tuned drumhead that you can just swap with the mesh instead of having to remove all the lugs and tune the drums each time you want to go acoustic. Other than that, looks pretty good!

@EdgarPeet

6 ай бұрын

DW is owned by Roland so have been heavily involved for sure

Great hardware. Still hearing the machine gun repetitive effects on the floor Tom, snare and especially the hi-hats.

This is my very first E-kit, I’ve been an acoustic drummer for over 40 years. I needed something quieter, as my neighbors hate me 😜 Plus I want to be able to record at home without buying a bunch of microphones. I was eyeballing the Alesis Strike Pro SE for over a year until I saw this video that Nick/Sweetwater put out. No cords? for an E kit? That’s why I was 50/50 on the Alesis and having a bunch of cables

Sounds 1000 times better then any other brand.. Wow ❤❤❤❤love it

@kronk358

4 ай бұрын

Than

I’m using the TD50x, DW Performance series kit with mesh heads, Roland triggers on every head, three Roland bar triggers and Field Cymbals. Lots of cables! I do run the outs on the TD50x to a DI and then to a snake for the sound tech. These Roland cymbals seem to be copies of the Field cymbals.

@onomatopoeidia

8 ай бұрын

Nice! TD50X has balanced outs so no D.I needed though.

@pistolpeteOH

8 ай бұрын

True. The DI addition to the rack I use with the TD50x is more for the venue sound tech. It was his suggestion. He can easily hook up the snake to his on the stage and we’re ready in a few minutes.

Fantástico, DW é um sonho acústico e agora também eletrônico!

I'm a DW fan, and have a tremendous amount of gear invested from DW, and I have a full Roland kit with lots of addons, but there's ZERO chance I'll pay 10k+ for that.

man if these things weren't $9000+ I would totally get a set. These things sound so good. E-drums have come so far.

Love the technology. It'd be nice to see and learn how we can use this with other drum modules. In live a situation, I'd want to use individual drum, overhead, and direct outs to the FOH, not just Left/Right. So would love to know how to use it with the TD50X or other modules. Or, can we use other hardware for direct outs?

@HarrisonSD03

7 ай бұрын

I think you can use a bigger interface that isnt the DW one.

of course it is a genus invention. And if it works right under live situation it is probably the future of electronic drums! BUT, i don't need a giant acoustic high end drum set for about 6 K to play electronic, i NEED to save space on smaller stages. So, hopefully, they offer it with the DW frequent flyer, or sell just the electronic to built it in an existing small drum set. Then i would buy it!

These are on the absolute cutting edge. Now I just need ti find a spare $10,000 lying around.

Very very nice DW!!!

Setup time is reduced and I sound exactly how I want during a performance every time...priceless. DW, you have outdone yourself!!!!

Looks and sounds great! What about big venues/stages with a lot of wireless stuff??

Is there any redundancy outside of the 3.5” midi if the main computer goes down? Or a way to quickly swap in a dead trigger? Both issues I’ve dealt with touring on v-drums

Nice color finish.

Sounds and looks amazing

Amazing kit and demonstration. I did a double take when I saw the price. I don’t see myself owning these drums unfortunately 😔

Great for Church that doesn’t want the acoustic drums and still get a great looking and sounding kit, if they can afford it.

That wireless business speaks volumes to me. I want the wireless baskets and receiver to be sold separately. Acoustic 5 piece kit: 7 cables max during setup. Mics for each drum, Overheads. My 5 piece eKit: 18 cables. Cymbals, direct outs. Figure a minute per cable setup and tear down....

This is so cool!

Questions: Would they sell a cymbals-only set? If the system knows what drums are there, can it change the sounds to mimic sympathetic sounds? Can you play a fast roll? What kind of batteries does it use?

Great Demo as always! I would like to know if you can send the individual drums to front of house? The volume of the pads with the sound muted and a more in depth review of the cymbals. Amazing kit and technology!

@onomatopoeidia

8 ай бұрын

With any multichannel interface yes it’s easy

Nick D'Virgilio is one of the best drum salesmen! Oh, and great drummer! If only I could add the sensors to my existing DW set!

Kábelek nélkül,imádnám 💙

Over 9 grand US just for that???? Ouch. 😮

@kierenmoore3236

8 ай бұрын

I’d rather a TD27KV2 for quiet(est) practice etc, and a nice acoustic lit to play out with … still way cheaper than this thing, that needs a laptop …

I like the wireless idea really very much. Goodbye cable mess and ruined looks. Let‘s see how this will work in practice.

Amazing, no doubt! Pricing will limit quantity sold. The perfect solution for the average consumer is to provide an option for the software in the Design Series shells. Still, probably costs $5-$7k.

Nick you are a monster on Drums. No doubt about it!!!

Great tech! But what happens when two drummers with this kit at the same stage, or some other close venue or studio has this kit on and playing at the same time? Hope that pairing system has this covered.

Amazing drums and technology but the price 😑😑

Im not a drummer, but, this set looks B. E. A. --UTIFUL!

Really impressive technology and innovation. I'm sure they're very affordable. 😆 Would like to hear the ambient room noise from the metal cymbals.

@NintenDub

8 ай бұрын

I'm sure they sound like "clunk" with a bit of "tink" on top

@RustyKnorr

8 ай бұрын

Almost 12K!

I may have missed it but is there a way to integrate these cymbals with other Roland kits? Looked like there was a similar connection underneath the cymbal

These edrums are perfection! Take my money!

This is great!

Wireless edrums and low latency finally !! I am in, The only thing I would want to figure out is if there is a way to put a thin ribber coating on the cymbals so I wouldn't have to hear the loud metal ting sound when hitting them.

I LOVE THOSE DRUMS ALREADY!!💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘💘

Wonder if there is any hot spotting since they us a single sensor for the middle of the Tom’s?

@sweetwater Can you use 3rd party drum libraries for the sounds from something such as GGD? Also can you output each individual drum to a daw or to an interface or say DVS to get each individual item or a mix of items into a mixer for live applications?

I love nick. He’s awesome at these drum videos.

so revolutionary !!!! ( it's about time !!!!! )

This is amazing .. I have a dw collectors series drum kit , can I connect this wireless system to it ? Will it be available without the drums ?

Yeah this is amazing, seeing it costs 11K hurts. Just hurts man.😢

Will the trigger system be made available for purchase separately? Without have to buy a whole other acoustic kit?

Someone please let me know if you are able to TUNE or adjust the sound of each independent instrument

From this end, it looks like they finally did it. Those really look playable. Using electronics with drums has been like the Wild West since Simmons. How long is it going to take for them to offer the electronics without the drums, so we can put them in ours?

Mindblowing🤟🏻🤯

Any plans for position sensing on the toms?

Roland guts with DW looks and hardware. Best of both worlds! Shame the price tag is beyond atmosphere

@LawTube-4u

6 ай бұрын

Not Roland internal, Roland couldn’t pull off wireless…although it is Roland now, that’s why they bought DW

Mind blown!

This is absolutely WILD!

Great concept. We've come a long way from banging on old tree trunks. But costs a lot of money for something that goes biff baff biff biff baff basically.

Hi, when will they sell just the triggers ? I have drums already....