Ahh, felt on mesh heads! How did I miss that?! Anything else you think should have been in there?

I played e kit for a few years with head phones only and I had every thing dialed in pretty good. Then one day I was asked to jam with others and hooked up to an amplifier, what a shock every thing that sounded good on head phones sounded like crap live.
    Thank you for your review of all the usual suspects that cause e-kits to be not such a great experience.
    There is something to be said for acoustic drums, its pretty much set'em up and play, ok you might need to tune a skin or two but I'm in charge of the dynamics not a velocity curve, but we all don't have the luxury of making a lot of noise because of our living situations, so thank God for e-kits that let us enjoy drumming with out disturbing others.

You might want to talk about how a new edrummer needs to get used to the unnatural sound of the interplay between the hi hat foot pedal and the hats.  There is a lack of a continuous swell when playing up tempo 16th notes on a hi hat while slowly lifting your foot off of the hi hat pedal.  Also the fact that an ehat when struck with your foot down hard and quickly released will NOT result in a hi hat open sound.  You must temove your foot BEFORE you strike an e hat in order to get a sound.

I rarely heard explanations as clear as these👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Nice.. But im gonna watch this again when im not so high'!    Woah'!.   Lol

Excelent video, this is the first that explain clearly technical issues on sensitivity of the pads without being boring or useless. thanks a lot!!!

One of the best eDrum videos out there. Thanks much.

Great video!! I was inspired and spent about an hour in my TD50 adjusting the sensitivity settings and curve. My drums are acoustic converted, and it’s now pretty close to acoustic dynamics. My big mistake was always to pick a generic pad option and crank the sensitivity until it sounded right to me, not considering  the dynamic curve. Just one hour spent so far on this aspect has made a huge difference 👍😎

Dude, awesome video! Having been around e-drums and all the ins and outs since about 1991, this is stuff I have already known for years. BUT... coming in from a newbie perspective, this is the stuff that I'd imagine is NOT spoken of at sales level. So this is GOLDEN for anyone coming in from virgin e-drum perspective. I have said it before and I'll say it here again... YOU DA MAN!

Great video. I've been avoiding all those settings like the plague cuz I hate the technical aspect to music, but you've convinced me I need to get in there sometimes.

I just got a v51, my first electric kit, 30 years of drum playing and now I have this new device, yes it seems like a toy to me yet it is a fun tool for practice and for recording directly into the computer in an easy way and a quieter way LOL,  I am having fun with these settings, its not so easy and it has changed how I view these electric drums today, I am excited and frustrated learning this thing LOL

Thank you! Absolutely the best Youtube channel for eDrum programming expertise. Your analogies between acoustic and edrums and the specific parameters to address on the module to achieve optimum performance is priceless.

The reason I chose the PDX100 or PD128 is because I had the cone in the center of the snare. It didn't help moving it off-center. See below.

Thanks for this. I just last year got a Roland TD-17-based kit, and quickly became obsessed with the curve options. I'm not a hard hitter, so I did appreciate your addressing ghost notes.

Bravo. I hope it encourages more e-drum players to fine tune their settings. For instance, many people complain that the ride bell has to be hit hard, with the body of the stick to make it sound. Not true if everything is set right in trigger settings. On my TD20 and TD30, a gentle tap is all Indeed, just like an acoustic. Same goes for X-stick complaints. I can comfortably cross-stick at the same hit level I use on an acoustic, but push a bit more and I get the rim shot. I encourage everyone to listen to The Man, and experiment. Well worth it.

I am a bit more scared about transitioning into e-drums now, but I feel like that is a good thing.  Thanks for raising awareness on this kind of stuff.  I have watched quite a few videos on this subject, and quite frankly, you make some excellent points that others have failed to or forgotten to mention.  This is a great video that has helped me figure out where I need to dive deeper, particularly in terms of setting up the module.  I'm sure you have a video or two around that will help explain some of these concepts further.  

For real though, I have seen this theme in the handful of your videos that I have watched so far... If there are 5 different channels with the same subject matter, such as "Mistakes to Avoid," you do an excellent job of not heavily overlapping the content of other channels, and the way you explain your concepts is second-to-none.  You truly have your own voice!

You're probably going to get a million comments from me in the span of a few days as I blast through as much of your content as I can... I am mostly just trying to help w/ the YouTube algorithm to get these excellent videos out to more people, but I really do appreciate your work and how damn detailed you are with your overall ideas and concepts.

I found out that my Roland TD 27 is very sensitive to  voltage changes. So I simply bought a $35 UPS to clean up the power and I haven't had a problem since. I also have my e kit setup exactly in position with my acoustic kit. Which helps greatly for muscle memory.

Great advice! I need to watch this a few more times until my head stops spinning. Top man. 👍

Thanks man I’m getting old , a bit of a dumb ass and thick as mud but you’ve just sorted a low volume problem I have on Tom one on my td 20 module many many thanks bless ya 👍

You are a champion. Such useful and insightful information. If only I'd found you sooner.