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If you are a lover of rock band, you gotta experience it with this drumset. GREAT ONE. I'm from Mexico and have spent lots of hours playing, it feels just right. Although you may want to get the little chair and the other cymbal.you definitely need those to have it all :DReally, it's a strong toy, easy put together and you get just what your money's worth.
Also of note is that this product uses a wired USB hookup and is not wireless. After we destroyed our original Rock Band drum foot pedal and then our original Rock Band 2 foot pedal, I found this product and ordered it. I never recognized the benefit of the wireless drums in Rock Band 2. During the initial setup I became concerned that the support stand would not hold up to my children's nervous energy - leaning, rocking and adjusting. We have remedied this by laying a 3' scrap 2x4 across the stand's feet as a block and placing the foot pedal on the player's side of the 2x4. The yellow cymbal (left side cymbal typically used as a high-hat by Rock Band 1&2) no longer works. The pads still respond to both approaches even after a year of play.
I believe this to be my fault for winding the 1/4" instrument cable with no slack for adjustment. Surprisingly, one year later and the drums are still standing and working with one exception. I will eventually try a new cable, but honestly we don't miss it. The price of this product certainly limits it to frequent-use Rock Band players.
We are a family of 7 ranging in age from 3 to 43. The foot pedal thankfully has held up to stomping by all ages and the occasional intoxicated adult drummer. Just like the original though it tends to walk away from the player while being played. Feel free to laugh at our redneck solution but know that it works on our hardwood floors. My oldest son and I use 7B and 8B drumsticks to get a better bounce with a light touch. Anyway, the wired hookup avoids all that and is a plus. The stand is made of lightweight aluminum and has no cross supports. You still had to jack the drum receiver in the game console, deal with disconnects in the middle of a song and manage batteries.
The action is like a good drum practice pad and is also quieter that the original. The younger children use 2B drumsticks and play with a rather heavy touch. How those got through playtesting at Harmonix surpises me. Since our usage fits this pattern, the Drum Rocker was well worth it.
The cymbals' structural integrity was completely intact. A month of use and BAM. Took me a minute to figure out that the kit was working despite the fact that this light was off. The cymbals were AWESOME at first, allowing me to roll on them accurately. Ive taken them apart to see if there were any disconnections (had a similar problem with the stock rock band kit cymbals and found the force had broken off a wire which was easily fixed); no luck. Before that, though, I want to say I have the PS3 version. I can vouch for this, especially since it was exactly 28 days of use before the problems occurred.Ok, firstly I want to point out the problems with it that have been there since day one.
Im not sure if these are platform specific problems. Firstly, the PS3 button LED does not function. Ive read a lot of reviews recently (Ill explain why in a sec), and I have found a distinct pattern emerge. However, once the game is started and then accessing the PS3 menu, the controls dont work at all forcing me to use my controller for all menu functions; quite annoying.After a month, the other problems started. I use the cymbals for mostly everything. They are still plenty accurate, but they double hit quite a bit. However, these are reason enough to make me wish I hadnt got it. I havent the slightest idea why; again, no correlation as to reasoning.Aside from these, the kit is perfect.
It turns horrible. I still have yet to see any correlation as to WHY they double hit (as in, a particular amount of force or a particular angle of strike). Second, the PS3 menu hates this thing. Before starting the game, all is well. Then, the module disconnects randomly for no apparent reason. Im pretty good, and I cant stand missing dozens of notes per song simply because my kit is bad, especially when online.
So I must admit that I broke the first drum kit that comes standard with the Rock Band 2 kit for the PS3. The quick double basing I find easier on the Ion kit pedal though. I have the red pad in line with the yellow pad which helps alot for drum rolls and other tricky moves.
Needless to say, just replacing with another stock drum kit would lead to similar results. I still adjust occasionally. After I moved to playing on expert, it got to the point where the drum kit would sink and pads bubbled to the point that they came out of the plastic holders.
The ability to move the pads in any direction really helps to mold the drum kit to how you play in a comfortable way but it took me about a month to get it 100%. I bought the Ion kit about six months ago and I have become a bit possesive about it. The customization options help alot (I am not quite 5' tall) with my short arms and legs.
I really don't let anybody touch it anymore, not even my husband, just because it takes 15 songs or so to get it back to the way I want it.I will say that I wish the petal was more responsive to a steady beat, on the stock drum kit I had an upgraded pedal that was on a chain and had a super spring-back which made steady beats mind-lessly easy. I do agree with some of the comments that the symbols are about 95% accurate, but adjusting the symbol so that you naturally hit the edge really really helps with that.
I bought this set for my grandson, it is very high-quality, and he has had hours and hours of enjoyment with using this kit.
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