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This kit is pretty amazing. I went from a Roland TD11 KV to this. IT Looks and feels amazing. There are so many bells and whistles that I haven't gotten a chance to fine tune everything. But I'm sure most of you are concerned about the Hi-Hat for 1. IT seems to respond ok. This new hi-hat seems to have been a big upgrade from the old strike one. The kick drum is awesome too I have to say I was a little worried it would sound like an acoustic one, noise wise but its actually pretty quiet. So far I love the kit and for the price you wont find a better E-Kit in my opinion. I will post updates down the road to let you know how the kit is. ALSO THIS KIT DOES INCLUDE A SNARE STAND!!!. THE SITE SAYS IT DOESNT BUT I ASSURE YOU ITS IN THE BOX. I Hope you enjoy this kit as much as I am.

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When I first tried the Strike Pro SE kit I was blown away. The feel was great, the sound was realistic and I truly felt like I was playing on an acoustic kit. Then I took the next few days to dial in levels, drum heights and built my own USER kit. This took the Strike SE to the next level.Now I play the Strike SE everyday, I use it to record drums for my various projects easily and am feeling like a better drummer, all while playing a kit in my apartment at "low-noise" volumes.

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Ok, I have had this kit now for about 6 months now so here is the good and the not so good. I have been playing drums over 30 years and playing edrums primary for the last 5 years. Before buying this kit I played a Roland TD-25KV and was very happy with it. So first the not so good. The kit is not “ready to go out of the box”. You will need to take your time and dial in all the drums and all your settings in the module because nothing is set right out of the box. The drum rack is not great. If you are going to set it up and rarely ever move it, then the rack is fine but any more than that and you won’t be happy (I ditched the rack and switched to cymbal stands and Tom holders). The Ride cymbal is well known to have issues with failing, so far mine is ok but it is an issue. The hi hat is not great either, some people have gotten it working well but most change it out for something else. I switched out mine for a Roland hi hat pedal controller. The drum hardware is ok but not nearly as nice as Roland hardware. The crash cymbals trigger well but there is a delay in the choke, this is very annoying. It makes it almost impossible to do a good cymbal choke. The rim and head of the snare and toms won’t trigger at the same time making it impossible to do snare rim shots. Maybe Alesis will fix this in the next software update. Ok I know what your thinking, wow that’s a lot of bad things, it is but there are a lot of good things too!Here is the good. The Module is a BEAST! Alesis has really made a good module here. The stock sounds are WAY better than the Roland stock sounds. The sounds can be layered and very head, rim, cymbal edge,bow can all have separate sounds assigned! How about 8 individual outputs! Your sound guy will love this! Nobody else has that in a kit in this price range. Most just have stereo outs. I could go on and on but trust me, the module is awesome. Full size drums! It looks and feels and plays like a real kit! Instead of looking like a toy! I play this kit live and have had multiple people think it was a real acoustic kit. The red sparkle finish is really nice! It honestly isn’t my favorite color but it is very nice. If you don’t like it, you can buy skins and recover it yourself. The drums and cymbal trigger very well. Sure you do have to set it up and tweak the settings. But once you get it set it is very good. Here is my final thoughts. For the first 3 months or so I was constantly tweaking the settings and changing things and was getting very frustrated with this kit. Because my Roland kit was just ready to go from the box! But now that I have it all dialed in it is a great kit! Honestly the best value for the money! To get all these features from Roland you would have to spend twice as much money. So if you have time to play with it and tweak all the settings then buy this kit you won’t be disappointed. But if you want “ready to go out of the box” then this may not be the kit for you.

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I ordered this kit and it shipped out around 9pm. I awoke and went to go grocery shopping and run some errands. Around 11am the kit was on my door step. I was blown away that just over night the kit arrived to me. As far as the kit is concerned it's amazing. Well worth the money. I had some miss triggering issues with the bass drum, but it was because I had a weight in front of it. You can have things touching the legs but if anything touches the drum itself you will have to adjust some settings or just remove whatever is touching it, I bought a drum rug and some kbrakes and it resolved the issue. Over great product, I've played acoustic for 20 years and the switch to this kit was extremely nice and I love it.

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This kit rocks. I reviewed it, and watched many videos before I made the decision to get it. Considering the price, I spent close to a year on deciding on this set. I wanted something that was going to carry me for a good while, instead of something I'd end up getting bored with after 6 months. This is one of the best electric kits you can get, without it being a roland or yamaha in my opinion. And for the price. Alesis went all out with this one. It's the best kit they have out right now. I've looked at every kit alesis has made. This one is by far the most realistic looking, and sounding kit. Coming from the nitro mesh kit this was quite an epic upgrade. Originally I got the nitro kit because it was quick, cheap, and I just needed some drums to play. It was just an ok set. But it beat playing on nothing. You definitley get what you pay for. They're Good for practice if youre just starting out, or if you need something quick and affordable. But if youre wanting a set that you can grow with, and one that will grow with you this is a great investment. There are also extra inputs to add more drums as well. My only complaint with this kit is it doesn't come with a hi-hat stand. I have no idea why Alesis did this. They should reconsider since it is technically part of a drum set, and every drummer uses one. For the price it should definitley be a full set, but its not a deal breaker. Just make sure and order one when you order the set. If you're wanting to upgrade your drums, and want to go with something a bit cheaper than yamaha or roland then this is the kit for you. This kit will easily stack up against either one of those brands and hold its own.

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This is my 1st drum set, Im transitioning from guitar, and I gotta tell you its impressive!! well built, and huge, I was torn between a Roland set of relativley same price range, this won, I love the big kick drum and drums, I think you get more bang for the money with this. Now the bad things, I didnt like is very very little info on using and setting up the kit , Alesis customer service is a joke, Ive been trying to figure out how to record using the usb out or midi to no avail, but can easily record using the main outs, but for just under 3 grand with tax I feel they could include a CD with drivers and manuals etc.I love the varity of kits included and most are way cool, I look forward to using this in Addictive drums, wich I have yet to figure out " a manual with how to pair would be helpfull" , Overall I'd Highly reccomend this kit, I paired it with a Yamaha DFP9D double kick pedal and havent looked back !!! Im running through my PA system and sounds titts!!!

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This is an imaginative, excellent kit that is full of 'acoustic-quality' sound with sizzling cymbals. It's sturdy, sound, and wearable - meaning it has a genuine feel for the topline professional acoustic kits.

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Issues:After extensive adjustments, hi-hat still double/triple triggers if you don't hit it perfectly on the top.Ride Cymbal randomly triggers from kit vibration - requires dialing in every time I play, adjusting physical traits and electronic sensitivity levels. Kick was so bad I had to buy a new ROLAND one. It wouldn't register kicks unless I slammed it, and it would only register as very quiet unless you kick so hard you're attempting to break it. Good for single pedal maybe, trash for double pedal. Replace the kick if you have the same experience as me. The Edges of cymbals don't really work. You have to hit all the cymbals on the top of the rim for it to actually sound properly. Hitting the edges typically results in just nothing at all. Snare can sometimes trigger for no reason. Only noticeable when connected to computer since the hit is in-audible. -Positive Qualities: Looks goodFeels goodSounds goodEasy to add custom kits (I made a fart sound kit for youtube in 30 minutes)The Brain is insane. Probably among the best tbh but I can't say for sure. TL;DR: Get a Roland for the same price. No one needs this many pieces in an electric kit, and no one wants to deal with these issues and Alesis' TRASH customer support. They do not address your issues, they just mark your ticket as solved and ignore you. Shady. Thank you Zzounds for enabling my purchase of this kit! I'm very grateful for the financing, but now that I've paid it off I'll look to sell it and grab a Roland at my earliest convenience.

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And the hats SUCK with all caps lock required. I expected corners to be cut, at the price point, like cheaper hardware cheaper rack etc… But how they let this pass and be manufactured with the good awful hats I will never understand. I ditched the cheap rack and went with cymbal and snare stands in a 4 piece config, it’s much better ergonomically, and appearance wise, but the hats man, the hats are absolute junk. Just terrible. So for the moment Inuse my acoustic hats with an SM81 and an SM57 on them to record. But that kind of defeats the purpose of an electric kit now doesn’t it. Kick snare and hats, the most important pieces to pay attention to detail on, and they ruined it with these hats. I’m warning you right now. Don’t buy this unless you also buy a set of accurate hats to replace these with. This is your warning. The hats are absolutely terrible. Basically, it’s a junk kit in a pretty package, and even that’s cheap crap. You get what you pay for. I regret this purchase and wish I had went with Roland.

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The rims aren’t very sturdy, the rack and clamps are slip city, crank them down tight. The 8 inch Tom is useless so I made it a side snare. The legs on the kick are cheap and flimsy. The hardware is not quality. The pads are ok. I can’t seem to dial in the hats no matter what I do.... Comes with a cheap snare stand. It works, but cheap. It’s all cheap, but the pads are good. If the price of the Roland comes down, I will be switching to Roland and selling these. You do get a lot of stuff for the money, but you sacrifice quality over quantity. I trigger Superior Drummer, and it has USB on the back to connect to your computer, but mine DID NOT COME WITH A USB CABLE!!!! Seriously, they can’t throw you a USB cable in the bundle of cables they give you? Absolutely stupid. I really don’t think it’s worth 2500 bucks. I did set this up as a 4 piece kit, with hats ride and crash. With snare stands and cymbal stands, and no rack. And it worked just fine. I just did it to see if you could without the crappy rack. And yes you can. But I felt like I was not getting my money’s worth not using all the pieces so I did set it all up on the rack. The pads are ok, rims, kind of cheap, rack cheap, clamps cheap, cymbal arms cheap, snare stand cheap, module plastic cheap but very functional, cables thin but included and work, USB cable NOT included... it will work in your home studio. I wouldn’t play out with it. In short, it looks pretty but cut corners kind of ruin it for me. That’s just my opinion. This is of no reflection of zZounds, they were perfect in every way. I always order from zZounds, and have spent thousands,, and will continue to have my repeat business.

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