ION Audio Drum Rocker Rock Band 2 Drum Set Review
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ION Audio Drum Rocker Rock Band 2 Drum Set Feature
- Officially licensed Premium Drum Set for Rock Band video games for Wii game system
- Low-noise, velocity sensitive pads
- Fully-adjustable setup
- Extremely durable
- Expandable with third cymbal or second bass pedal
Rock solid, hard-rocking drums.
The rock solid, heavy-duty electronic Pro Session drum set from Ion Audio (model IED09) is ready to stand up to the pounding drummers can exact on their gear. With a rugged rack (stand) and adjustable hardware, you'll have no problem setting it up the way you like to play. This compact, low-noise drum set delivers that feel of acoustic drums and the flexibility of a great-sounding electronic drum-sound module.
This complete electronic drum set fits into a fraction of the space of an acoustic drum set and comes with everything you need to get started playing. Pro Session Drums come with natural-feeling drum and cymbal pads, foot pedals for hi-hat and bass drum, all the cables you'll need, as well as a power adapter.
Pro Session Drums also feature a drum-sound module with over 100 different instruments in 15 drum sets. You can modify and save the drum sounds and drum set for totally custom setups! There are 41 play-along music patterns for practicing and jamming out. You can listen to the drum parts on the patterns to get ideas for what to play, then mute the drums and play your own part. There are lights that show you what to play in case you want some assistance. You can record your drum performance and listen back. There's also a metronome built in for learning to play with a steady beat.
Pro Session Drums have standard 1/8-inch stereo jack connections for headphones, connecting to your home stereo or amplifier, and a mix-in input for a CD or MP3 player.
Key Features
- Rugged, heavy duty, compact, foldable, adjustable rack (stand)
- Great-feeling drum and cymbal pads
- Over 100 drum, cymbal, and percussion instrument sounds
- Play almost silently with headphones or rock out loud with speaker systems
- Input for playing along with your CD or MP3 player
- Light-up play-along display for learning drum patterns
- Record and listen to your drum performances
- Play-along music included
- Metronome for learning to play with a steady beat
Drum Rocker delivers the most realistic drumming experience available to any gamer, regardless of platform. That's because it was built by the engineers at Alesis, one of the largest manufacturers of professional electronic drums in the world. As a result, you get a kit that's designed to take a real beating, with all the positioning flexibility that professional drummers demand. While other drum controllers lock you down to a pre-molded plastic array of pads, Drum Rocker's professional aluminum drum rack lets you position your snare, tom and cymbal pads wherever you want. When you're ready to move from playing Rock Band to playing in a rock band, you can swap the game controller module with one of the professional drum brains made by Alesis, and you're ready to hit the road for real! Drum Rocker's velocity-sensitive drum pads feature a playing surface that is much quieter than other drum controllers. They also feel great – the stick rebound off of the pad is much more natural and consistent than anything else available. The pad housing is made of high-impact plastic, designed to be whacked on stage night after night. No matter how much you punish them, the Drum Rocker drum pads can take it. Complete the experience with up to three cymbals. There's nothing like finishing a monster fill by whacking a crash cymbal. Or crossing over to play your hi-hat with your right hand while you keep the backbeat on the snare with your left. Or keeping time on a ride cymbal during the chorus. Drum Rocker lets you do all that and more, with cymbals that can be placed anywhere around the kit. Drum Rocker comes with two cymbals and mounting hardware out of the box, and a third cymbal is available as an optional accessory. You get to decide how you want to use the two cymbals that come with the kit – set them up as a hi-hat/crash, crash/ride or hi-hat/ride combination, then add the third cymbal to round out the kit.
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Aug 24, 2011 15:40:08
