Digital Drums 800 Electronic Drum Kit by Gear4music - Nearly New

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The perfect playing experience

The DD800 has been designed with acoustic drummers in mind, providing features allowing you to play without sacrificing the nuance of your performance. The nine-piece kit is comprised of high-quality pads and cymbals, hi-hat stand, snare stand and kick pedal, all of which have been carefully designed for maximum performance.

The four dual-zone drum pads consist of a 12" snare, two 10" toms and a 12" tom. Each pad features a double-layered elastic mesh head which can be 'tuned' to match your preferred stick response, and the dual-zone piezo system allows you to play with character - opening up the option to play rim-shots and cross-stick. A common draw of electronic drum kits is the ability to keep your playing quiet, so each pad is clad with a durable rubber edge, this ensures any rim-hits are accurately and quietly captured. Plus, the 12" kick pad offers enough surface area to use it with a double kick pedal (sold seperately) for maximum low-end power!

The inclusion of the hi-hat stand and kick pad allow you to play your authentic way, and to adjust the pedals' tension just how you like it. Two 14" choke-able crashes and a 14" three-zone ride complete the family of cymbals on offer, all of which are mounted on boom arms just like their acoustic counterparts would be. With 360 degree strike-zones, the cymbals can be hit from anywhere on their surface, meaning you don't have to think twice about where you're hitting to trigger a sound - just like an acoustic kit. The lightweight cymbals have been carefully designed to the extreme, even going as far as to provide a realistic 'wobble', reacting just like an acoustic cymbal would when hit.

Authentic on-board sounds across a range of genres

Explore 30 pre-set kits on the digital drums 800 electronic drum kit, covering a wide range of styles from rock and metal to dubstep and house. Each kit can be customised by changing any of the pad sounds to one of the 556 sounds built into the module. Or, if you have a specific sound in mind, you can load audio files the via the USB memory slot on the module.

If you do decide to change the sound of a certain pad, or indeed create an entirely new kit of your own, you can keep your customisations by simply pressing the save button. This saves your selected sounds, including any effects and volume alterations, as a user kit, this makes it easily accessible at any time via the main screen.

You can add a range of effects to individual pads to fully customise your pre-set or user kit. These effects include; tone, pan, decay and reverb. You can even edit the mix as a whole by editing the room size, reverb type, reverb level, reverb time, and EQ.

Shape your sound

Customising your kit doesn't end at on-board effects and samples. Each trigger can be adjusted on the module to provide the perfect sound and response. This includes the sensitivity, threshold, and dynamic range of each trigger. In addition to this, you can customise the head, rim, and cross stick sounds independently. The dedicated hi-hat settings allow you to tweak the levels of sensitivity of the hi-hat. If the screen brightness and contrast isn’t for you, you can increase or reduce it in the utility settings. You can also rename any user kit to a name of your choice for easy identification.

With a single press of a button, you can access a range of extremely handy features. This includes, tempo, click, record, save, and play.

• Tempo - adjust the speed, beat, rhythm, voice, and volume of the tempo track
• Click – press to instantly add a click track to the tempo selected
• Record – begins recording your playing. Synchronized recording also allows you to record with a backing track
• Save – Save a user kit
• Play – play the selected demo kit or a previous recording

Versatile connections

The DD800 features a USB MIDI, a 5-pin MIDI in and out, aux in, stereo headphone out and 1/4" line out. The MIDI out allows you to connect the kit directly to a DAW for MIDI recordings, whilst the aux in allows you to play along to your favourite songs from your smartphone or tablet.

Develop your drumming with the on-board tutoring mode

The tutoring mode on the DD800 includes three activities: warm, rhythm and quiet.

• Warm is a warm up you can do before you begin playing. This mode guides you through playing singles, doubles, triplets, and quarter notes to a tempo track. You can adjust the speed and number of cycles to make the warm up as suitable as possible for you. There is also a medium and hard difficulty mode, introducing new techniques such as the 5-stroke roll.
• Rhythm is a new tutoring feature for the DD800 kit. This exercise allows you to choose from 20 two-bar patterns to play along to. You can change between time and bars, for the length of the exercise, as well as the grade of accuracy/difficulty. At the end of the exercise, the coloured display shows you how many notes you hit correctly and how many you were late for or missed. The rhythm exercise is a brilliant feature for helping you progress with your drumming, improving your timing and accuracy.
• Quiet is similar to the warm up, although the click track drops and in out. This is incredibly useful to practice and monitor how well you can keep time with and without a tempo track. At the end of the session, the coloured display shows you the percentage of correct hits, bad timings, and complete misses. In this mode you can adjust the tempo, beat, rhythm, voice, and volume. You can also adjust the length of the bar and how long the tempo track drops out for. Feeling brave? There’s even a random mode for added fun and more difficulty.

Whether you're an intermediate or advanced player, we all need practice - and the DD800 makes it easier than ever to improve your skills!

Specifications

The DD800 Pads

• Snare Pad: 12" Dual-Zone Mesh Snare Drum Pad
• Tom Pad 1: 10" Dual-Zone Mesh Tom Pad
• Tom Pad 2: 10’’ Dual-Zone Mesh Tom Pad
• Tom Pad 3: 12’’ Dual-Zone Mesh Tom Pad
• Cymbal Pad 1: 14'' Dual-Zone Crash Cymbal with Choke
• Cymbal Pad 2: 14'' Dual-Zone Crash Cymbal with Choke
• Cymbal Pad 3 / Ride: 14'', 3 Zone (Edge, Bell, Bow - with Choke)
• Hi-Hat: 12'', Dual-Zone Hi-Hat Pads with Hi-Hat Stand
• Kick Pad: 12'', Single Trigger Kick Pad with Kick Pedal

The DD800 Module

• Sounds: 556 High-Quality Voices
• Drum Kits: 30 Pre-sets and 50 User Kits
• Songs: 25 Pre-set Songs
• Connectors: USB MIDI, MIDI In/Out, Aux In, Stereo Headphone Out, L/Mono & R Line Out, DC Power In, Bluetooth Audio
• Controls: Power On/Off, Master Volume, Headphones Volume, Input Mix Volume, Rotary Selector, Navigation Buttons, Enter, Back, Function (F1-F4), Mix, Instrument, Kit, Song List, Song, Play / Pause, Mute, Tempo, Click, Rec, Tutor, Trigger, Setup, USB, Chain, Group Volume Sliders
• Effects: Coarse, Fine, Tone, Pan, Decay, Reverb
• Power: DC 12V, 1000mA, Centre Positive
• Tempo Range: 20-260BPM

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