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  • Simmons SDS-V

    The hexagonal pads of the 1980s

    Electronic drums · United Kingdom

    The SDS-V put hexagonal playing surfaces and an analogue drum synthesizer in front of drummers in 1981, and its pitch-swept toms are so tied to the decade that using one now is a period reference. The pads were also famously hard on wrists.

  • ATV aDrums Artist Standard

    Wooden shells and a continuous-sample engine

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The aDrums kits use real wood shells with mesh heads and the aD5 module, whose engine plays back continuous samples rather than crossfading between velocity layers — which is what makes soft playing sound soft rather than quiet.

  • 2box DrumIt Five

    Open sample loading in a drum module

    Electronic drums · Sweden

    The DrumIt Five's module stores user sound libraries in an open format on flash memory, so a drummer can load their own multi-velocity samples rather than waiting for the manufacturer. That openness is the reason the instrument has the following it does.

  • EFNOTE 5

    Electronic kit built to acoustic proportions

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The EFNOTE 5 uses full-size shells, real cymbal shapes, and a hardware set that assembles like an acoustic kit, on the argument that an electronic kit should not have to look like a rack.

  • Pearl e/MERGE

    Pearl's electronic kit, built with a partner module

    Electronic drums · Japan

    e/MERGE puts Pearl's shells, hardware, and hi-hat feel behind an electronic voice engine, aimed at acoustic drummers who want their own kit's ergonomics in an electronic set.

  • Yamaha DTX6K

    The mid-range DTX kit

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The DTX6K uses the DTX-PRO module, whose Kit Modifier controls — ambience, compression, and effects on one knob each — make useful sound changes reachable without menu diving.

  • GEWA G9 Pro Kit

    Full kit around the G9 module

    Electronic drums · Germany

    The G9 Pro kits put the module behind mesh-headed wooden shells and multi-zone cymbals, positioned directly against Roland's and Yamaha's flagships.

  • Alesis Nitro Max

    The budget mesh kit

    Electronic drums

    The Nitro Max is the kit most often bought as a first electronic set: mesh heads on every drum, a compact rack, and a price that undercuts almost everything with the same specification.

  • EFNOTE PRO

    The Japanese flagship kit

    Electronic drums · Japan

    EFNOTE PRO is the top of the range: larger shells, more zones per pad, and a module with the routing and outputs a touring setup needs.

  • Simmons SDS-8

    The affordable Simmons

    Electronic drums · United Kingdom

    The SDS-8 brought the hexagonal pad and analogue voicing to a price home studios could reach, and is the Simmons most often found today.

  • Roland TD-07

    Entry V-Drums with mesh snare

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The TD-07 puts a mesh snare pad and Roland's sound set into the cheapest kits the company badges as V-Drums, aimed at first electronic kits and quiet practice.

  • Yamaha DTX402

    The entry DTX kit

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The DTX402 series is Yamaha's first-kit electronic set, with rubber pads, a compact rack, and a companion app that turns practice into exercises.

  • Alesis Strike Pro SE

    Large mesh kit with wooden shells

    Electronic drums

    The Strike Pro SE is the biggest kit in its price class: real wood shells, mesh heads throughout, multi-zone cymbals, and a module with a colour screen and sample import.

  • Yamaha DTX10K

    Yamaha's flagship electronic kit

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The DTX10K pairs the DTX-PROX module with either silicone or textured cellular silicone pads, the latter of which give an unusually acoustic rebound, and a hardware set built to acoustic-kit standards.

  • Simmons Titan

    The revived brand's mesh kits

    Electronic drums

    The Titan series is the modern Simmons: mesh heads, a conventional rack, and a module with Bluetooth practice features, sharing nothing with the 1980s designs but the name.

  • Roland VAD706

    V-Drums in full-depth wooden shells

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The V-Drums Acoustic Design series puts Roland's pads and modules into real wood shells of acoustic proportions, so the kit looks and sits like a drum set rather than a rack of pads.

  • Alesis Crimson II

    Mid-range mesh kit

    Electronic drums

    Crimson II sits between the Nitro and the Strike: larger mesh pads, dual-zone toms, and a module with enough editing to be worth learning.

  • Roland TD-10

    The first V-Drums

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The TD-10 introduced mesh heads and physical-modelling drum synthesis in 1997, and it is the moment electronic drums stopped being pads that triggered samples and started being instruments a drummer could play dynamically.

  • Roland TD-17

    The V-Drums kit most people buy

    Electronic drums · Japan

    The TD-17 is the point where mesh heads, a modelled engine, and Bluetooth practice features meet a price a home player will pay, and it is the best-selling serious electronic kit of its generation.