Roland TD-07KV V-Drums Electronic Drum Kit

General

The complete and conveniently slimline Roland TD-07KV kit gives you a whole lot of electronic-beat-bashing for your hard-earned cash. Part of the renowned V-Drums Series, this compact and relatively affordable kit provides the kind of playing feel you'd usually have to re-mortgage a house for. This is partly down to the incredibly realistic rebound response of the set of high-grade, dual-ply mesh-heads fitted to the snare and toms, which also have the additional advantage of making very little noise. The dual-trigger snare can be set up to trigger the sound of a rim click or rim shot when you actually strike the rim, while the mesh-head still sounds like a snare, and the kick pad provides a genuine kick-like feel while minimising vibrations (i.e. noise). The module of this thoughtful electronic kit is also Bluetooth capable so you can stream tracks from your phone and play along, and using the Roland Melodics app, you can fully hone your skills under the expert guidance of a 'personal music tutor'.

The Roland TD-07KV V-Drums Electronic Drum Kit

Building on the giant V-Drums reputation, the TD-07KV kit is home to a potent sound module. Essentially the brain, this smart module does much more than just spit static and cold sounding acoustic drum samples. Roland have taken things a fair way forward by loading in nothing but high-grade samples to build more than 20 outstanding pre-configured kits and percussion set-ups, with space to build your very own custom kits and save them as presets. Using the module, various samples can be combined in one kit and the samples can be digitally tuned and edited using tools including an equaliser and a tight bank of effects and shape your perfect virtual kit. This module can even be directly connected to a computer to record via MIDI to your DAW of choice.

The Roland V-Drums: Near-Silent Drumming

One of the biggest and most obvious bonuses of an electronic drum kit is that it makes way less noise than an acoustic kit. However, there are still a few electronic kits that are just as noisy, meaning that every drum pad bonk and kick pad bam can be heard loud and clear next door. With this salient point in mind, Roland have designed the V-Drums to perform as silently as possible. The mesh-heads minimise vibrations while retaining an authentic playing feel, while the kick pad has been finished with specially developed damping that compromises none of the response. Even the rack has been designed so that it transfers as little resonance through the floor or walls as possible. Besides all of that, Roland also offer some extra add-ons if you need your kit to be even quieter, including a set of Noise Eaters that are placed beneath the pedals to dampen them further. Of course, laying a drum mat under your kit also works wonders.

• The kick drum pedal and drum throne (stool) seen in the images serves illustrative purposes only and is not included.