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ION  Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set

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ION Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set

 
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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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Product Details
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Product Weight:38.0 pounds
Package Length:32.1 inches
Package Width:16.4 inches
Package Height:11.9 inches
Package Weight:34.25 pounds
Release Date:December 09, 2008
Average Customer Rating: based on 137 reviews

Game Information
Platform:PlayStation 3
Media:Accessory
Item Quantity:1

Features
  • Compatible with ROCKBAND, ROCKBAND 2, and Guitar Hero for the PS3. Also compatible with ROCKBAND 2 for PS2.

  • Two Color Assignable 12" Cymbals

  • Ultra-Quite Velocity Sensitive Pads

  • All-Metal Kick Pedal

  • Sturdy, Fully Adjustable Aluminum Rack


Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:4.0
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4Overated  Jul 01, 2010
I believe this is a good product but for the cost of add-ons is ridiculous. Another thing is that it is NOT 100 percent compatible with GH as one states. Other than those few set backs a quality product.

5A Great Birthday Gift  Jun 26, 2010
I was afraid to purchase a drum kit of this amount for the Rockband game. But it turned out to be a wonderful gift for my boyfriend. He is enjoying the game so much more and this set could lead into a true electronic drum set. Money well spent.

5ion drum kit for ps3  Jun 22, 2010
My original drums for rockband lasted all of 6 months. I researched the ion kit, and finally ordered it. It was easy to put together and adjust to my liking. It feels like real drums when you play it. There is a bit of a learning curve, but they are awesome!! I wish I would have bought them sooner! Well worth the money.

3Good but not without issues.  Jun 21, 2010
As many others have pointed out, this is a somewhat flawed product. The pads are excellent, good bounce and sensitivity and quite durable. However, the pedal is noisy and does not function well, and the cymbals are not great either.(Though cymbals not necessary for gameplay). These parts can be replaced with better pedals and cymbals made by other manufacturers, but it seems a shame that you should have to spend more to fix an already expensive investment.

Recommended for serious rock band drummers, casual ones won't need it. And if you don't care about cymbals, you can get the core (pads and pedal only) version for a fair amount less.

1Believe it: Static issues are real  Apr 28, 2010
This drum set is great when it works (and when adding the additional cymbal - I'll get to that). I will be focusing my review on the problems I've had with the quality of the set and the difficulty in working with the Ion product support.

Guitar Hero Incompatibility

I bought this set to use with Guitar Hero World Tour, after lightly researching that it was compatible. I guess I needed to do more research. In Guitar Hero World Tour the game would not switch to 4 lanes (which in my opinion completely contradicts the purpose of having the cymbals) like it's supposed to, only the red and yellow cymbal/pads are mapped and there is no patch program to download off PSN. So, out of the box this set is incompatible with GHWT.

After researching more, you can purchase a MIDI drum module (such as the Alesis DM5) and run it through the GHWT drum set. But even then, supposedly, there's an issue with the Ion pedal so you'll need to purchase another pedal. So, no go on GHWT.

I purchased Rock Band 2. Great game, but 1 less lane and the difficulty isn't as good. I won't go into the specifics. I prefer GHWT, I just feel it has a better drumming experience.

Incomplete (No 3rd cymbal)

After playing on RB2, my friends and I got really confused as to when to hit the blue pad vs. blue cymbal and likewise with green pad vs. green cymbal. This premium set only includes one cymbal for either green or blue, and it is highly confusing. It is an absolute must to purchase the additional cymbal so you have 1:1 mapping between green and blue cymbals and pads. In my opinion, this set is incomplete without it and it feels Ion didn't include it to get the cost down. It's like playing a Dual Shock controller without one of the analogue sticks where you can 'map' one of the sticks to one of the... well.. you get it.

Static Disconnects

Ion replaces parts within 90 days of purchase, and it takes 4-6 weeks to receive replacements. When my drum set experienced disconnects on day 1, I spoke with tech support who said that the set is prone to disconnect from static electricity that builds up when the set is placed on carpet. Nowhere did I read in the product description, the manual or their website noting this. Further, they explained that it is highly likely that if the disconnects continue to happen it will damage the unit, if it isn't DAMAGED ALREADY. I immediately purchased interlocking mattes from costco and placed the drumset on it, solving the disconnect issue.

After under a week of playing an hour a day, the drums started disconnecting again during every song, and finally the pedal stopped responding (but the other cymbals and pads work fine). Ion will be replacing the pedal (which will take 4-6 weeks to receive). I asked if they would replace the module and they said that the pedal is probably the issue due to either disconnects or physical damage due to playing the pedal too hard. I hope my pedal didn't break with under 12 hours of use...

I recommend this product if you:

1. Do your research
2. Understand you will be spending more money to get this set to work as intended
3. Don't have GHWT

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Update July 22, 2010

It's been almost 3 months since I sent the pedal and module back for repair. I received the pedal 1 month after sending it, and still haven't received the module. 2 weeks ago I called and was promised a call back, but I haven't gotten one. Right now I have been on hold for an hour waiting to speak with someone in tech support. I expect to be transferred and put on further hold, as what happened last time.

I have changed the rating of this review from 2 to 1 stars. Over the course of purchasing 4 months ago I have had 5 days of use from it. The rest of the time I have been waiting for the product, stuck on hold with their tech support, or dealing with the unit disconnecting.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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