There is something magical about percussion instruments.  The almost paradox of brutally hitting something to make a sweet and pleasing sound.  For as long as I have been a musician, drums are the things that people gravitate to over other instruments.  You don’t have to learn a chord shape or memorize scales, you just hit things with rhythm.  Children feel drawn to the drums, it’s as if we are all born with the desire to hit things and make noise.

I too, have been drawn to hit things and make noise.  I have always loved the sound of a well tuned and high quality acoustic drum kit, but space and volume control in my home have been an issue.  Therefore, I had always resolved to make an electronic drum kit part of my studio space.  An electronic drum kit gives more flexibility in recording and post production fixes and tweaking, so it works best for my set up.

After much deliberation I decided on the Alesis DM10, and then proceeded to convince myself to purchase the Alesis DM10X , which adds larger pads and puts the Snare pad on a stand instead of the rack.  Amazon.com had the best price, so I ordered one up and two days later I received 92.6 lbs. of electronic drum kit.  Now, after some time with the kit, I am ready to review the Alesis DM10X Kit.

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