Millenium MPS-850 E-drum Kit Review - The Best Budget Kit?

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RECORDING GEAR:
OBS Studio
DaVinci Resolve
Rode ProCaster Microphone
Audio-Technica ATH-M50 Headphones
Sony ZV-E10
SONICAKE QWM-10 Microphone
Elgato Cam Link 4K
PreSonus Studio 2|6
Alesis Crimson II Special Edition
LIVE DRUM SETUP:
Drum Kit: Pearl Export
Live Snare: Pearl Joey Jordison Signature
Recording Snare: Mapex Black Panther Limited Edition Maple 2011
Cymbals: Sabian AAX & HH
Drum Heads: Evans
Drumsticks: Collision 5B Drumsticks
Backing Track Playback: Roland SPD-SX
In-Ear Monitors: Shure SE215
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Review
04:14 Pad Test's
05:20 Kit Demo's
09:24 Conclusion

[@WaschiTV]

Great work! Honestly one of the most convincing reviews I have ever seen… this year I got my graduation & 19th birthday is right ahead in 9 days, my wish: a drumkit, now I think I found one 😎🤘(it already got my attention while searching on eBay)

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Well happy birthday when the day comes. Thanks for the amazing comment too. It truly is a fantastic value for money drum kit and is built really well.

[@brianosborne5395]

I use this paired with EZ Drummer 3 and it's sooooo sick. Makes practice and demos a blast, quick, and doesn't disturb the whole neighborhood. I'm not sold on using them live or on actual records but for everything else they are king for the money.

[@ThijmenCodes]

Super informative. Thank you!

[@JPDVM20_14]

I've been researching budget kits for a bit, and this is the first time i've seen this brand come up. It's almost all Alesis, Donner, or wait for a used Roland. This kit looks like exactly what i want! Not too expensive, but also not too lacking in features.

[@michaelamato2714]

The kit looks like what I want too buddy! Looks like a real set with big drum heads and cymbals. The Alesis Nitro Max looks like a toy, as do the Donner and some other strange brands out there. The Rolands are overpriced in my opinion to, and all of them have small snare drums and only 8-10 inch toms! Yikes

[@iamnoone9041]

WOW, with ezdrummer this kit stands to blow out the competition completely. If the durability is at least as good as Alesis's kits or better, this will at the very least drive down the price of all the other companies stuff. So long as the Millennium drums actually last long term, they have shown everyone that the other companies are either being shady by charging so much for theirs, or are behind in the tech. Either way, I've been wanting to replace my Alesis Nitro with something more like the Millennium and I am definitely going to do some research on their kits now. Thank you very much for showing us the kit, you have likely saved a good number of people a decent amount of money. Money that can be used for something more important than people realize and that is a good quality throne.

[@philx7425]

Thanks for all those tips!

[@M.T.764]

Awesome! Thanks

[@DG-Vlogs]

Great video and considered getting this kit for a while, would love to see you do a review of the mps-1000 kit which has the accoustic shells and with 15 and 18 crashes and rides this has great appeal also

[@Michaelsmercedes]

This looks like my next purchase. A heck of a deal. I will make sure to use your link.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Thank you

[@CaliforniaBushman]

This is what I might need.

[@jchope777]

Techno had me rolling! Didn't expect that 🤣

[@CCDrums_]

Had this for about a year, use it with EZdrummer 3, it’s amazing

[@tktran303]

Thanks to your review, I purchased this kit for my boy's 12th birthday.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

I hope he enjoys it. It is such fun to play!

[@Vict7633]

That kid is a lucky bastard haha.

[@user-zs4ql6fk6b]

Looks very nice to me!

[@ZaxDrumsandGolf]

Really good review and it looks nice!! For the price it is a bargain!!🤘🤘

[@SteffoZHolm]

Thx man,after looking your video,I did order this set in bundle like you talked about. It will arrive to me in here in Sweden on Tuesday. I will let you know how it will work with my Toontrack best regards 🥁MuminTroll🥁

[@mikaelpettersson2052]

How was it😊?

[@blanknickname]

Tnx for demo

[@gwugluud]

Thank you for not turning on the distracting corny canned songs during this. Good demo.

[@Michaelsmercedes]

As someone who feeds my 12 small children writing those songs I am offended.

[@user-im8gf6vw3v]

Дякую за огляд. Сьогодні отримала цей набір. Складала більше трьох годин😅. Завтра буду підключати 😍🤗. Я ще раз і ще раз переконуюся в тому, що зробила правильний вибір.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

You made a great choice for sure. The setup is a bit time consuming. It sounds great though. With the Hi Hat just make sure it’s high enough off the bottom pad or it won’t open fully.

[@user-im8gf6vw3v]

@JasonSayersDrums thank you for your advice 🤗

[@anne_tymoshenko]

Не очікувала побачити комент українською! Підкажіть, як враження зараз, після якогось часу користування? Думаю і собі придбати цю установку, тому буду вдячна за відгук!

[@mrkevin6354]

Could the snare be set to do a cross-stick sound? Could a chromebook be used instead of a PC for the USB connection to access more drum sounds? Do you know where these drums are made? Thank you, great video. 👍👍✌️✌️

[@raughboy188]

Me personally i wouldn't bother with what features are miising or not because i'd use thwm with daw so whaterever is missing i'd make up for it in daw i would use them for records too because anything off can be fixed and polished in daw. If i need to use them for records i can load higher quality sounds on it.

[@majorbrighton]

Hi Jason, As a beginner I was also checking out this set kit and am a little in the dark, yet thought as you do, that it does not compare with what you get from other set-ups. Given the huge price difference from proper drum sets. I liked the fact that it was so compact, they speak of 140 x 80 cm foot print on your living room floor! yet with stool and access it might be quite a bit more, still tight though. What sticks would you recommend or are the one´s provided ok enough?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

As a beginner it’s important to buy something that can grow with you for a few years. Not to mention that should you give up, or don’t like it. You didn’t spend a fortune in trying. It’s quite a big footprint but a bit smaller than a full size acoustic kit. The sticks that come with it are fine. Should you need more I would go to a shop and try 5A or 7A. 5A is standard weight for most people but sometimes the lighter weight 7As suite other people.

[@TheWaveGoodbye-Music]

So could I hook this up to my saw and use the electric kit sounds I use on my midi keys on these drums instead? Sorry if that makes no sense 😅 Just a few kit sounds I have on my midi keys/DAW sound quite nice and would be cool to import them on to the kit 🙂

[@rhodeisland9096]

What floor space do you reckon you need to fit this in? Kit able to be folded down or made smaller when not in use ?

[@jesus.nuncira]

Amazing review, Jason, thanks! My question is about the natural "acoustic noise" of the set, especially that of the drum bass and snare? Is it possible to bother the neighbors if one has this set in a conventional apartment (blocks)?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

It is still quite loud to a degree. It’s no louder than drumming on a hard back book in theory. Bass drum wise, the stomp can be heard down through floors but there are things you can do. Silent bass drum pedal beaters, Adoro silent sticks, along with some form of platform for the kit if the noise does bother neighbours downstairs. I built mine out of 2 bits wood and tennis balls (a build I found on KZbin).

[@jesus.nuncira]

@@JasonSayersDrums Thanks for the tips! I live on the first floor so I hope the silent sticks will be enough. I really want to have that drums set!

[@Icantfindanamewtf]

how can i connect this , to have sound from pc or tablel if i want to use drummeo and this kit through headphones on the same sound output ( headphones)

[@nagual_habitus]

my dream

[@jordirivasvas]

Hola como tienes configurado el kit standar?a mi no me suena igual

[@gwugluud]

I want an e-drum kit which includes realistic drum sounds, where the toms don't sound processed and electronic-y. That's great for Simmons etc patches, but not for when I want an acoustic kit. I'm not thrilled with my Alesis mesh kit in that regard. I'd like to quit depending on VST drum software. My Addictive Drums are fantastic. However, that's all at the mercy of quirky, glitchy computers. Currently, MIDI trax I make using that is missing the hi hats, and I never know what's going to "feel like" working during any given day. I'd like to have something that's "already there" which I can just record, lol.

[@leoterss]

the millenium mps-850's drum module has some very decent preset sounds... but i'd say that alot of them just miss in some way or another. i think you can pick and customize your drum kit's sounds, but everything sounds better with a VST of course :)

[@conducteurayoub3662]

hi i want to know those voices can you add more voices to this Drum !? And how it looks to you when you tried it in sound and movement ??

[@JasonSayersDrums]

I can do this when I get another kit from Thomann. This one has gone back to them now so can’t make a tutorial on it. Essentially it takes a 1 hit wav sample and you can place it on each pad. You still get dynamic volume but its just the same sample played quieter or louder so the tone can’t change to make it realistic. Great for consistent kick drums though!

[@James-gm9cs]

Bold idea - if someone was inclined to, would it be easy to use the hardware on a Roland TD module? Could save an unbelievable amount of money considering what you get with a Td-17 kits

[@JasonSayersDrums]

It could be compatible but most Roland pads use different trigger systems to others so you may not get all zones on some pads to work.

[@surfinjim]

Great video, thanks! This kit, or the Nux DM 210 ?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

I’ve never heard or tried the NUX brand so it would be hard to say.

[@KKmovesToMars]

Thank you! Great video. Do you know if this set supports double kick drum? And does it have a double kick drum pedal option too?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

As long as you have a double pedal it will work just fine. You can change the sound in the hi-hat controller to a bass drum but I wouldn’t recommend it.

[@KKmovesToMars]

Thank you! So helpful! I’m only learning so as soon as I’m ready to buy my own, your link is what I’ll be using as a thank you for such an informative review!!

[@gcam474]

Good but should be MGS 850 for Machine Gun Sound. If the midi implementation is on par this should be remedied with EZ Drummer.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

There is some machine gunning on it but not too noticeable as the dynamics are quite good. Using any drum VST makes it a whole new ball game.

[@comedyshow4509]

How do you connect with the ez drummer software Mine doesn’t come up the interface name on the software

[@JasonSayersDrums]

All depends on how you connect. The square USB output when plugged into your computer should show up in your DAW or drum software as a midi input.

[@Phara4747]

Great review, I am just on the fence whether to get the MPS-850 or the MPS-750X with the expansion (so they have the same amount of toms and rides etc.). I have only played acoustic kits before, but that is 10 years ago where I just messed about with it in high school, so I am basically a beginner. Any insight about which kit to pick?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Depends on your space. The 750x pro is amazing if you are more of an acoustic player. That said you 850 is an amazing but of kit at a very good price.

[@Phara4747]

@@JasonSayersDrums Sounds good! I live in a fairly small apartment, so I was actually looking at the "regular" 750x. The bluetooth on the newer 750x is not something I would use, so I might just stick with the 850. The hihat on the 750x i 1 inch wider, did you think the hihat size was an issue on the 850?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

@@Phara4747 The Hi Hat feels fine for the kits size and it's a fun kit to play.

[@thatboiewanc1645]

My question is can you use the module to change cymbal pads to differemt sounds (for example change the left crash to a china if i wanr)

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Yep, all done within the module itself under the sound option.

[@Code_Cubster]

By any chance, is there a way to get double bass later down the road with this set? I am buying a drum set, have been playing for months at a friends, and really enjoy the double bass.

[@SilkandScrooge]

Should be able to just hook up a double pedal

[@leoterss]

pretty sure the bass drum is big enough for that, yes.

[@pablosaenz6541]

Hello! Thanks for the video! which drum set would you suggest? Alesis Nitro Max or This??? thak you!! ;)

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Alesis make amazing kits but for the money you get so much more with the Millennium kit. Also the warranty team are fantastic.

[@pablosaenz6541]

@@JasonSayersDrums Thank you!!! will buy Millenium kit! 😀

[@sashka_zayaz]

Hello! Can you help me! My crash cymbals don't choke( only ride. Maybe you know what is the problem?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Not too sure what’s happening there. Is the correct cable all the way in and are you compressing the top and bottom outer rim when chocking?

[@koenhuet5941]

Does this kit fold up? Or do u have to leave it fully set up all the time? Thx.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

You can compress it down a bit. Won’t fully go down like a Roland TD4 KP.

[@BennyboyTruth]

Not keen on the in-built sounds (I rarely am with ANY of these e-kits, tbh). BUT hooking it up to a vst plugin like Addictive Drums 2 or similar would take this kit to a WHOLE different level!

[@lusil80]

ho much space does it take? thank you :)

[@talatafech3361]

How can I export an audio which I recorded inside the drum kit?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Check page 23 of the user manual. All instructions should be there.

[@paulbfields8284]

Honestly.. how would you stack these up against say a Titan 50 or 70? That high hat is the really coolest part of this kit for the money.. wish Simmons did that in this price range..

[@JasonSayersDrums]

I’ll be honest in saying I’ve never heard of the titan? I’ll have a look into it.

[@paulbfields8284]

@@JasonSayersDrums Simmons Titan 50,70 and sd1250… all of these are from the very fist inventor of e drums.. the samplings they captured are really something. The decay on the cymbals is awesome.. I have to say this Millennium is a lot for this price point..

[@mrkevin6354]

I'm not sure if I understand you correctly. Are you favoring the Milenium over the Simmons Titan 70? Have you heard of the NUX DM-8? I am looking for some advice / feedback on the comparison of these three brands.

[@paulbfields8284]

@@mrkevin6354 no I’ve not played these myself. I’ve owned all of the Simmons including a fourth kit that was super cheap. My current Titan 70 is great especially at the sale price of $679.00

[@pietdijkman1980]

Did you do anything in the settings? I have this kit and the hi-hat is not responsive at all. Also the choke function on the cymbals almost never works unless I squeeze them really hard. And the bell on the ride cymbal is also not responsive. Been trying to tweek it in the settings, but is stays horrible.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

So with the Hi Hat, there is an update on the millennium website. That said, I didn’t use it but did notice that in order to get the best response it needs to be higher than you probably would like it. Chock function I had no issue but you do have to actually grip it. Ride bell can be tweaked but if you play very lightly then it maybe difficult to get the sensitivity high enough.

[@Imout420]

@@JasonSayersDrums how do you get the update on to the module

[@JasonSayersDrums]

@@Imout420 once downloaded from the website. Extract the files onto a usb drive and then update from the settings menu.

[@psyneedpeace]

Hi, I got mine Yesterday. I got a problem with the Kickdrum pedal. It MOVES and I dont know how to fix this. Do you have a good idea? Or am I playing wrong....thx ✌️

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Are you meaning it is sliding across the floor?

[@psyneedpeace]

Sorry 😂😂😂 it WAS sliding. Not moving 😂 I fixed it. Thx ✌️

[@mick-tl5ui]

is there any echoing or doubling up when you hit the drum pads hard? i have seen this some cheap kits.

[@eheheheheheheheh]

Use the same kit, the only thing i miss is saving my metronom data.. its simple not possible to save some of them on usb or so on, or as profile, so my good i have to do it over and over again, bacause i love the voice-metronom.. but this is the only thing its sucks!

[@mtrps_]

wish this edrum is sold in Malaysia, such a well rounded set, i eventually bought a Yamaha 452k for the reliability at my price point

[@rogerjohnson5137]

Can you edit the sound and pitch of each drum pad?

[@troqhiperhipertroq]

Yes

[@DanBamberAudio]

Is there a way to have a ride with bell, 2 crashes and a China sound all at the same time across the cymbal triggers?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

You can take off one of the toms and change the sound to whatever you like. You’d need to buy another cymbal though.

[@rafaelperez1259]

How did you calibrate the drum set please help?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Calibrate? It was fine out of the box?

[@chrisayala3868]

They have one with a double pedal

[@JasonSayersDrums]

The kick pad can accommodate a double pedal. However, they i can't seem to find a version in which they give a double pedal to you.

[@michaelamato2714]

Why aren't these drums sold in America by Guitar Center or Amazon or somebody local? If there is a problem, you have to deal with an overseas German company? Thanks

[@JasonSayersDrums]

I honest don’t have the answer for this question unfortunately as I don’t work directly for the company. I have heard amazing things about the Simmons kits for the US but I’m yet to try one.

[@jerrymiddleton9921]

I got to know... Do they ship to the US?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

They do but I have been told in many comments before that it’s quite expensive to import.

[@JQUICK21]

Wondering if you can use bluetooth wireless headphones with this kit....

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Never tried but if they work well on everything else and it has a 3.5mm input then I can’t imagine it wouldn’t work.

[@DanLokar]

I'm looking to buy one of the beginner e-drum kits for my girlfriend but I don't think this is the right one for us. In my opinion the sounds don't get close to the quality of a Roland TD-02 KV and I wouldn't be using EZDRUMMER with it so I guess this is not for me. Unfortunately..

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Roland have very processed sounds and have a very different triggering system. The sounds from the millennium module are identical to almost all other kits like Alesis etc. They are good enough to learn on but if you want amazing sounding drums then you’ll always pay a lot more.

[@tommygun801]

Is it just me or does it seem like there is no tonal difference between a hard strike of the snare and a soft strike... It just seems to change the volume of the sound, not the tone of the sound.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

It doesn’t change too much but drum kit in general in this price range they all only have 2 samples per pad generally. Still great quality for practice and amazing when combined with ez drummer etc.

[@JakeABoi]

Can I use double bass on it??

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Absolutely. It has more than enough room for a double pedal.

[@Simonadas04]

I'm kind of tall is the rack high enough?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

It can be raised up quite high. Not sure how high you would want it but it dues have flexibility to get taller.

[@Simonadas04]

@@JasonSayersDrums I've heard that sets like the alesis nitro are not recommended for taller people. Also i wanted a set that i could comfortably play double bass on. This one seems like a pretty good choice

[@davidprobert31]

Are they noisy just to hit ?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Yes, all electronic kits are loud to play. Nothing will ever be silent. I’d say it’s a good 60% quieter than an acoustic kit. No louder then hitting a phone book with a stick hard.

[@davidstone1482]

Is this as good as the fame Simon Philips model

[@JasonSayersDrums]

From what I’ve found on KZbin the millennium kit is better

[@davidstone1482]

@@JasonSayersDrums thanks for that information, i can’t seem to find to much on people who have had the fame kit

[@btw_hyperr5133]

Does the module have Bluetooth?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

No unfortunately not. At this price if it had that this unit would be in another league.

[@yours_truely]

I don't like them very much. They cannot pick ghost notes as they have very low sensitivity. The built in sounds are really bad and the lag is quite noticeable. The high-hat is hit and miss and so are the cymbals. I haven't tried them with SSD5 yet. Maybe that can improve them a bit but I doubt it.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

There is an update on the Hi-Hat module which can be had from their website. The built in sounds are the exact same as i have on my more expensive Alesis kit. They do the job but if you want realism then connecting to a computer is vital. Ghost notes i had no issues with, maybe you hit lighter than me and need to increase pad sensitivity on that drum?

[@pre_ow5494]

Can it double kick?

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Yes providing you have a double pedal

[@pre_ow5494]

Lovely, thankyou. gonna pick up this kit soon!@@JasonSayersDrums

[@offshot1st]

it doesnt sound like it has that many velocity levels for the triggers in the samples points. press rolls might be interesting - but if the data is there and being sent I can just run it via a different drum library. save me spending 2 grand. as its not my primary instrument

[@JasonSayersDrums]

The built in sounds only have a few velocity ranges. The triggers when in USB should use the full range of what every VST you use.

[@offshot1st]

@@JasonSayersDrums at this point I'm suprised noones made an cheap Ekit with a bare bones module that just has an interface to load in sample libraries without running to a PC.

[@ottohesslein3230]

This has to be made by the same company that made the 2021 Donner 200. Same drums. Same cymbals. Same rack.

[@vincentandersson7542]

Where did you get that Slipknot shirt

[@JasonSayersDrums]

I can’t actually remember 🤣

[@vincentandersson7542]

@@JasonSayersDrums well it looks good on you bro!

[@IansDrumsandBass]

A pity you didn't let us hear all the Std pop rock kits, modules are filled with junk most people won't use, but the little we did hear sounded usable. Yes, the big boys are getting a run for their money, I've got a Roland TD11KV, and I've just bought an Alesis Nitro Max, and the Alesis blows the Roland out of the park with regards to drum SOUND quality - (but I did build my own user kits) The Roland stuff is built like a tank, and kits like this? Only time will tell if they last. It looks like Millennium is only available in the US.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

I was trying to keep the video a bit shorter in length so couldn’t do all of the kits. It’s very similar to my Alesis kit which was semi high end in 2020. Lots of cool features and had the same build quality. The sounds are useable but maybe not for live situations.

[@JasonSayersDrums]

It’s also available to the U.K. and some EU countries

[@IansDrumsandBass]

@@JasonSayersDrums Ahhh, ok tks.

[@IansDrumsandBass]

@@JasonSayersDrums On tks. I think it could deff be used in live situations, the sounds that we heard sound 10 x better than most acoustic kits.

[@makssukach9196]

+

[@gringostarr69]

A bit casio-like sound, but might be worth to try with everything except the first or second you used, but it's always like that with CHEAP gear. I might trade one of my snares for a kit..

[@leoterss]

the good part about edrums is that you can always fix every sound with VST software :)

[@user-gd6tc7to1w]

Can you put your iphone to it and play along

[@JasonSayersDrums]

Yes as long as you have an aux cable and the adapter if your iPhone doesn’t have a headphone out

[@sweetleaf7751]

i prefer wood and Metal Shells not plastic etc , Gretch, Ludwig