Roland V71 Demo | How does it sound? (Played with the VAD716)

[@navigatorcs]

I really like #4 jazz kit and the way you play it too awesome.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@navigatorcs thank you!! I really love it too, it is one of the best kits in my opinion!

[@NECROMANIA]

Damn, all the new kits in the new v71 module sounds like a real drum kit !

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@NECROMANIA they sound amazing! I’ll do similar videos for the expansion packs!

[@NECROMANIA]

@@simonaubrydrums Sure 👍🏻

[@Lemordison92]

The overall durability for roland v drums products make them the best choice in this case we hear and updated sounds so close to real drums sounds nice.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@Lemordison92 yes really! The V71 is a game changer.

[@Lemordison92]

@@simonaubrydrums Just like roland always the next step someday fully usb all around the kit just like with what they did with hi hat snare ride.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@Lemordison92 that makes sense! It Would be the next big step!

[@Lemordison92]

@@simonaubrydrums In the next generation of v drums 4-5 years maybe from today.

[@kdailey4315]

Low ride over the bass drum players unite!!!

[@fortissimoX]

Is it possible to play it with brushes?

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@fortissimoX there is two kits that has brushes samples. It is an expansion pack included in the V71. You will be able to play folk brushes, but for the sweep brushes on the snare, it may be too soft in the mix.

[@daveseemerollin6357]

Hey man great stuff. Loosen the cymbals all the way and you'll find that they swing and react more acoustically. They still trigger the same

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@daveseemerollin6357 thanks for the tip! I got used to play like this with my VAD706, but I will loose them a little bit

[@oberday]

I am looking for Yamaha Recording Custom tom samples. Just got the V71, it has the RC kick but not the toms. Any idea where I can get these? I've searched through the expansion packs but nothing yet. If no RC toms exists, then any other birch toms would substitute.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@oberday the recording custom toms are in the DBMix volume one: Vintage drums expansion pack. They sound amazing. I’ll do a sound demo of it tomorrow. Here is the link: www.roland.com/us/products/rc_dbmix_vol_01_vintage_drums/

[@JiTiAr35]

how does it feel. That's the more important question.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@JiTiAr35 it feeels amazing. I’ll cover more about the kit on future videos, but the new snare (PD14DSX) is an absolute pleasure to play. Probably the best edrum kit ever

[@JiTiAr35]

@@simonaubrydrums 👍

[@mdmorris6193]

@@JiTiAr35 They feel great on my TD716. Best ever on an eKit. But. It’s psychoacoustic. Ummm…try again, Dean. OK. Take Tom pad 1. Put a high pitched tom sound on it. The head feels tight. Now, same pad, put a lower pitched sound on it…and the pad feels softer under the stick. I’ve been playing mesh pads since the TD10 kit, and this phenomenon still fools me. Mate…what a great time to be a drummer!

[@georgizhivkov5883]

I like to know if is better than Alesis strata ?

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@georgizhivkov5883 way better. The triggering is way more advanced than Alesis, the sound library and the possibilities of the brain. Strata is a toy in term of quality compared to the VAD716 !

[@LaZicos]

Really good sounds but It must be expensive. I juste bought a TD 27KV2 last month but it's already a great change compared to my old TD 15KV

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@LaZicos td27kv2 is an amazing kit. V71 is expensive, but hi end kits at Roland are always expensive unfortunately.

[@JustanEdrummer]

Nice but the sound is in mono, how are you recording video?

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@JustanEdrummer i record everything in stereo, but there is pan set up in the module if you ever need to do settings

[@joekao192]

Does Roland edrum always sounds like no dynamic, machine gun trigger, I tried Roland v506? Or something like that, it sounds like cheap edrum!

[@simonaubrydrums]

no dynamics? what? we clearly not played the same VAD716...

[@joekao192]

@ it’s Roland vad506, very funny kick drum with a center pad in the center of “head”? USB Snare drum…..the sounds is just so normal and the price is so high, I really can’t notes how the trigging feels, the drum make me feel like running away…, it is not much better than my super old Yamaha DTX….

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@joekao192 maybe it is not the right kit for you then! We all like different things. I’m pretty sure you’ll find a kit you like soon!

[@jeffreblanco9552]

I wish Roland releases a successor to TD 17 very soon. There’s absolutely no way I could afford this kit.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@jeffreblanco9552 hope too! A TD-17 with a sound engine similar to the V71 would be a killer kit

[@bruceperkins2921]

curious. you have had this module about 3 weeks? are you sick of any of the kits? do you find yourself playing a particular kit more than other kits? great playing btw.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@bruceperkins2921 thanks man! Still not tired of any kits for now. With my TD50X, i built a lot of custom kits and used no built in kits (for me, they wère all terrible. They were good foundation to create you own kits), but with the V71, the presets are so good that I don’t feel the need for that. My favorite kits are the #1 and #4. All the presets are incredible, but i don’t feel the need to switch because Studio A sounds like the perfect drum kit for me. I’ll start to explor the editing soon!

[@Zursen]

I own a VAD706 and I'm going to buy the module/snare separately for the upgrade. Did you sell your entire VAD706 then upgrade to VAD716? Expensive upgrades eh? How you finding the new module & snare, worth the upgrade? Do you still use VSTs etc. Would be great for a comparison review of some kind

[@simonaubrydrums]

I never used VSTs, even with TD50x. The upgrade is really worth it (i’ll talk about it in a future video). I think you better keep your kit, it is less expensive to upgrade that way. The new snare is an absolute gem, it is the best snare I never played on a edrum!

[@barrycomer3688]

@@simonaubrydrumswhat playable did you find between the two digital snares?

[@simonaubrydrums]

@ the PD14DSX feels way better because they removed the rubber from the rim to put in around the meshheads. I no longer have any misstriggered rimshots or anything. They actually managed to do the best edrum snare ever, and the PD140DS was actually the best one before

[@Acoustic2Electronic]

very cool man. But where's your other tom gone? ;)

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@Acoustic2Electronic i don’t like having two rack toms!;)

[@mdmorris6193]

They only sound like that to those who complain that a Wurlitzer electric piano sounds nothing like a Steinway grand, or that an overdriven Fender Strat sounds nothing like a Cole Clark acoustic guitar.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@mdmorris6193 that’s right!

[@mdmorris6193]

@ the thing that does my head in, Simon, is that no-one who has ever recorded their voice and realised that what the mic picks up sounds nothing like what they hear in their heads has ever considered that a drum would be exactly the same. As soon as you put a mic on a drum, it becomes the mic’s interpretation of what the drum sounds like!

[@grumpy8413]

Still needs serious tweaks, All the frequencies an engineer will take out are still there on most of the tom sounds. The so called rock kits are still all wrong and sound nothing like any rock kit I have ever heard.

[@simonaubrydrums]

@@grumpy8413 your KZbin name represents your argument ahaha! No need to be always saying « from what I have heard ». Tweak it if you need to. There is always tweaking on acoustic drums too, part of the musician life is finding our sound.