Yamaha's Hybrid Drum Mic And Module System: EAD10 REVIEW

So Yamaha has a really interesting hybrid system. And they sent me one to try for a month. Here are my thoughts.
If you need a way to quickly mic your acoustic drumset, and you want to add a few electronic drum pads, there is literally no cheaper and simpler way to do it. I checked. This product is for a very specific person, and it does what it does extremely well.
Don't expect this to replace a set of studio drum mics, and a $2000 drum module. The mic audio is solid, but not quite good enough for an album. The drum module is something I'd expect for a $500 price tag. Solid internal sounds that fit what it's being used for.
The effects on the audio can be slick or obnoxious. Just depends on the settings you use. The interface is pretty easy, to use. But the trigger settings adjustments could be made to be slightly more intuitive.
Overall, solid product if you want quick recordings and, electronic drum add-ons, and the ability to experiment. It's found a unique lane, and it's sticking to it. Good stuff.
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[@domofalltradez]

thank you for your content. It helps so much with selling drums and Guitar Center.

[@65Drums]

Glad the channel has been helping! Thanks for watching!

[@rondeangelis7384]

Luv the ead10. What i really like about the App is importing a tune. It displays the tempo, you can select to give you a click based on the tempo, you can loop any part of the track. You also have sliders to control the volume of the click track and the tune. The video and audio qualitybis very good. Also can export your video to icloud or dropbox.

[@3blueducks]

Congrats for having 40 000 subs. This is huge for your channel.

[@65Drums]

Thanks man!!

[@Garagedrummer]

This module with pads and LV80 cymbals is just plain awesome! I happily ditched my mimic pro and TD27 to get back to playing a more realistic kit. Can it compete with the flagships in terms of sounds...no way! But the fun factor is off the charts when set up right.

[@millerhxc]

Which pads/heads are you using? I'm thinking of converting my kit to a quiet kit and wondering if I should invest in the ead10.

[@Garagedrummer]

@@millerhxc I’m using it with the DTX 12 inch silicone pads. Which are ok. But I prefer mesh. But still fun as hell with low volume cymbals. I go back and forth between full electric and the hybrid EAD10 set up.

[@DrummClem]

The more review I see, the more I consider investing in this stuff. I am no sound ingeneer, and this seems a good way to hear yourself better, capture the sound of the kit without a tons of mics... I don't care much for the effects, but the sound/video cature capability sounds good to me !

[@65Drums]

Yeah man you don't have to use any of the effects, just turn them off :)

[@stevenfisher2700]

Nice video! The fact you can mic up your acoustic drums in seconds and make quick KZbin cover videos with the app is cool.

[@cresshead]

nice one, something different to review..it's a cool idea for acoustic drummers to get in on the action!

[@65Drums]

It's really unique :)

[@b.p.879]

You have great stick/wrist technique and you sound really great overall!

[@mattryan2399]

Love this module, def consider buying this

[@65Drums]

It's really fun to use.

[@UserNameNiemand]

Hey Justin, thanks for review of it. BTW speaking about iRig and controlling volume level, I'd suggest you open garageband with the track you wanna cover and then after press record in GB, open camera and start recording. That'll help to post edit volume levels of both, track and sound from drums. And I've bought iRig also after watching your video of how to record e-drums. Thanks mate 👍

[@65Drums]

I record into reaper myself, I was just talking about mobile recording :) Thanks for sharing your recording setup!

[@UserNameNiemand]

65 Drums yes exactly, that what I was doing right on the phone, no laptop at all 🙂 GarageBand runs on the background while I was recording on the phones' camera.

[@JohnDRobinsonelectronicdrums]

a great review, Justin! an interesting module

[@65Drums]

Thanks John! It's not for everyone, but man it's really fun to use

[@JohnDRobinsonelectronicdrums]

you're welcome! it certainy adds a new dimention ;) great drumming by the way! it needs saying ;)

[@tlkshowhst]

This thing is sick and the quality of the fx are dope. I hope they come out with a mac/pc editor like their other modules. Even if you buy an audio interface, triggers, mics, and a module, you'd still have to use a laptop (which could crash) just to process the compression, eq, reverb, delay that this thing does in a little box. As a gigging drummer and live sound engineer, I have enough wires to deal with, so this things simplifies the micing process as much as possible. My wishlist for this thing would be more sample memory, a pc editor, and a few more trigger inputs.

[@christskingdom8950]

I bought me one this week and had to alter the set up. Wish this had multi zone mics as a larger kit is not covered. Have this between my 2 racks and snare (which sound great). I will sample and trigger my floor toms and bass drum. Hope that sounds good.

[@saulhudson302]

I would love to know if 2 units can be connected in parallel . I did it with Sansamp RBI & RPM . 2 Preamps with 1 sound. Alot of people say that the unit is all bass drum and no floor tom or cymbals??

[@habanerat]

Another great video Justin!

[@65Drums]

Thanks man!

[@snillocs]

Does it have to be attached to the batter loop if the bass drum my Tom’s hover right over the center will it be okay if it’s a little off center ?

[@DrGray_Drummer]

Not having separate volume control is a huge problem. Hearing the click, music, and your drums can be difficult. I hardly use my trigger. It doesn't pick up cymbals great, and even worse using a 1 up 2 down configuration. The app is awesome, and was worth the cost. I now hardly use the the trigger. I go from ead to my board, and have everything micd. Yamaha needs a few years, but if they get it right, they may revolutionize recording drums

[@gregthegroove]

Nice hi hat work brother. I really like your technique man.

[@65Drums]

Thanks Greg! Glad you liked the video :) I really didn't know what to play, so I just did a bunch of different stuff.

[@hollywooddjs1]

IM GETTING ONE. help out the kit overall set sound

[@pavoldzavan3389]

Great video, thanks for the review! Have you tried connecting Yamaha Multi 12 into EAD10 or vice versa (whichever is possible)? The idea is to use it for home practicing combining sounds/loops from multi 12 and triggers from an acoustic kit with mesh heads.

[@BigTasteful]

Can you make a video about setting up the roland dual zone triggers and pads with this module? Thanks 🙏🙏🙏

[@johnpietrolaj8917]

Nice review Justin!

[@65Drums]

Thanks John!

[@matthewhewer9032]

That's awesome Justin! Did you try saving the recorded video in the app to your videos folder instead of photos?

[@trevormay7124]

Hi Justin another great video. I am having trouble transitioning back from e drums to acoustic would the EAD 10 help with that in that you are still listening to the drums through in ears and not the raw acoustic drum sound which is so difficult to re adjust to? Cheers!

[@ZaxDrumsandGolf]

Cool review Justin

[@65Drums]

Thanks Zax!

[@WaghRules]

Great review! I am considering an EAD10 and have 2 questions and was wondering if you have an idea about them: 1. Can you use different samples for different velocities? I have some That Sound samples and they have 5 different velocity samples per snare. Is it possible to load them in so that they trigger accordingly to how hard you hit the snare? 2. Is is possible to set up the EAD10 in a way that you only get the sampled kick and snare (so I could use them and add other mics too it) and you can seperate them in the outputs? Would be awesome if someone knew!

[@Streichholztasche]

I know, it‘s been a while since your comment. But if you don‘t want the mic sound, just unplug the „B“ cable from the module. This is the microphone. In addition to that, you can split the Channel „A“ from the modul into two „mono“ inputs, so you can basically plug two trigger into „A“.

[@mapex311]

You can remove the B cable so it doesn't pick up sound from the mics. But then you wouldn't get any cymbal sounds. If you want only trigger sounds but also crashes you would have to do mesh heads on all the drums.

[@camilo.venegas]

does the iphone app (rec n share) allow spotify songs as play alongs? or only apple music/local itunes songs? thank you

[@filsolano5465]

Would this product work on a larger drum set. As in 4 rack toms and two floors? Or it’s made for a small 4 pc set?

[@mapex311]

"Headphone volume" Isn't that just the master knob?

[@paulussantosociwidjaja4781]

Aha, you know or play dangdut koplo campursari drumming from Indonesia?

[@NickBauman]

Your drumming is very creative.i do drum covers on my channel on Roland's.

[@Idc.350]

How could I run this through in interface like the focusrite 2i2?

[@johndef5075]

What in ear monitors are you using Justin?

[@svenadanic4749]

They released app for Android

[@richschommer5395]

thanks for this information.

[@brentdrummer5177]

Hi there what's the stand you use for it?

[@user-fc1zi8ys4b]

thanks justin,wanna ask u roland snare trigger can be worked normally with ead10?i have ead10 and yamaha snare trigger,but the trigger's picking is.......not good.

[@65Drums]

I have been told there was a new software update that makes triggering much much better. but I haven't tried it yet

[@patriciocastillo1403]

Hello. I live in Chile. Yo have a great youtube Channel. This EAD-10 works like de TM-2? Can I add my own samples , import them to the EAD_10 through usb port and to assing them to pads or triggers ???? It is compatible with Roland Triggers RT series ???

[@rockabillyron]

If you see this now: The app is available in Android too :)

[@gregbball11]

Hey brother will it work if you just left your drums with the mesh heads? I doubt it.. thanks brother

[@65Drums]

I tried it, the mesh still make the same sound. Just with some reverb on it.

[@kbarb3071]

Hey Gregory, I have a mesh head setup with low volume cymbals and use the ead10 to make practice more interesting... It works really well. You just need to turn up the sensitivity on the mics and kick trigger

[@gregbball11]

Thanks buddy

[@1rcproductions]

@@kbarb3071 Does the module contains drum sounds or does it just add effects to your acoustic drum sounds?

[@kbarb3071]

@@1rcproductions it has trigger sounds for the kick and other trigger sounds (honestly I haven't tried them because I only have the kick trigger that comes with the product) but you can add other triggers and assign sounds from the unit... And of course the effects add to the whole sound of your kit

[@tedz77]

does ead 10 work with roland rth trigger?

[@slrhythm2087]

does it work with superior drummer 3?

[@policeluber6720]

U need to get new hi hats holy bad

[@MaartenBlij]

Have you tried this in a live setup? Because if cross talk is an issue in a silent room, than it might be unusable for live.

[@65Drums]

I've never used it live, but I've heard of people that have used it live successfully. You just have to be careful with the settings I guess.

[@drumfanatik316]

Maarten Blij I use it Live all the time. I never had any issues. It’s a matter of adjusting the settings on the sensor unit for the Mics and adjusting the trigger inputs if need be? A lot of people talk about worrying the guitar and bass amps will bleed into the Mics but I’ve never had an issue with that either. The bands I play in uses in ear monitors so our stage volume is actually very low. That being said, it works great in small venues when using the unit as a replacement for overheads and miking up the entire kit. In a larger setting, you could still use it for the triggers and overall effects, like the compression and reverb, but you’re still going to have to mic the kit in say an outside venue or larger club. Hope that helps?

[@TrueArcadio]

65 Drums The new firmware includes a noise gate that apparently works well for stopping live mic issues

[@billyraymond9416]

Ok the Yamaha ead10 is designed to just used by its self, so what's up with the electronic crap on it

[@CatatonicLover]

so are u running this thru an interface or mixer?

[@coolaapsoo3876]

Soo echo on the snare?

[@Grit489]

Hey Justin are these samples taken from the dtx502 module.

[@65Drums]

At least some of them are brand new I believe. I don't know where the samples came from.

[@Grit489]

@@65Drums ok thanks I'm thinking of buying a dtx502 module for other sounds on my td11.

[@65Drums]

Just be careful, I didn't have too much fun using a 502 with non yamaha pads, you'll have to mess with the settings quite a bit and everything won't work perfectly

[@kierenmoore3236]

What are the dimensions of your 2001 kit, Justin? PS - Whassup?

[@65Drums]

It's 14,12,22,16 just an entry level kit with a Tama snare. Whassssup :)

[@AlxValverdeC]

thank you. could be used it live?

[@65Drums]

Yes, it's been done. But I can't say what settings you'd have to use because I haven't done it myself.

[@golferal]

You can use it in a live setting as a quick and easy whole kit mic system although I might not recommend it on a very loud stage. I like being able to add layers and/ or effects to my acoustic kit quickly and easily. About the only thing I don't really like about it are the kick drum trigger sounds - I get a much better sound with my internal Beta 52.

[@TrueArcadio]

@@golferal Hey Allen, do you know how to send just your kick trigger through L/R and nothing else (nothing that the mic picks up). Sending audio out live has been a nightmare of feedback and awkward mixing. Pretty much every venue I play has decent mics, I literally just want my kick triggered live. The mic is excellent for live monitoring, so I want the mics still picking up audio through my headphones.

[@golferal]

@@TrueArcadio I think you can just unplug the 1/4" input B on the EAD10 so only the kick output is being sent to the module (and then off to the FOH.)

[@TrueArcadio]

@@golferal I'll try that thanks!! I'm just worried that would cause my headphone not to pick up any mic audio. I still want to hear the mic audio, I just don't want that audio sent through the audio out channel

[@DaveFromVh1]

After setting up messing with: I have no idea how to control this and want to die

[@ytTaz480]

Yaaaa....my DTX430K is.the same way, iOS app only! Pisses me off!! Obviously Yamahas in bed with Apple. I cant F'ing STAND apple!!! I would actually love my 430K 10 times more if I could actually tune and tweak the pads. Then on top of that, U have to buy a proprietary adaper=more money. The Apple camera adapter(or whatever it is) also works but again=more money. More Apple money which is always way overpriced. I think its utterly selfish of Yamaha to not include Android capabilities!!

[@Sn00ze]

There's an Android app too, I have a DTX450K so it should be the same. It's called "DTX400 Touch" in the Play Store. You'll also need a special OTG cable to connect your phone though.

[@RustyKnorr]

Only a millennial would complain about having to learn to use the functions of a product. 🙄