 "Worth every penny if you are a casual drummer" | 2009-10-18 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3DT8GT1ZYAF6T |
I use to play my drum set all the time when I was in high school. Now that I am 33 and have a child, it is difficult for me to find a time to play my set. Therefore when Rock Band came along I bought it only because you can play the drums. Then I found this kit, and knew I had to get it.
It is perfect for the casual drummer, especially if you have Rock Band. It is sturdy. I feel like I can beat on the pads and the cymbals like they were real. Plus they are completely adjustable. It's a HUGE deal to be able to arrange your drums like they should be with a normal set. Plus the addition of the cymbals, which are very sturdy and responsive, are a must have. I will NEVER use my Rock Band kit again. Plus I plan to get the Roadie add-on at some point to I can plug in my favorite music and play away without Rock Band.
So whether you use to drum alot and need a kit for casual play, or someone who has never played drums before, this is a perfect kit for you! Whether you play with Rock Band or as e-drums with a drum brain. |
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 "The best out there" | 2009-09-17 |
| - Reviewed By ctello5 |
When I first got Rock Band for my PS3 I thought it was ridiculous the shell out an extra $300 for this toy. I was happy with my stock drum set and I thought I wouldn't need anything else. I kept reading everywhere that the drum set was crap and everybody was having problems with it not registering and stuff... I was lucky, I never had a single problem with mine... my pedal never broke either.
Almost two years later, the plastic that holds the red pad broke so I couldn't play RB anymore. I though about getting another set since they had gone down to $30 but I kept remembering those comments about crappy drum sets and I also wanted to give the cymbals a try. I went ahead and got the IONs hoping I hadn't made a mistake. When I finally got it, I was blown away! The overall experience with this thing is awesome. The responsiveness of the pads is great and playing with cymbals is even better. Although the cymbals need to be hit a bit harder which can be tiring at times especially in fast hi-hat beats.
I hadn't played Rock Band with cymbals until I got the ION set and I have to say it adds a lot to the game. It's more realistic and much MUCH harder to play the game... and you look a hell of a lot cooler! You won't get any sign or cue of when you should hit the cymbals so it's ok if you hit the pad when it's a cymbal hit and vice versa... I guess you just have to feel when you're supposed to hit it or learn when. I hope this gets taken care of in Rock Band 3 or in a patch for Rock Band 1 and 2. I haven't learned any of the songs by memory so I still have to look at the colors on the screen, so it's confusing to have the green cymbal (crash) on the left and the blue one (ride) on the right. Of course I could just swap them but I'm going for the traditional drum setup so it's just a matter of choice.
My only complaint is this... the ION pedal is crap! Mine broke within minutes of playing. The switch that registers hits came apart so my pedal was rendered useless. I went to the hardware store to buy a new switch and had to solder it to get it fixed. It works now but it still pisses me off that this happened. The other thing is that it's noisy as hell so I had to glue some rubber inside so it wouldn't make that much noise. This actually worked great on two things. It made it less noisy and it keeps it from moving since everytime it goes back up, it bounces a little and moves. Overall, my RB stock pedal is better... imagine that!
Like I mentioned before, a few years ago I thought $300 for this toy was ridiculous... now I got the third cymbal and I'm considering getting a brain (especially the Roadie Rock Box) to play for real... and trust me, this is no toy this is the real deal and for a fraction of the cost. If you plan on getting a set, do it... You won't regret it! (just beware of the crappy pedal) |
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| "It gives rockband 2 a realistic feeling !!!" | 2009-09-12 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1XDKLUI086K05 |
A musician friend have tested my ion drumrocker.
He told me "hey men this is not a toy it's a real drum".I need to replace the drum pedal add the extra
cymbal.Add the alesis dm5 module,some drum lesson
then a can play in real band here in my country "island" ARUBA !!! |
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| "Rock On!" | 2009-09-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3CQXDCHHMBC1 |
| I love this kit. It beats the pants off the stock RB2 set, and you can get the alesis module to use it without the game. If you know how to play real drums, you will appreciate this for RB2 and fooling around in general. If you just want to play RB2 and you don't have any drum experience in RL, use the stock RB2 kit, because this is PRICEY. |
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| "Awesome must-have for learning and enjoying drums" | 2009-09-08 |
| - Reviewed By wineintro |
The Ion Drum Kit PS3 for the Rock Band series of games is simply amazing. We have played with all previous kits - and professional kits - and the Ion drum kits really stands up to the challenge. Note that we own the "game control module" for both the XBox 360 and for the PS3. That means we can use our one Ion Drum Kit with both our PS3 and our XBox 360 systems. It works equally well on both. The Wii module should be out in fall 2009.
First, to give some background. We've played with the straight-in-a-line, very flat headed drum kit that came with the original Rock Band. This was groundbreaking at the time because it even let you PLAY drums, but it was like playing on bricks. We even tried getting the "pad baffles" for the kit to help it out.
Then we bought the "improved" drum kit that came out with Rock Band 2 / Guitar Hero 3 which had the drums a bit better laid out plus cymbals. That was better - but still not great.
In the meantime, we had a Roland TD-9SX drum set with mesh heads in the house, which was fantastic for playing on and creating a wide variety of sounds. We wanted something at reasonably good for our Rock Band training and playing. Especially since we'd imported all our Rock Band 1 songs and had quite a library to play with.
So we decided to bring in the Ion drum kit. It seemed like a solid quality drum kit for the XBox / PS3 / Wii setup, to let us enjoy our various music games that involve drumming.
First, the shipment. They pack this very well, with multiple boxes providing a structured framework. We order a ton of things online and this definitely ranks highly in the packing department. Setup was also a breeze. We used some of our own Velcro tie wraps instead of their enclosed plastic tie-wraps, but other than that our kit was up and running in probably less than 15 minutes.
It is a very sturdy setup. The metal frame and connectors, if you screw things in properly (staggered, not one screw at a time) creates a great base. Get a good drum throne to go with it, and good sticks too.
On to gameplay! We've been playing these games since they first game out, so we dove right in. The kit felt WONDERFUL to play. The pads are very responsive, the cymbals are far better than the partial-cymbals of the other sets. With the padding and screws you can adjust them to exactly amount of the feel you enjoy, depending if you hit hard or soft.
Rock Band 2 has a dual calibration built in where you can calibrate to sound and video, so you can tweak your setup to be exactly perfect based on your TV setup. We really didn't have to do that, though.
Some people have complained about the kick pedal. Again maybe it's because we're musicians, but we found it amazingly responsive, no issues at all. There are several techniques for using a kick pedal well, and a quick Google search can help you with that.
We are extremely pleased with the Ion kit and use it very regularly. It is fantastic because "playing a game" really helps you become a better drummer, and it lets you have fun with friends and family at the same time.
Highly recommended! Feel free to contact us if you have any questions at all about the gameplay with the Ion or how it compares with the Roland.
UPDATE: We've been playing this hard for over six months now and haven't had any long term issues. We did have one of the cymbals have internal problems, which we troubleshot and fixed with Ion's help. They were very responsive.
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