Alesis Strike Pro SE -VS- Roland TD27KV (Deep Dive Comparison)

Hello Justin, here with 65 batteries, welcome back to the channel, today I am doing a video vs between two titans and the price range of 2000 to 3000 dollars, elisa

strike

pro se versus the role and TD 27 kv, both batteries just go out. They're both new, so I'm going to play, you know, basically pictures of both of them side by side and also go over all the specs and then do a rundown of the strengths and weaknesses and which drum kit is best for what type of drummer? I'm not going to tell you what to buy. I'll just lay it all out for you and then give you my opinion at the end.

Both drums are excellent, just in different ways, the rolling T25 was the previous version of the t2 27 and this one has improved a lot, finally they give you a 14 inch snare they give you an 18 inch ride cymbal it's just a huge improvement, while So much so on Elise's part they made a drastic improvement with the SE edition of the

alesis

strike

pro, this drum set has a greatly improved hi-hat which has eliminated all the problems I've had with the older Elise hi-hats and it also has a larger bass drum which gives him greater stage presence and he does.

It's more fun to play, so both drummers are a big step up from their respective companies. Here are the general sizes of both batteries. The TD 27 kv rolling comes with a 5-inch bass drum and a 14-inch snare. All the toms. They are 10 inches wide, you have a 12-inch hi-hat, the crash cymbals are 12 and 13 inches wide and the ride cymbal is 18 inches, while the ELISA strike pro comes with a 20-inch bass drum for the snare drum. Tennant, the Tom sizes are eight ten twelve and fourteen inches wide the hi-hats are fourteen inches wide it's actually just a top piece now on a lower driver the crashes are fourteen inches wide and will give you an extra one compared to the Roland drums and the ride cymbal is 16 inches wide okay so first round here the overall size of the drums and cymbals, Alesis definitely takes the win because they give you an extra tom and most of the drums They are much larger than the rolling battery.

Except for the ride cymbal, Rollin has an 18 inch cymbal versus the Alesis 16 inch cymbal, so basically, if you want a very large electronic drum set with a lot of cymbals and drums, the Alesis definitely has an advantage here, let's move on to some of the The module specs as to how many pads you can connect to these things the ELISA strike pro se drum module has 13 analog inputs on the TV 27 you get three digital pad inputs for the USB connection plus 14 analog inputs when you really dial it all in Without However, as far as you can actually connect to these two drum sets, when you unplug the hi-hat controller and the bells and things like that, the ELISA strike pro gives you 11 actual pad inputs and the TD 27 gives you 12 actual pad inputs. real pads, so rollin takes a slight advantage here, but in reality both are pretty much the same, especially since you can use cable splitters on both things, meaning you can essentially double the number of pads you can connect whenever you can. are willing to go to a zone with these drums if you want to build a monster drum kit you can do it with any of these drum modules as seen from this really big vad drum kit powered by a Roland drum module, none of the pads are plugged in, but Roland said it could technically support all of those pads, you're good with any of these drum sets moving towards the outputs, the ELISA strike pro se II has direct outputs and right and left master outputs, the t2 27 only gives you two direct outputs and then right and left master outputs, but it gives you twenty-eight channels of audio via USB that go directly to your DW.

You don't need to have a giant audio interface with all these direct output lines, you just have a USB cable. and you have all of that inside your drum module and some of those channels you can have like a mic audio channel, a channel just for the drum head area, you have all kinds of different abilities to really dial in your sound inside your da W I think the Roland option is a little more powerful, but that's just for me personally, some people prefer to have analog outputs to go to the front of the house or something, so it depends on what you're using on this drum set For Elisa.

The strike pro se does not have a footswitch input, but the t2 27 does. This isn't really a big deal but it's nice to have because you can plug in a guitar switch pedal which allows you to switch between different kits just with your feet instead of having to reach out, it's nice to be able to keep playing drums and keep playing. hands on the battery instead of playing with different modules. Fortunately, the ELISA strike pro essy does not use a cable snake, but the t27 does use a db25. Cable connector with additional auxiliary inputs When it comes to MIDI connections, the ELISA strike pro se has five-pin MIDI in and out and also USB MIDI, while the TD 27 has MIDI over USB and out ports and also MIDI over Bluetooth, which is really cool.

See, this lets you basically play a drum track from your cell phone while you walk so you can hear what it sounds like in the front of the house, it's not really something everyone will use and you can't actually monitor Bluetooth MIDI. time due to Bluetooth latency, but it's a nice feature to have now when it comes to importing samples, the

alesis

strike pro se definitely takes the advantage here because it allows you to import multi-layer samples in turn from any sample library that can contain quite a number of samples, the TD 27 also allows the import of samples, but only single-shot samples and basically an A&B layer.

You can import 500 of them, 24 minutes of mono audio or 12 minutes of stereo, but you're actually a little limited compared to what Alesis offers. The module allows you to do this. One of the most powerful features of this ELISA drum module is the ability to import an entire sample library from your favorite VST or at least part of a moving head to the overall size of the sound library it comes with. with the ELISA drum module 1800 sounds, which is the largest sound library of any drum module I've ever heard of, while the Roland module has a respectable 728 sounds which would be pretty good compared to most drum modules. battery, but Alesis has more than double the sounds available at your fingertips and they continue to give you more free sounds with each new module update.

They keep releasing kits even better than what came with the drum module, which is something Roland is not known for. They usually don't give you more free sounds. sounds, they might give you some user preset kits or something, but they're usually not free extra sounds, so this is a big win on Elise's part with the overall sound library moving towards bluetooth. The roll in TV 27 has Bluetooth integrated into the module and Alesis. Unfortunately now my

roland

td-30 also doesn't have bluetooth but I added it by simply purchasing this $25 dongle from Amazon so it's easy to add bluetooth to any module but it's really nice to have it built into your module when I had my module Roland TD 17 drum kit, it was a feature that I really liked, now to be clear, this is just bluetooth to connect to your cell phone or connect to an iPad to use the MIDI option via bluetooth, but not to headphones because with Bluetooth headphones have too much latency for that kind of thing, you just want to use them basically to connect to your cell phone and play songs from YouTube or Spotify, okay, let's move on to the module that affects the strike pro which gives you reverb equalizer compression and in general. only 17 types of effects to control your sound within the module, the roll into 27 gives you 30 types of effects in three systems, you have an overhead mic simulator, you have a room simulator, you have reverb and compression EQ for each pad and then also a master equalizer. and compression, on top of all that, moving on to the sound editing options, alesis direct pro is unfortunately a bit limited here, all you have are basic tuning and decay options, while the role in TV 27 gives you tuning for all drums and cymbals. you get damping adjustments snare filter adjustments you can control the tone of the drum shell depth patch type you get a visual representation of the signal chain this is what Roland is very good at so if you want a lot of control about your sound Roland is the choice but if you just want to have better sounds in general Alesis is the way that's my opinion so here are the pros and cons of the role in TV 27 kV in general so TV 27 kV on the good side has excellent activation, that's one.

One of the best things about drums is that playing them is silky smooth due to how well they trigger and the incredibly low latency of Roland drum modules. It also has a larger ride cymbal which is much better overall. They have better cymbals on the wrong drum kit. configure the module has a lot more editing options which are the other main strengths of this battery, the bluetooth is great and finally the

roland

t27 kv has a better resale value most of the time when you take an equivalent roland battery and an equivalent alesis battery. Try selling on Facebook Marketplace, eBay, Let Go, or Craigslist.

You'll get more for the rolling battery. People are simply willing to pay more for a used drone module, a used rolling saucer compared to an equivalent police set or an equivalent Alesis battery module. I also had a lot of fun playing these drums and didn't really have to mess with any of the different trigger settings. I play ELISA strike pro se set up by alesis themselves and also the role in TV 27k V set up with Rolling The people themselves, the Roland drums just sounded perfect right out of the box, no real setup adjustments needed, but it's not all sunshine and rainbow obviously these are some of the disadvantages when it comes to the 27kV TV, it has a weaker stage presence, this is not seen.

Impressive at all, it's really fun to play this, but when you see it from a distance it's not that interesting to look at. Tom has smaller ones. It has a very, very small bass drum compared to the Alesis. The overall sound quality of this one is Not that good for me, it's fun, it's really fun to play and everything, but I wouldn't put this on an album or anything like that. I wouldn't say this is one of the best sounding modules in the industry. Alesis just has it completely over her. It also has half the sounds of the alesis drum module and you won't get any more sounds for free.

Alesis continues to give you free kits with each new update. This is a free kit or five, but Roland never does that kind of thing. It also has less battery and. cymbals, you get two crashes instead of three and you get three Tom's instead of four and ultimately you're going to pay more for all of this. It's $500 more for three thousand dollars versus $2500 for the Alesis battery overall. I still really like this battery, but it's a harder sell because it's more expensive, you get fewer batteries, and the sound quality isn't as high. What Roland is really banking on this drum set is the fact that you get an amazing snare, an amazing ride cymbal, and two digital pads.

They are amazing and they are also confident in the fact that they have excellent build quality, most of their products are known to last a long time and it is like a convenience, and by purchasing a Roland drum kit for myself personally, I can trust it. a little more so not to say that I have never had a Roland pad break like I had before, but in general it tends to be like a smaller battery for more money and that is becoming an increasingly difficult pill to swallow for the edream community lately. Still a great battery, just with a few caveats.

Well, let's move on to the pros and cons of the Alesis Strike Pro. You get more drums and cymbals, as we talked about, it's a bigger, bigger, more expansive drum set when you sit down to play. It was like you bought a battery and they already updated it. You don't need to buy more drums or cymbals. It's already updated for most people. The larger bass drum is a really important upgrade for this drum set because it adds to the overall stage presence if you play it live from time to time and also makes it feel more acoustic since it has weight to it.

I also like the fact that the sounds are better for me, of course everyone will have different opinions on this, but ELISA attacks. pro has gotten so good with all the new sound upgrades and all the add-on kits that are higher quality than the pre-built ones that I feel like it's no longer a contest, the alesis module just sounds absolutely better to me, personally, not all of the sounds are better I want to make it clear that most kits and sounds are not good, but the kits that aregood inside the module are so good that they make up for all the bad ones and that's why I feel that the sound quality here there are really tips about Alesis in this

comparison

, of course that's just my opinion, make your own decision on that point, this too It's a personal preference, but I actually like the new Alesis drum heads better than the Roland ones.

I used to really love the Roland drum. heads, but I've noticed that a lot of people have talked about rolling heads, they're just very bouncy, people compare them to tennis rackets, they're very, very high quality, they last a long time, but they do bounce a little bit. like these "letís" because your stick sinks into them a little, it just feels a little better. I like these new white masters as they are, they are actually brand new, not only do they have a white coat of paint, but they are actually mesh drum heads physically different than their previous drums.

This may sound a little basic, but it's also nice to have a color display on a battery module. It's something everyone should have now, but most drum modules and Ron's too are. using like one of those low end screens from the 80's. I feel like everyone should have color screens. It's nice to see this battery module, but of course this battery is not perfect either, so these are some of the disadvantages of the ELISA strike pro. The first is that the shot is not as smooth as the rolling drum. modules, there are a couple of different reasons for this, firstly, the whole trigger-like structure on the inside of the pads is much more advanced on the TV 27kV, especially on the ride cymbal and snare, which are doing there is like a whole light year ahead of what this Alesis battery does, which is much more basic, it does the job but it's not as advanced and probably also some of the things like the algorithms instead of the module that predict what is a real hit versus What is a replica hit is a little more advanced on the Roland module side.

I'm not saying it's an unplayable drum kit, it's a very, very fun drum set to play, but it's not as perfect as the rolling drum set. The average rolling drum module has about half the latency of the average alesis drum module, which adds to the smooth feeling of playing a snare and drums, without saying that, it makes it worth buying in all cases, Overanalyze this battery module. Let's look at some of the things that Roland does a little better because this is the downside section and finally the last thing the rolling drums have over the Alesis drums is having an 18 inch ride cymbal versus the 16 inch ride cymbal on a hit Lisa. pro se, you know, it's very difficult to think of negative things about the pro se ELISA strike because it does so many things well.

They are trying to create a working 50kV TD for $2500. They had to sacrifice a few things but gained a lot. things right and since this is their second attempt, this is basically version 2.0 of ELISA strike pro, the special edition of the SE version, they really solved a lot of my problems that I used to have with the ELISA strike line and they did it. It's a very, very nice experience to sit down and play one of these kits, so now I'll give you my opinion between these two drum kits, which one is the better overall success for me personally.

I'd have to say Alesis probably shoots. forward in a specific case, not because the TV 27 kV is a bad drum, but simply because Alesis hit it out of the park with so many things, you get bigger drums, you get better sounds and those two things will move the needle for the average drummer. so for most people I think Alisa strike pro se is the best buy, for other people TV 27 will also be a great buy but for most people I think alesis strike pro se will be the best choice If you want to purchase any of these batteries, I have Amazon affiliate links in the description below.

Purchasing them through them costs you nothing and helps support the channel if you want to see more videos like this, please subscribe, thank you very much for watching. Special thanks to the people on Patreon who help make this channel possible. I'll see you in a few minutes.