![]() I asked for delivery on Friday as I will be off. I ordered the gear listed above at 5:30 yesterday EDT. Thus, you may be able to use Strike sounds for recording and professional work, but you cannot do this with TD-25. Strike isn't in the same league as Mimic Pro and DrumIt Three, but some of the kits are clean and natural sounding, and reasonably machine gun free. The TD-25 machine guns and sounds synthetic. For example, with Strike Pro, you can set up a 10 RT, 12 RT, 14 FT kit with a 14 inch snare drum, using pads that come with the kit. With Strike Pro, you get more pads and cymbals, and some are proper sizes. Regardless of the TD-25 kit you get (TD-25K or TD-25KV), the pads and cymbals are small and toy-like. Almost forgot to mention, Strike allows importing multi-layer samples, so you can expand your soundset whereas TD-25 soundset is non-expandable. Bottom line, Strike is more flexible and will likely provide greater longevity than TD-25. Strike provides a full array of front panel controls and sliders, allows you to assign sounds wherever you wish, and provides individual I/O for trigger inputs, audio outputs, and MIDI in and out (both with traditional MIDI ports and USB). For example, on Strike, I/O is bolted to the back panel whereas on TD-25, I/O is circuit board mounted only. Similar to TD-25, Strike is an all plastic build, but Strike feels more solid. ![]() Also, TD-25 does not provide individual trigger inputs and instead uses a cable harness, which can be cumbersome and limiting when positioning drums and cymbals. TD-25 is limited in terms of features, sounds, sound assignment, and I/O, and the build is all plastic. Of the two options (TD-25 based kits versus Strike Strike Pro), my vote is for Strike Pro. They trigger perfectly and that frees up lost of money for the module you really want. I built mine for $80 bucks each with new shells, hardware, triggers and stained them myself. ![]() If you really wanna save, DYI the pads, at least the toms and kick to save. This also allows you to sell the module down the road without a huge loss if you want to upgrade.I bought my DM10 on ebay to try out, sold it a month later for the same price as an example. I found a TD9 6 years ago with mesh snare and a Yamaha speaker/amp set up for $500 in barely used condition. Just remember you can adjust the sounds but the feel of the pads is really important. Highly recommend you find a Strike Pro in store to try if possible. Other than that, just go with what feels best to you. My experience is mesh is the best to avoid annoying others, at least they produce a tone of sorts rather than clunk. One thing to consider on mesh pads verse silicone, rubber, etc. All were good quality for the price, not a big fane of the sounds in those modules though. My only personal experience with Alesis is the DM5 and DM10 modules and real head pads. One gigs with it, one uses it for practice only. Both are old Metal guys from the '80's so playing electronics was not something they wanted to do. I know a few guys who have the Strike Pro and love it. Its not a money thing though, I can afford the TD-25, I just think in my situation this is the sensible route. The money I save can be spent on the HH stand and the bass pedal, a drum mat and maybe some toward an amp. Yes I have read that the build quality is not the same, but again, I am not going to be playing these things non stop. It's a hobby for me and not a job and therefore my thoughts are that I am not even going to notice the deficiencies of the Alesis set. I'm 46, I'm never gonna be the next Dave Grohl, I am not going to go gigging, I just want a nice set of drums to thrash around on and maybe help me with my music production at some point. There are obviously pro's and cons of each kit, that's very clear, I read about them and I learnt a lot at at the moment I am leaning toward the Strike Pro. TD-25KV or Alesis Strike Pro! I spent most of the day not working, I spent most of the day researching drum kits and here are my thoughts thus far.
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