Alesis DM5 Drum Kit

The Alesis DM5 Drum kit is one of the most affordable electronic drum kits on the market. This is ideal for players who need to practice silently, or for people who would like a midi drum set to use with their computer based home studio.

Buy the Alesis DM5 Drum Kit

Compared to the more expensive electronic kits, the pads on the Alesis feel a bit hard & not as realistic as the Roland & Yamaha kits. The frame is also very light weight, so we wouldn't recommend this kit for anyone who was using it a lot. However, the DM5 brain does have some excellent sounds in it & that is probably the best feature of this kit. The kit is also expandable & extra pads can be purchased & added to the kit quite simply. You'll need headphones or an amp to hear the kit.

Here's what Alesis say about the DM5 Drum Kit

The Alesis DM5 Kit is a high-quality, low-cost solution for a complete electronic drum kit, with professional sound and familiar, comfortable playability. Featuring quick setup and easy portability, combined with the DM5's versatile sound selection, drummers can practice quietly with headphones or get as loud as they need on stage. Considering its portability and power, the DM5 functions equally well for recording or performing.

• Alesis Professional DM5 module containing 540 sounds and 21 programmable drum sets recorded in 48kHz, true stereo, with ambient effects in a single rack space module
• Dynamic Articulation feature allows drum sounds to change volume, tone, and pitch depending on how hard they're hit, just like real drums
• Ultra-fast trigger-to-MIDI converter with 12 trigger inputs, 5 programmable parameters for each trigger
• 4 Piece Velocity Sensitive Pad Drum kit (7 pads) Snare, 2 Toms, Kick, Ride, Crash and HiHat cymbals.
• Kick pedal included
• Natural movement motion cymbals and Hi Hat controller pedal for realistic open/close control
• Pad trigger
• Cymbal trigger