Drum Gear

Best Hi Hat Mics Looking to improve your hi-hat sound? Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced drummer, capturing the full range of your hi-hat is crucial. In this article, I’ll show you why a dedicated hi-hat mic can transform your sound and help you get the most out of your grooves. Short on time? […]

Best Double Bass Pedals Ready to unlock a whole new side of your playing? The right double bass pedal feels like an extension of your foot, fast, responsive, and effortless across rock, prog, metal, and beyond. These are the 7 best on the market right now. Short on time? The DW MDD Machined Direct Drive

Best Intermediate Drum Sets So you’ve been hammering away at your first drum kit and are ready to move on to something that offers you a little bit more. While beginner drum sets are great for starting off, you’re skills have progressed and you are looking to enhance the quality of your sound. While it

Best Electronic Drum Sets in 2026 By Diego Cardini — Drummer, 20+ years behind kits, 25+ modules tested in person. Updated May 2026 with the new Roland VAD516, Alesis Nitro Pro, Yamaha DTX6K5-M and Zildjian ALCHEM-E Gold EX after spending real time with each in my studio. Nine kits ranked through hands-on testing — feel,

EFNOTE 5X Review Practical Buying Guide Most electronic drum companies start with a module and build pads around it. EFNOTE started with a different question: what would it take to build an electronic kit that you genuinely couldn’t tell apart from an acoustic one? That question came from people who knew exactly what they were

Best EFNOTE Electronic Drum Sets If you’ve already landed on EFNOTE, you’ve done the hard part.You’ve figured out that this brand builds the most acoustically honest electronic drum kits on the market. Real 6-ply birch shells. Full acoustic dimensions. Cymbals with actual weight. A design philosophy built by engineers who spent 20 years at Roland

Best Electronic Drum Sets for Apartments I once got a noise complaint while playing electronic drums with headphones on — not from the sound, from the kick vibration through the floor. Mesh heads solve volume. They do nothing for the thump that travels into your neighbour’s ceiling. Here are the five kits that actually solve

Best Alesis Drum Kits Alesis doesn’t have as big of a reputation as Roland and Yamaha. However, they produce a lot of high-quality drum kits that are well worth looking into. In terms of quality, they have made impressive electronic features affordable and available to the majority of drummers. So, we’re going to look at

Alesis Nitro Pro Review Practical Buying Guide Introduction: Alesis has been one of the top electronic drum brands for beginners for years. Their Alesis Nitro kit has always been a top-seller, with the newer Alesis Nitro Max kicking it up a gear.  Things just got more exciting, though. Let us introduce you to the Alesis Nitro Pro.

Alesis Nitro Max Review Practical Buying Guide Most beginners don’t need a $3,000 drum kit. They need something that feels real enough to stay motivated, sounds good enough to enjoy playing, and doesn’t take up half the room. The Alesis Nitro Max was built exactly for that situation. I’ll be honest: Alesis gets a hard