The latest "At: Guitar Center" mass-mailer advertising drum catalog arrived in the post today.
The "Guitar Center Product Focus" page appears a few pages past the centerfold - featuring the Roland TD30KVS V-Drum kit at the price point of $7,499.99 USD
Apparently - at Guitar Center, the Roland TD30KVS includes:
4 tom (dual head and rim?) trigger pads
1 snare drum dual trigger pad
1 kick drum trigger pad
3 cymbal trigger pads
1 pair hi-hat trigger pads
1 drum rack with mounting clamps
1 Roland TD30 sound module
Price: $7,499.99 USD
I got to "thinking" and visited Google...
http://www.apple.com
17-inch 2.4GHz MacBook Pro: $2,499.00 USD
http://www.sweetwater.com
MOTU 828 mk3 Hybrid 28 x 30 USB FireWire Audio Interface: $749.00 USD
iConnect MIDI Professional MIDI Interface for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch with 2 USB device ports & 2 MIDI I/O Ports: $179 USD
http://www.google.com (search, USB powered hub)
Plugable Technologies USB 2.0, 10-Port Powered USB hub w/power adapter: $26.95 USD x 2 = $53.90 USD
Native Instruments Battery 3: $179 USD
http://www.synesthesiacorp.com
http://www.mandaladrumstore.com
***FREE SHIPPING IN USA***
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Includes:
3 mk2.9 Mandala Drum Pads
Mandala Virtual Brain v3.0 Software
Mandala Sample Library
3 6 ft USB cables
Drum Sticks
***Bonus: HD Black Beauty® Sample Library and Player***
$969.00 USD
Twelve... Let me repeat that - Twelve (12) mk2.9 Mandala Drum Pads: $3,876.00 USD
Very Short Version:
The Mandala mk2.9 electric drum offers 6 user-definable zones (including rim) - Roland drum pads offer head and rim trigger functionality.
According to my Abacus, the math is as follows:
Guitar Center, Roland TD30KVS V-Drums: $7,499.00
Twelve (12) Synesthesia Mandala Drums, and the above á la carte menu items: $7,535.90
Punchline:
When I'm not playing drums, I like to drink coffee or Guinness - and, not necessarily in that order.
If I were to sit at a table at the local Starbucks, trying to look handsome for all the girls stopping in for their Chai Latte's - girls who wouldn't date me if I was the last guy on Earth - with a Roland TD30 drum module on my table; I'd be utterly ignored, as usual.
If I were to sit at a table at the local Starbucks, with my new 17-inch MacBook Pro, maybe - just maybe! - a visiting coffee-girl might offer me a sassy "nice computer" comment before her mad dash for the exit.
Even if "she" abandons Starbucks as quickly as she compliments my new MacBook Pro - at least I could surf the web while drinking my over-priced coffee; bathing in the quiet satisfaction my 12 piece Mandala Drum kit patiently waits for me at home, in my drum-room.
Am I making any sense here?
Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with Synesthesia Corporation whatsoever; just a Mandala Drum enthusiast who aspires to the Mandala Drum purchase scenario noted above.
Doing the Math - Value for Money
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Doing the Math - Value for Money
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Re: Doing the Math - Value for Money
Quite simply, I doff my nine-sided cap to you. Can you get working on the US fiscal crisis next?
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Re: Doing the Math - Value for Money
That's a hoot!
Thanks for taking time to read the post; and thanks for including your links.
Subjectively, in the realm of electronic percussion:
Roland - and other manufacturers - offer fine products.
Synesthesia's Mandala Drum is exempt from categorization - it is without equal in the field.
But, what do I know?
Thanks for taking time to read the post; and thanks for including your links.
Subjectively, in the realm of electronic percussion:
Roland - and other manufacturers - offer fine products.
Synesthesia's Mandala Drum is exempt from categorization - it is without equal in the field.
But, what do I know?