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In the UK we have a cheap, but sometimes excellent value, supermarket based in Germany, called Lidl. They had an offer yesterday a velocity sensitive drum set for the price in the subject line. A picture From this company pedals for hihat and kick drum, 3 toms and 2 cymbals and real drum sticks!! Hmm that could be good for the grandchildren or, more importantly, me  So I bought it,carefully removed from the box, plugged it in and stuck a usb chord in the port and WAHAY!!!! I now have an electronic drum kit which is velocity sensitive so I can now "humanise" my midi drums with ease. Much easier than tapping my midi keyboard controller "in time", or step by step input. There is "good bounce " on the pads so with a bit of practice I may become a drum hero, but look like an idiot.   Animal from the Muppets look out!!!! Now I need to make a stand so it is the right height and away I go  Always wanted an electronic drum kit but the price, and size, put me of, BUT this is a perfect size,and price, just gotta learn to play it now Now to continue looking for presents for the little ones as this is mine now. Alyn
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I was in my drugstore the other day and saw a placard for an electronic drum kit for $19.95, but no drum kit. I'll look harder next time.
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Followed your link to the site. Similiar companies offer similiar products for sale during the Christmas season in the US. At that price point I rarely see a midi capable product sold in the US.
I consider you very lucky to purchase a product that is not advertised as midi capable but is in fact midi capable.
A very nice find!
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in German, use your favorite translating software if you need it http://www.lidl.de/de/sheffield-drum-set-elektronisch/p205697
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Jim, I thought I had linked to the product info, as that would have explained it better, so my bad. I bought the kit by just reading the box in store and I was amazed at the specifications which GHinCH has now so kindly provided, thank you. (However if you pushed the magnification up to max on that picture you would have seen a midi switch at about 2 oclock by the snare pad) Really good value!! and it now rests on my lowered sheet music stand I no longer use, a bit wobbly until I work out how to stop that  My New Year's resolution for 2016 is to be more clear in my posts Alyn
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Take the chair off a broken down office chair. Typically it is the chair, arm rests or tilt control that is broken but the base is fine. Remove the chair from the base, drill a hole and use a nut and bolt to lock the tilt function to a fixed position then add a plywood platform. I've made several ugly but functional equipment stands in this manner.
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