Media thread - 28 July 2021, 16:18

A photo of a smallish room, with stuff against all of the walls, and a spot at the back right that's been cleared out that's where the drum kit is going to go.

I spent this afternoon cleaning and tidying and rearranging the back room because I'm going to buy myself an electronic drum kit and learn to play drums! And we have absolutely nowhere else to put it, haha. I was originally looking at the Roland TD-07KV, but I'm leaning towards splurging for the TD-17KV instead...

Posted on 28 July 2021, 16:18

The official product shot of a Roland TD-17KV electronic drum kit. There's four drums, three cymbals, and a kick drum, all attached to a stand.

BOOM. Trigger pulled on the TD-17KV! 🥁🎉 I am EXTREMELY excited about this, I loved playing the drums in Guitar Hero World Tour but they were frustratingly poorly-made, and would frequently not register hits which would break my streaks. (And fun fact, with the right adapter these Roland drums can actually be hooked up to Guitar Hero which I am TOTALLY doing).

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Posted on 28 July 2021, 19:47

A photo of two large cardboard boxes, one labelled "Roland TD-17KV V-Drums Pack" and the other "MDS-Compact Drum Stand".

Well uh, that arrived significantly faster than I was expecting (Australia Post said the ETA was Wednesday next week).

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Posted on 30 July 2021, 10:57

A photo of an assembled Roland electronic drum kit.

Good news! The drum kit is set up and works perfectly.

Bad news, the reason there was a delivery estimate of Wednesday and why I received the drum kit today is because the kit was shipped directly from Roland's warehouse in Dee Why, but the drum stool, kick pedal, and drumsticks are coming from the place I ordered them from in Newcastle, and those three things are what're arriving on Wednesday. 😛

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Posted on 30 July 2021, 14:20

A photo of two cardboard boxes and a pair of drum sticks.

Oh hell yeah, in continuing with the "Stuff arriving earlier than expected" theme, my drum stool, kick pedal, and drum sticks were just delivered!

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Posted on 2 August 2021, 11:16

A photo of the MadCatz Rock Band MIDI adapter controller, used for plugging my drum kit into the Xbox 360 for use with Guitar Hero.

Aww yisssss! (Now hopefully it works with Guitar Hero... I've seen anecdotal reports that it does, but nothing official from the manufacturer). Also this controller is over ten years old now and the plastic is doing that weird thing where it gets sticky, so I'll need to clean it up.

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Posted on 9 August 2021, 13:39

A photo of my Roland electronic drum kit set up in front of the TV, where Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock from the Xbox 360 is mid-song. There's PostIt notes on the drums to indicate which drum corresponds to which colour pad from the original drum set.

IT'S ALIIIIIVE!

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Posted on 9 August 2021, 21:00