Aerodrums Portable Electronic Drum Set - Air Drum Sticks & Pedals - Practice Drum Accessory more Quiet than Pads - Full Midi Electric Drum Kit that fits a Small Tabletop or Bag - Drummer Gift

Drums? I've had all types of things: acoustic, electric (desktop and full size), finger pads, software drum machines... But never something so sparse as this.The videos for it looked magical and I was into getting something that didn't cost a bomb or take the size of a crater.There's not much in the box and expectantly setup doesn't take long, the most involved process being getting the camera and your stool positioned correctly which requires nothing more than trial and error, and some assistance from the printed guide.Even as a veteran drummer you will require some time to get used to a few things before you're performing competently, that being the positions of the invisible drums (though they can be moved on-screen) and also adhering rigidly to the stick-slap-to-bottom-of-palm to get the closest feeling of resistance. But even within minutes of first setup you'll be amazed at the responsiveness and fluidity on the WASAPI low-latency Windows driver. Throw in a DAW and your favourite drum VST and you're in a good comfort zone for recording.A few downsides that don't detract much from the product is that it naturally is easier to get tired more quickly on this as opposed to real surfaces that spare your energy. The light bulb is also not something to look directly into.The direct modern competitor to Aerodrums seems to be Freedrums which uses gyroscopes and MIDI over Bluetooth as opposed to tracking via (included) camera. This makes for a much neater setup. However, Freedrums doesn't appear to have its own sound library, if that's important to you, and you can't see on a screen where your drums are and perform hi-hat pedal movements more naturally. It's also not officially supportive of Windows, though inevitably will be. Both products are about the same price though so it's probably just minor things that will sway you towards this or that.It's definitely not a perfect replacement for a physical kit (real or electric), but it's certainly not bad for clutter-free casual practice and maybe minor touch ups of recordings performed with a physical electric kit.You can see the future potential of this product: combine it with augmented reality and force feedback and you'll be more immersed. As it is, it's a decent product for the price (the software being the core feature), just consider a physical kit as a primary instrument and this secondary.

I really wanted to like this Aerodrum kit as the idea is fantastic, and I regularly produce music at home. However, my experience was frustrating and disappointing, it's a great idea, but the execution of this product is quite poor.Drivers and software were difficult to get working on Windows 11. The software itself looks unfinished, and has bad design with menus and problems with graphic settings, so doesn't work properly out of the box.The actual drumming experience was frustrating with impossible to reach snare drums and mis-hits all the time, so not playable.Space wise you actually need more room than a regular drum kit or electronic drum kit. This is because the camera has to be around 1.8m awa from you. Also my camera also seemed to be out of focus all the time, even when moving back and forth to adjust focal length.Lastly, the quality of the kit is like a toy and the camera in this kit is actually from a Playstation 3.Considering you can buy a real physical electronic drum kit for around £200 which works better and is quicker to setup, the Aerodrums for £150 are definitely not worth it and a gimmick.

You have to specify in great font that you must buy separately the Playstation EyeCamera!!!Or maybe you can include the camera in the box because the price is very high!The product works.

I've not been able to spend a long time playing with these, but first impressions are very good. For the price the sensitivity, amount of potential triggers and respose outweighs drum controllers of 5 times the price. Excellent value for money.Very easy to plug and play and built in drum samples are brilliant, most noteable is the range of expression with the Hi Hat pedal and the fact that the ride also has a bell in the default set up.A couple of issues are:1 - Light sensitive. It just flat out won't work if (like me) you're restricted to having your music set up in a light room (conservatory), in the summer. It has worked great when I've used it around dusk and I'm sure will be fine in a proper room.2 - Connecting to MIDI. Can be done and isn't that hard, however does take a bit of tweaking and time to work it out if you're not used to using external MIDI. The main use I want is to use it to trigger Superior Drummer. Took some figuring out even though it's simple due to a bit of a lack of troubleshooting on webiste. Appears to work well once it's sorted, however I've not had time to get deep into it.3 - Build quality. When I took it out of the box, it does look like something that was put together in someone's garage. In particular the whit light ring that sits around the camera dropped and broke from the securing ring almost instantly. Easily fixed with glue, but still didn't sit very well with me. When considered against the very low price it's not a deal breaker, however if you're on a very tight budget £100 may seem a lot for what you physically receive. Ultimately, however the whole package is more than worth £100.Overall a groundbreaking bit of kit that will open up more expressive drums for the user who is tight on space and cash. A few operating niggles with MIDI and restrictions regarding lighting, but in anyones case worth the money in my opininon. Definately NOT a gimmick.