2BOX DrumIt 5 MKII Module Review | 2022
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- In-depth review of the 2BOX DrumIt 5 MKII module, weighing up the pros and cons in the increasingly crowded electronic drum market of 2022.
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Compatibility:
► Roland TD-50X, TD-50, TD-27, TD-17, SPD-SX, SPD-S, TM-6 PRO, TM-2, TM-1* & RT-MicS*
► Pearl Mimic Pro
► Alesis Strike module (instrument files included), Strike MultiPad
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► dbdrums nPad
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► HXW Avatar PD-705
► Millennium NonaPad
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& any module that supports 44.1kHz, 16-bit stereo .wav samples with a layering function
*TM-1 & RT-MicS may require additional software to load samples
00:00 - What is the DrumIt 5 MKII?
02:17 - Module Overview
05:19 - The Sounds
08:31 - Editor Software
10:29 - Imported Kit Examples
11:32 - Sample Settings & Limitations
15:19 - Triggering
21:20 - Great Features & Improvements
28:37 - Who Is It For?
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If you look up “thorough” in the dictionary. You’ll definitely see a picture of this guy. He doesn’t miss a detail.
😂🙏
I'll say it again Luke, the growth of your edrum channel is amazing, I was an early follower of yours and the level up-manship from 1st to current is great. Your reviews are in depth and unbiased, though you do express personal opinion, but you state it too. Onwards and upwards mate!
You're too kind! 🙏 Cheers man!
Welcome back! Missed your vids.
Thank you! 🙏
Great work Luke, superb video.
Hi Luke. Thanks for the review of the drumit 5 mkII. I own a drumit 3 module since four months back and the reason I bought it is because I have been using Steven Slates drums 5.5 at live gigs and triggered this from my Yamaha dtxtress4 module.
It felt a bit unsafe to use a macbook to generate the sounds instead of a drum module.
So when I found a used drumit3 module for half the cost of a new one I purchased it directly. One of the reasons was the compatibility with different pads. I use Yamaha cymbals, hihat, and DIY pads for toms and snare, and it works well but when you spoke about the misstriggering of the bell zone I recalled that I sometimes have experienced that to.
I found the 4G SDCARD on the drumit3 limited since I wanted to squeeze in as many drumkits from Steve Slates VST as possible. Solved this by buying an upgrade kit from Zourman with a preloaded 64GB SDcard. With this I now have a drumit5 mkII except for 2 outputs and separate buttons for each trigger. The SD card from Zourman contained all drumsets from the Drumit 5 mkII so it was very convenient.
When I opened up the Drumit3 casing I discovered that its the exact same electronic board that is used for both drumit 3 and drumit 5 mkII because it was marked also with drumit 5. The only difference is that they don't mount the extra output on the board and the extra buttons and that the metalic casing does not have a hole for the SD card, and the buttons.
I also know the reason why they removed the USB port. I have a USB port on my drumit3 but I cannot use it with my 64GB SD card mounted because then the SD card is erased. Why? It is because the hardware and software on the drumit 3/5 mkII (which is the same) does not support to communicate with SD cards larger that 4GB. This is as you said really a shame but to me it proves what I have been suspecting all along. The development resources spent to raise the drumit5 to the drumit3/5mkII is very limited, and I don't have high expectations on that any firmware updates are going to be released either.
I have tried to reach out to the 2BOX support mail with questions about, some of the buggs that you mention in your review but there is no respons at all. Not even a mail confirmation that my support question has been registered.
I can also tell you that the original Swedish owners has sold the company to a German distributor, so the engineering brains behind the original drumit5 module is no longer in the company. So I am suspecting that the design is now a milking cow for the new owners of 2BOX to get the most out of it before it gets to out of date.
With all this said I love my expanded drumit3 module. I could never justify to buy a Mimic pro module, but but with my drumit and my Steven Slate VST I can have almost the same sound experience without using a computer on stage.
It's of course more statical than a Mimic Pro module but much, much cheaper, even though theres some hours to spend when moving the sounds from SD5.5 VSTs into the drumit module.
Hi Mikael. Thanks for weighing in with your experience! Interesting to hear that you've also experienced the Yamaha mistriggers. It definitely sounds like you've been through your options carefully and found what works for you, despite a couple of frustrations along the way. It's a shame that you've not had any response from support.
I've heard about the change in development staff before. I can only really go on what communication I've had with the people involved on that front. I have also read about the USB issues once upgrading the card too - my first draft of the review had an extra few comments about this, but I ended up chopping it out for time and to remove speculation since I hadn't attempted to confirm it myself. But as you say, it looks to be the case. It's a shame that they couldn't upgrade to a newer USB port and work out how to support it considering the time that has passed. But there's definitely a market for what it can do well and it seems like we're both part of that!
My drumit 5 MK2 allows 32GB cards. Some say it'll do 64GB, but I haven't been able to make that work.
Great review! Nice to hear 2BOX is still invested in improving the product. Hopefully they'll eventually release a new model.
I know what you mean about the lack of effects processing on board. I honestly don't even see the point of a delay or a flanger. Nothin a digital mixer wouldnt solve though, I know it's added expense and of course this could be a deal breaker. When I had a 2box set up, for live use I ran it though a Behringer X18. 1. Kick 2. snare 3+4 toms, 5+6 cymbals. I stuck with mainly dry sounds and added verb on top. A different verb for snare than toms and an overall ambience for the kit. Plus I had better eq and compression on the individual channels. Seriously, it was a killer set up, sounded really awesome. The RCF M18 mixer is only £350 (at last check) and that would give you all this, it's got a small foot print too!
Well done review! I am an old ddrum user, thus migrated to the 2 Box Drummit5 years ago. Always pleased with my 2 Box unit. Just purchased a Drummit 5 MKl after watching your review. I have a few VST's loaded. My take is, sonically and triggering it's the bomb. Looking forwards to more videos. I watch all your content and subscribed.
Awesome, thorough, fair and unbiased review once agin, Luke!
Thanks John 🙏
2Box was so ahead of its time. It literally was the precursor to the Pearl Mimic Pro.
Dude! I've always loved the approach of drumit 5 modules, sadly there is almos no tutorials, reviews or anything about this module, the fact that you can import other VSTi samples is amazing.
I really hope that Drumit 5 can hop you onboard, because you are not only a great experienced drummer but also a tech savvy, if they listen at least 10% of your feedback they will end up with an amazing and well polished product once and for all
The first kit I started when I got into edrums was the Alesis Nitro Mesh - I've come a long way as I have a VAD 506 now but anyway .... one of the things I like about that entry level nitro module was that I could push buttons on the module and hear the exact pad I wanted to. Made it very easy and quick to edit sounds. To my knowledge, this is the only other module that has that, and its a really helpful features.
Great review, I might consider this module as a fanatic TD 50 user
Excellent video, Luke! So well done.
Thank you 🙏
Just got one of these mate. Thanks for the vid. Stoked to hook it up tonight.
Hope you're enjoying it!
Great review Luke.
Thanks Luke for a very fair review.
You are able to adjust a sample with the DSound Manager software, if you double left click on the DSDN file. I have added reverb, I've listen and removed indvidual unwanted samples from DSDN files, I've turned a medium ride into a power bell ride (increasing volume & tuning of the bell) and increased the max turning on high hats to get a trap high hat sound all with DSound Manager.
Great news that you will be selling multilayered DSDN samples.
I'am looking forward to more videos about the 2Box module.
Thank you 🙏 Yes, DSound Manager is one of the programs I alluded to when talking about other software being available. I've purchased it, along with SDSE, and think they're great, it's just a shame that a simple "open .dsnd" option isn't available as part of the provided software.
I've been using a drumit 5mk1 live for the last two years. I'll update to the mk2 at some point but honestly I've I added the Mehmet card expansion it really didn't seem necessary.
Look forward to your other videos for 2box.
As always this was a great review. Thanks for giving the 2box a chance.
Thank you 🙏 If the MKI is doing everything you need with the SD expansion, you might be covered to be honest.
Thanks for the videos man, you're a legit god send when it comes to reviewing these products. I appreciate your work.
Thank you 🙏
Thanks, excellent review!
Thanks 🙏
Hi Luke great in depth review as always, I use a drumit 3 and Jobeky kit or live gigs. With SSD 5, SD3 and stock sounds , always get comments on how well the drums sound. Keep up the good work
Awesome!
Great vid yet again. I have purchased many of your packs and love them!!! I am now looking to get SD3. By chance do you know if you can still record through the TD50x module using the SD3 sounds, or do you now need to record via the computer? Many thanks!!!!!
Just a note about the lack of USB thing. When I had the original Di5, I added the 32g mod from Jman and it was a breath of fresh air. Not only did I have way more storage space for sounds (constantly having to juggle the 4gig space was a pain) but also I no longer had to have the module connected in USB mode to make sound dumps, it was also a hell of a lot quicker then the USB1 transfer speed.
Same here. I got several items from JMan back in the day. Modded a Yamaha pedal to use his high hat conversion. Got the 32GB mod. Really like my 2 Box so I bought the MKll.
Interesting, thank you. That's a game changer.
sadly Jman is passed away
@@voederbietels Well, that is also a game changer. I'm sorry to hear that.
@@2002drumsonly i have also the highat conversion. still works greath with the vh11
I am very grateful for your work! This is helping me a lot when researching the topic “Which module and which triggers should I buy?”
Thank you !!!
Thanks Luke. Good to hear about the possible updates on the OS - which are desperately needed. I would really value being able to have a cymbal in the tom4 slot also. Currently running SSD in my module - which are some of the best sounds imho.
Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised when I was sent the update. Hopefully it won't be too long before it's released. I've been enjoying the SSD sounds too!
@@TheeDrumWorkshop Any news on your custom kits for this module?
I'm working on my first multilayered snare at the moment, I'm hoping for release within the next few weeks. It'll include some presets with it but, because of the nature of the 2Box system, they will only work correctly if you still have some of the stock sounds on your SD card.
I had to build the presets out of some stock sounds for the other instruments since I don't have a set of "full kit" samples included. You can of course use this snare with any kit you build yourself and there are multiple variations of mic configurations, one with reverb added and 6 full articulations included.
I have a few of the drumit 3 and love it, going to buy this since it has the external sd card reader. Great review.
Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!
You can use a TD-27 or TD-50 to trigger the 2box with cymbal chokes and positional sensing using an event processor
Great video!! I have a MK2 and learned some good tips. How about doing a video with Drumit 5 and Superior Drummer?
It would great to see episode about a diy snare for the 2Box module. Testing if different switches and bar triggers work with rim and cross stick. Try my multi trigger snare setup, using maybe the 2Box trigit triggers.
I have the 2Box drumit 5 mk1 module with a 64 GB card extension connversion loaded with 2Box & VST samples. When I first started playing the 2Box module I found the kick & snare lacking some cut & doesn't have positional sensing but I made my 13" snare play like it has positional sensing.
On the snare I'am using 2 different edge triggers mounted @ 11 o'clock & 1 o'clock into the 2Box and a 3rd smaller 27mm centre mounted cone trigger (Quartz percussion lowest sensitivity) plugged into my TD11 that adds dry Roland sounds. I'am right handed so the 35mm Quartz percussion cone trigger @ 11 o'clock is the most sensitive. There is an square Extreme trigger @ 1 o'clock it is medium sensitive with a higher threshold setting sometimes has the same snare DSDN samples tuned +0.1 more and a decay of 1.5 -2.5 and 40% - 60% volume and that is plugged into Tom 1. Hitting the mesh snare head at different sides and at different dynamics triggers 3 different layers of sound. I have 4 toms on a splitter cables from the Tom 2 & Tom 3 inputs.
With a guitar ABY pedal I plug the kick into both the TD11 & 2Box modules. Only the snare & kick are connected to the TD11. Different TD11 kits will change the tuning, tone, snare buzz, ring and kick fattness of the combined drum sound. The 2Box open sound does benefit from the fat, tight, attack of the Roland kick & snare sound. The headphone output from a module is plugged into the aux input of the other module and I can still use the Rolands metronome and coach function. I hope this helps get diy positonal sensing and great layered sounds.
I love my drumit 3. I would like to get a drumit 5 one day for live use.
Love that 'Hard Rock Pinstripe' kit
Great review thanks. I might stick with my Mk1 as I tend to use ADs with it. Sensor on the snare keeps going can’t get an answer from 2box guys.
Great Video!
Just want to add regarding the PCY175, I get that edge on bell triggering with the edrumin. Same with the PCY155! This also happened with a drumit3 I had some years ago. I noticed that it seems to happen 100% if you hit the area of bell meets bow with the shoulder too! Like yourself only with the Mimic have I not had this at all.
Thanks Steve! I thought I'd read that the new version of the eDRUMin software (v2+) had solved this, but I haven't tested it out myself yet! Definitely something to bring up with Rob if not, I'm sure he'll look into it. Yeah, the Mimic has no issues whatsoever, the problems I showed off were part of a video I sent to 2Box to demonstrate the difference in response between the DI5 and Mimic with the Yamaha cymbals.
@@TheeDrumWorkshop Oh... that I wasn't aware of. Hold that thought... I'll update the firmware on the edrumin to see if it's been fixed.
@@TheeDrumWorkshop just checked and that edge on bell/bow zone is still a thing. Check firmware update and I’m all up to date.
Ahh, that's a shame! I'll have a look at mine at some point and shoot Rob a message!
I have had the Mk1 since 2010 and it’s still great although I’m not very good at downloading updates etc from the website, but this me not 2Box.
In my opinion, whereas other edrum companies are constantly bringing out new models
, 2Box got it right first time and it’s really refreshing to not have keep wondering if you should buy the latest model etc. You know what I mean. Oh and bright Orange, he’s why not :)
Thank you for the review. Subscribed
I'm glad you're still enjoying it! And yes, I agree that not having to chase constant tech updates is nice! There are a few things I think could be fixed up or added to, but the core module and its abilities are still solid now! Thanks for subscribing, hope you enjoy the channel!
Learned a lot from this. Thanks. Searching for a tight snare sound. What are you using 17:42 with the pd128? And does downtuning a sound only stretch it, making it less dense with loss of snare rattle. Sounds recorded low tuned and tuned up inside the 2box, will that make that sound more dense. And will its recorded reflections start to sound weird. In search of the holy grale.
Those stock kits are pretty amazing!
some snares phase pretty bad
Which module would you feel better with during a live performance: This 2box or a td-17? Im thinking about getting a speedlight kit and using the module/cymbals with my convert acoustic shells! To me the 2box sounds killer
Great video as always..You need to be developing your own module or work in development. Roland need to be paying attention! hope there watching :)
Thank you 🙏
Alternate Mode Inc. Sells the 2box module as a KT-M1 in the U.S.
Ah yes, that is true. I believe it's a rebrand of the DrumIt 3 rather than the 5 or 5 MKII. It also looks like ddrum have a tweaked 2Box module as their new offering.
This looks and sounds amazing. Can I ask how many samples layers it take on your opinion to make an articulate sounding drum?
If I hit a snare at day 5 different intensities or I hit it at 50 different intensities, at what point do I as a human stop noticing the difference?
I'm hoping to do a video covering this in the future!
The Strike module is fucking boss.
Glad you like it! I have a more frustrating relationship with it, myself!
I'm very impressed with the sounds. They actually sound like acoustic drums! Any idea what prevents roland and yamaha from offering this level of realism?
A lot of it (not all) is expectation bias. 65drums has a blind comparison between about a dozen different drum modules and you may be surprised at the end which sounds best to your ears when you don't know what module/s your listening too. To my ears the Pearl Mimic sounded like one of the worst, but to most people it's just about the most realistic sounding module the market.
Hey, what do you prefer, the TD-27 or the 2BOX Drumit 5?
I've been considering the TD-27 because of the positional sensing and the digital snare compatibility, because I really like to have realistic rim shots. Also supposedly Roland has better triggering and a more realistic feel?
I'm just worried about the machine gunning on the TD-27 because I play a lot of fast beats at a constant velocity. Thanks a lot for all of these videos btw.
Hey! Sorry for the slow reply. It's difficult to say because both modules are very good at different things. The Roland is much easier to get to grips with generally and the triggering is probably the best you'll get out of most modules (as you highlighted, the digital pads are great and the cross-stick detection and deep/shallow rimshots make things very playable). But the 2Box beats it for "pure acoustic" style sounds, if that's what you're after and the flexibility of creating your own instruments is awesome if you have the time or patience (and sample collection) for it. So it really does come down to exactly what you want to use it for and how happy you are to experiment with different things.
I did watch the whole thing :-D Great video as usual, Luke. I think I'll stick to the Strike for now, although I've been trying to get my TD-27 to sound half decent, it´s nowhere near to the EZ Drummer sets I´m able to load on the Strike...the TD-27 works a lot better though...Strike´s a bitch in terms of trigger response
Hi luke. just a question what hi hat controller are you using? and how do you adapt the yamaha cymbal to the hi hat stand?
I'm using either the Roland FD-7 (when the hi-hat pad is stationary) or a Goedrum controller (when it's on the hi-hat stand). For use with a stand, I just put a clutch through the mounting hole. It's bigger than the hole on most cymbal pads so it's easily done, and it's got rubber washers which help prevent spinning.
hello my friend, first of all I want to thank you because your channel has helped me make good decisions. I want to ask you something about drumit Five mkII, can't I get the x-stick sound by connect a bt1 bar into one of the inputs? On the other hand, if I decided to change the sample rim shot side to the snare rim zone, would I be able to find X-stick samples inside the module??? thousand and thousand thanks. I also have mimic, I'm still waiting for your new ready-to-use kits to buy, I want new cymbals and raw snares samples to play with positional sensing ready to play without use editor.
Hello! Thank you for the kind words!
Yes, you can assign sounds like cross-stick to additional triggers like a BT-1 or you can swap the rim to a cross-stick only instead of a rimshot. The cross-stick samples will usually be part of the .dsnd files for different snare instruments and not all of them will have these samples. I think there is a separate folder named something like "3 Zone Snares" or similar that all have head, cross-stick and rim samples.
To use them, you have to change the SOUND setting in the KIT > ENV page. If there are 3 zone samples, the SOUND parameter will have a +++ sign. You can press the button above to swap to different sounds. The middle + is the cross-stick, so if you change the setting to show ++- it should disable the rimshot and make the rim use the cross-stick sound.
I am planning to have a tutorial that shows this sometime soon.
@@TheeDrumWorkshop Thank you Luke in the name of others as well - you're a legend! 🙌
Hi Luke, do you know if they've addressed the Yamaha cymbal issues yet?
Hey. So far, I've not had anything back from them to say it's been fixed, sorry.
This may be an odd question, but can you load samples from the Sampletank artist packs such as Neil Peart into the 2 box module? Are you going to be at NAMM?
If you're able to export them one way or another then you should be able to, yeah. If it's compatible with Lustark's SDSE then it would be quite simple, if it's not, you might have to do it manually. I'm not familiar with the Sampletank stuff.
No, I won't be at NAMM. I wouldn't be able to afford to get over there for a start, but I'm also going on holiday around then so I might even struggle to cover it on the channel. Will have to see what crops up!
@@TheeDrumWorkshop Damn, it would have been nice to shake your hand in person, you do a great job here.
Does this MK II module support the connection of ATV 14 HiHats out of the box or would I still need the zourman conversion modules?
you need the Zourman box
my daughter has an cheep $80 smart cell phone with a 5" touch screen....
when are the e-drum manufacturers going to figure out how to integrate a decent size touch screen into a decently priced drum module....
i had to go to the mimic for $2000 to get good sounds and good user functionality.
It is surprising that the screens seem to be such a huge hangup in this market. I get that the economics when compared to the phone market means that things might not work out quite as cheap, but being limited to so few modules with the option is pretty crazy.
On the flip side, as much as I enjoy using the Mimic, I personally don't think touch-screen only is the best approach for a module. I'd still rather have mostly buttons or dials for a lot of functionality. A combination of both is probably the sweetspot for me. Bigger, nicer screens are well past due for most manufacturers, though!
@@TheeDrumWorkshop i agree i like dedicated buttons/knobs for common settings and a nice color touch screen for diving in deeper to less used but very important menu item.
This module do not need any colorscreen. With Software from Lustark you can layer all the great sounding kits from addictive drums, toontrack, Steven slate, perfect drums usw. in a few hours. The drummanager does assign the right sound to your pad setup automatically. With 64 GB perfect sounding kits, this is the best sounding module on the Market. But this is not for beginners... Very easy to handle with the removable sd card!
What do you think is a better option? to have a roland module connected to a computer with superior drummer, ezdrummer and steven slate 5.5, or this module with the multilayer sounds taken from those virtual drums programs
thanks
What does "better" mean to you? Both are totally viable options but people will want to use each option for different reasons.
@@TheeDrumWorkshop better in response and for performance
For live situations
You have to weigh up the risks when it comes to live performance. Personally, I'd avoid using a laptop and VST live, but some people are totally fine with using them.
In terms of flexibility with sound, you'd technically get more of that with a VST. But a lot of the time you only really need dry sounds going to the desk so it's not 100% necessary and the module would work great for that without adding an extra piece of hardware. "Performance" in a triggering sense is probably best on a Roland module, but getting exactly what you want out of a VST might take a bit of dialling depending on the software. There are a lot of variables.
@@vazer71 Performance with a VST will largely depend on the spec of your laptop and it's strongly advised to use a connected interface for the audio out of the laptop. If you have a decent laptop already, then you're half way there. If not, it can get very pricey!
Has anyone found a solution for the Yamaha 3 zone cymbals
which snare drum(s) will enable side stick?
Just Yamaha-style piezo/switch/switch pads, like the XP80, XP100SD or XP120SD.
I own this 2box and am happy with it, but I am considering buying a TD50x. Is it even worth it?
It's difficult to say without knowing what you're looking for in a module. It's worth it if you really want the features that the 50X offers, but if you don't then it may not be worth it at all!
@@TheeDrumWorkshop We are mainly talking about the acoustic drum sounds in the td50x. I hear 2box is comparable if not better. It's true?
Yeah, pretty much true. The 2Box module uses (and can load) multilayered samples of acoustic drums, so it will sound more "acoustic" than Roland's approach.
Roland's sounds typically involve having a limited set (in terms of sample layers) of heavily edited/processed instruments that sound unnatural to many people and they tend to fare best in a setting where processed or electronic sounds are desired. The playability of their sounds, especially when coupled with the digital pads or the positional sensing capabilities, can feel better for some people than what you can achieve with a 2Box module though and, for some people, this can make it feel more like an acoustic instrument. This is more of a "behaviour" thing than a purely sound-based thing and whether or not this is valuable to you really depends on personal preference.
@@TheeDrumWorkshop O.k, thanks for the answer. A pearl mimic for? It's a bit more expensive but probably better than the td50x. I mean the acoustic drum sounds in the module.
Yeah, the Mimic Pro is pretty much the ultimate module now for "acoustic" sounds since you can also load sounds with the editor (except for hi-hats).
The Mimic has a more robust trigger engine in my opinion with support for more pad types and articulations, it received a huge library update to its onboard sounds recently and it also has things like adjustable microphone controls on its stock sounds, per-microphone and master EQ and compression options, more inputs/outputs and some other useful features. So it has a lot going for it, but not everyone wants or needs these features! As you say, it's very expensive (over double the price of a DrumIt 5 MKII last I checked), so you need to work out if it offers enough over the DrumIt to be worthwhile for your usage!
Such a shame. They haven't even released the beta version 1.38 officially yet. And the module is popping up on other manufacturers product lines (like FAME and KAT). Seems like they've kicked the bucket.
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5:52 where are youuuu
and I'm so sorry
@@TheeDrumWorkshop love your content man really helpful stuff you deserve more attention :)
Thank you 🙏 glad you find it helpful!
I've been wondering lately why folks still use these brains when midi is an option. Why use one of these over a laptop and a device with midi support?
Booting up a laptop is one extra annoying step, and latency is an issue for many people. Also you might have to get an audio interface
Pretty much as Ozterkvlt says - adding in extra hardware can be irritating/costly and sometimes introduces an extra weakness into the equation, depending on how you want to use it. Personally I try to keep hardware to a minimum and prefer to use a dedicated device if I'm playing live with my eDrums, for example. Some people are happy to take a laptop on stage for that sort of thing and fair play to them, but I'm not big on it. There's a creative element to producing instruments for something like this too which I enjoy - I'm not personally that bothered about using VST sounds on them, I'll be using my own or creating combinations of samples.
Not everybody's computer has a card reader!!
You can buy USB card readers pretty cheap! That's what I use on my mini PC which doesn't have one built in.
My Macbook Pro 2023 has one, my cheap lenovo has one as well
soooo 2 box only make modules for people with young eyes lol, and we need lazy geet templates too that set up templates for us, like a chap at hq working it out, its 2022 nobody has time for that, ive got band members to ring to say where are you your late
First, lol
🤣 nailed it
urgh. I hate seeing the Sponsorship warning as that in most cases influences the very people making the vide,o just as free cash to politicians influences them. Free money does not = free speech. It does however look like legal influence buying or like a bribe. If you were asked to do some turials instead that looks even better for 2 box as they are not really tryign to influence you too much and free knowlwdge on the kit gets out. So its no that bad in the end.
Unfortunately I have to put the "paid promotion" disclaimer if I receive anything at all of value from a company to make a video. So 2Box sending me the module = receiving "payment" even if I haven't actually been paid cash (which I haven't). It's a legal thing in certain countries (including the UK, as far as I'm aware) so I put it on to cover myself more than anything else. Personally, even if I was returning the item after a review, I wouldn't accept the review unit if there was a stipulation about what I could or couldn't say in the video.
Obviously my agreement with 2Box is a little different to usual, but I accepted the module in return for the tutorials, not for the review, and I made sure to make that distinction before agreeing! This video is 30 minutes long and contains many negative points, so I'd like to hope that this is enough to convince even sceptical people that I'm not shilling for anyone!
Thanks for the good review and touching key points. I have bought the Drumit 3 module few weeks back and sounds are good. One of the flexibility they offer to download from their site is impressive. Though I would say they should categorize the sounds published on their website based on snare, kick etc.
I definitely agree - some kind of sorting of the sounds would really help!