Black Hawk Drums

I have three months of drums and I think it is a reasonable time to share my opinion about it. 1. Transport and unpacking: the drums came to me about 30 hours after ordering. I was and I am positively surprised by the speed of my order - half the country divides me from the shipping center to my location. The drums came neatly packed, each element was packed in an individual box secured with numerous foam and cardboard inserts. In addition, each box was signed, it was in the middle installation and usage information. This first helped break the first ice cream with numerous mounting elements. 2. Submission and first impression: the drums seemed incredibly robust. I was positively impressed by the solidity of the frame for mounting the set. Everything was stable and there was no "cheapness" in it - the equipment looked much more expensive. First contact with the drums - a revelation. You could feel the careful execution and fitting elements. The same goes for the cymbals and foot pedals and the hi-hat controller. The module also adequately protected, a very interesting appearance and high readability. Drum size is right, with a wider spacing of the extreme legs can take up a piece of space. It took quite a long time to assemble the set, but it resulted directly from my inability to fold anything. 3. First instrument enclosure / initial configuration / possibilities: For the first game I used professional studio headphones, which I connected to a dedicated controller connector. The first game, however, did not present the instrument from the best side - the instrument turned out to be incredibly quiet, the sound of the foot was practically inaudible, the dynamics of the game was unconvincing. This situation caused considerable disappointment. What worried me the most was the drum of the foot, which, despite the powerful impact, made almost no sound (which I will not say about the sound of the hammer of the foot hitting the membrane). So I decided to play with the options - it turned out to be a good step. By trial and error, at first blindly circling the extensive menu of the controller, I was able to achieve amazing sound quality by balancing each element in relation to others. There is a whole lot of options, with skillful setting of parameters (and this requires a moment of fun with the controller) you can achieve almost studio effects. The foot turned out to have a sound set by default, which was inherently very "muffled" - the change to another fixed the problem and the foot played well, even with gentle blows of the hammer. 4. Current rating: already used to play drums on a few electronic and acoustic. I find, however, that this is the best instrument I have ever played. Mesh pads are phenomenal and speaking with a big smile I can say that they allowed me to achieve the desired dynamics of the game thanks to the proper reflection of the stick from the membrane. I don't spare the instrument, I play it quite hard, and this one looks like new. My interest is overdubs to known songs and interpret them in their own way. At the same time I tested the recording function, which does what it is supposed to do - it records the sound in very good quality without any hiccups / delays. Controller communication with the computer is very pleasant and simple (I note, however, that there is no suitable cable in the set, but anyone who has a slightly older printer can handle this problem). The sticks included in the set turned out to be good, but uneven in weight - they were divided by 5 grams of weight, and it was palpable during the game. I solved the problem with fine sandpaper and frequent weight comparisons with an appropriate instrument - now both are balanced as it should. I recommend this set to everyone, preferably with a second cut. I think it is very important to have two crashes in the game, because it allows you to handle the transitions better and diversify them. It can be considered sad to cover the 4th volume connector, which (if I remember correctly) was in the 2nd edition of this instrument. INSTRUMENT worth the money!