Yamaha DTX520K Electronic Drum Set

Yamaha DTX520K Electronic Drum Set Review

Yamaha DTX520K Electronic Drum Set Feature

• 427 sounds and 50 preset drumkits
• 63 preset songs and 20 user songs
• 20 user-editable drumkits
• AUX input and MIDI out
• Click, Groove-Check and Rhythm Gate

For drummers wanting realistic snare drum response and feel in an affordable but fully-loaded electronic drumset, The Yamaha DTX520K is now available and chock full of great features. The centerpiece of the Yamaha DTX520K is the new XP-80 snare drum pad. This DTX-PAD is an 8", 3-zone, "textured cellular silicone" acoustic-feel snare pad that joins with a 3 tom pads, 3-zone choke-able cymbal pads in the 13" ride cymbal pad and 10" crash cymbal pad, hi-hat pad and controller pedal and the kick drum tower. The pads mount to the new RS500 Compact Drum Rack System which comes PRE-ASSEMBLED for easy setup. The RS500 rack folds up just as easily for convenient transport.The "brain" of the kit is the Yamaha DTX500 Drum Module which contains 427 drum, percussion and effects sounds. There are 50 preset drumkits at the ready, covering virtually every genre and there are 20 User kits in which you can create and store your own kits. There are also 63 preset songs from all genres and 20 user song locations to create your own. There is also a high-quality Click function with the ability to customize the rhythm and tone functions to your liking. "Groove-Check" and "Rhythm-Gate" features help you to better enjoy practicing and to develop your timing.Other features of the DTX500 Drum Module include an AUX IN jack that allows you to connect an MP3 player or similar device for playing along with your own music, a recording function for capturing your performances, on-board high-quality digital reverb effects that add many different kinds of reverb and ambience to your playing, MIDI OUT for controlling external gear or linking to computer software and 12 trigger inputs that are compatible with a wide range of pads and triggers.Put it all these features together and the Yamaha DTX520K becomes a pro-quality and versatile electronic drumset that also maintains the Yamaha tradition of dependability and ruggedness and at a f...