ION Audio Drum Rocker Rock Band 2 Drum Set

by Ion

Product Features

• Officially licensed Premium Drum Set for Rock Band video games for Wii game system
• Low-noise, velocity sensitive pads
• Fully-adjustable setup
• Extremely durable
• Expandable with third cymbal or second bass pedal

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B002Q8F1US
• Product Dimensions: 32 x 11.8 x 16.2 inches ; 30 pounds
• Media: Accessory
• Release Date: March 1, 2010
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,768 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #44 in Musical Instruments > Drums & Percussion > Electronic Drums

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Rock solid, hard-rocking drums.

The rock solid, heavy-duty electronic Pro Session drum set from Ion Audio (model IED09) is ready to stand up to the pounding drummers can exact on their gear. With a rugged rack (stand) and adjustable hardware, you'll have no problem setting it up the way you like to play. This compact, low-noise drum set delivers that feel of acoustic drums and the flexibility of a great-sounding electronic drum-sound module.

This complete electronic drum set fits into a fraction of the space of an acoustic drum set and comes with everything you need to get started playing. Pro Session Drums come with natural-feeling drum and cymbal pads, foot pedals for hi-hat and bass drum, all the cables you'll need, as well as a power adapter.

Pro Session Drums also feature a drum-sound module with over 100 different instruments in 15 drum sets. You can modify and save the drum sounds and drum set for totally custom setups! There are 41 play-along music patterns for practicing and jamming out. You can listen to the drum parts on the patterns to get ideas for what to play, then mute the drums and play your own part. There are lights that show you what to play in case you want some assistance. You can record your drum performance and listen back. There's also a metronome built in for learning to play with a steady beat.

Pro Session Drums have standard 1/8-inch stereo jack connections for headphones, connecting to your home stereo or amplifier, and a mix-in input for a CD or MP3 player.

Key Features

• Rugged, heavy duty, compact, foldable, adjustable rack (stand)
• Great-feeling drum and cymbal pads
• Over 100 drum, cymbal, and percussion instrument sounds
• Play almost silently with headphones or rock out loud with speaker systems
• Input for playing along with your CD or MP3 player
• Light-up play-along display for learning drum patterns
• Record and listen to your drum performances
• Play-along music included
• Metronome for learning to play with a steady beat

Product Description

Drum Rocker delivers the most realistic drumming experience available to any gamer, regardless of platform. That's because it was built by the engineers at Alesis, one of the largest manufacturers of professional electronic drums in the world. As a result, you get a kit that's designed to take a real beating, with all the positioning flexibility that professional drummers demand. While other drum controllers lock you down to a pre-molded plastic array of pads, Drum Rocker's professional aluminum drum rack lets you position your snare, tom and cymbal pads wherever you want. When you're ready to move from playing Rock Band to playing in a rock band, you can swap the game controller module with one of the professional drum brains made by Alesis, and you're ready to hit the road for real! Drum Rocker's velocity-sensitive drum pads feature a playing surface that is much quieter than other drum controllers. They also feel great – the stick rebound off of the pad is much more natural and consistent than anything else available. The pad housing is made of high-impact plastic, designed to be whacked on stage night after night. No matter how much you punish them, the Drum Rocker drum pads can take it. Complete the experience with up to three cymbals. There's nothing like finishing a monster fill by whacking a crash cymbal. Or crossing over to play your hi-hat with your right hand while you keep the backbeat on the snare with your left. Or keeping time on a ride cymbal during the chorus. Drum Rocker lets you do all that and more, with cymbals that can be placed anywhere around the kit. Drum Rocker comes with two cymbals and mounting hardware out of the box, and a third cymbal is available as an optional accessory. You get to decide how you want to use the two cymbals that come with the kit – set them up as a hi-hat/crash, crash/ride or hi-hat/ride combination, then add the third cymbal to round out the kit.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gets the Job done Great price, February 18, 2010

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Kenny Osborne "KeNn007" (SanFran/Oak, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ION Audio Drum Rocker Rock Band 2 Drum Set (Accessory)

I searched a long time before deciding to buy this particular drum set. I am a beginning drummer who Has an Acoustic set at Church. I wanted to practice at home but tearing down and lugging an acoustic set of drums home and back every weeek was not going to fly. (and I'm sure my neighbor would not appreciate the loud sound of the drums) So I searched and searched and searched online and at the local music store (who wanted $900 bucks for a similar set) and I made the decision on this one because of the price mainly. I was skeptical at first and kept my receipt and all parts handy just in case i needed to return this and......
The product is great. There are no problems with the wiring or foot pedals or anything. It does not have a "cheap" feeling to it either. physically speaking, it looks like a 500 or even 600 dollar equipment. The only thing that takes it down a notch for me is that you miss having a separate ride pad and crash pad. (they only give you one choice, either a ride or a crash) but fortunately you can buy a separate crash/ride cymbal and install it into the main brain. another disappointment is that it seems that you cannot add a splash cymbal pad if you wanted to. (oh well you can't have it all for this price)
When i practice, i do so in my living room which is not very large. My wife stated that it sounds as if i am striking phone books with drumsticks when i practice with the headphones on. This is a major plus because I have neighbors and i do not want to disturb them with my drumming nor do I want to announce to the neighborhood that I have a drum set in my house. (break-ins) It comes with a port where you can plug in speakers and play out loud also if need be. The variety of sounds are also fun too. I have not ventured deep into what the brain can do but so far I am far form being unimpressed
Even though the price is lower than other drum sets which can cost you 600-1500 and up. This one is not cheaply built. All of the parts and arms and body of the drum set is stable. My curious cats have already tipped it over, but no broken parts or anything like that. Overall I believe that if you are a beginning drummer like myself, this is the perfect low cost quiet set for you.

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value for the money, October 1, 2009

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Andrew Sonin "Guitar Guy" (Highlands Ranch, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ION Audio Drum Rocker Rock Band 2 Drum Set (Accessory)

[...] it wasn't even listed on the Ion Audio website yet, but bought it on a lark. Build is solid. Sound quality is excellent (not quite what a $1500 Roland will provide, but really quite good) with the included headphones (and drumsticks). Control panel is fairly straightforward, but I strongly suggest reading the instructions. Feel of drum surfaces is very good; that of cymbals somewhat rubbery.
I'm not a drummer, but have been a musician for 35 years and wanted something to fool around on without a) annoying everyone in the house and b) having to listen to my two boys bash it to pieces. I've only had it for about 2 weeks, but I'm very pleasantly surprised.
Note: This set appeared on the Ion Audio website about a week after I bought it!

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ion Pro Session Drums ... 4-1/2 Stars, October 29, 2009

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Robert Speziale "bob_spez" (Howell, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: ION Audio Drum Rocker Rock Band 2 Drum Set (Accessory)

I bought this drum set about 5 weeks ago at the local Wholesale
Membership store due to the Cost, about 2/3 of the quoted price
here on Amazon. The set was on display, and after listening
to the cymbals on the headphones I decided to buy it. I purchased
the set specifically to add a more realistic drum track to my own
music, which I record on a multitrack recorder.

If you read reviews of electronic drums of every price range, there's
a host of problems that can occur, from loosening of the glue that
holds the pads, to broken foot pedals, to malfunctions of the computer
chips and wiring connections. At this price point, I decided I could
take a chance. Included with the set was a very nice Numark 125
headphone, a pair of large unvarnished drum sticks, 2 foot pedals,
4 pads, 2 cymbals, the drum module, and a sturdy PVC frame.

After using the set for several weeks I can say I am quite happy with it
so far. It assembled in about an hour, just using the diagram that came
with it. There is a small chrome wrench included that tightens all the
connections. My wrench is hanging from the frame so I don't lose it.

Initially I had a major problem in that there was no documentation in the
manual or on the ION Audio website of the 108 drum sounds and 15 patterns. The
prospect of scrolling through more than a hundred undocumented numbered
sounds to change the pad sounds seemed absurd.

I tried calling their customer service department, but perhaps due to the
newness of the product, and after a total of 45 minutes of musical hold
(and being transferred to three different people who said they couldn't
help but would transfer me to someone who could) I just hung up the phone.

Then, after two emails through the ION website contact form, and a couple
of additional emails to their customer service department, the ION customer
service reps finally came through and emailed me a list of the sounds and
patterns.

I don't know if this set will last, though it seems quite sturdy to me. I
hope the parts I can't see are as good as the parts I can see. I am
quite pleased with the quality of recordings I have done. As an amateur
musician, and a first time drummer I found the dynamics, sound and no
apparent lag time to be just what I was hoping to get. I did find that
to record direct to the multitrack recorder I needed to use the phones out rather
than the line out. The line out generated a lot of noise into an unbalanced
line in on my multitrack recorder. However the phones out generated a beautiful
clean recording.