Yamaha DD50AD Touch-Sensitive Digital Drums with AC Adapter

 A totally awesome drumming experience !!!!
As a drummer, I was a bit skeptical about a small electronic drumset for my son to learn about playing the drums. Well the DD50 showed me the light !! This high quality, lightweight unit was more than I could ask for. A couple of its 7 pads are a bit small, but after practicing awhile, you never notice. It has a multitude of sounds and ryhthms which our entire family enjoyed listening to. The 2 foot pedals make it a much more realistic drumming experience. I highly recommend the DD50 for all new and experienced drummers.. And, as a plus for parents..It has a headphone jack that makes this a nice "quiet time" activity...

 Damn
I really enjoyed them from the time I turned them on and figured out how to use them. Then I made use of the headset outlet and pluged in my Altec Lansing Computer speakers, Damn unbeleivable. I plan to spend alot of time hitting on them and would like to find out if Yamaha has got any accessories for it. I Travel alot and spend anywhere from a week to 2 months in Lancaster California. That can be a long time away from beating on something. Thanks Yamaha, I now have another piece of Luggage to pack for my trips.

 Fun to play, but not quite sensitive enough
The drum machine is fun to play, and with the two foot pedals, I can pretend I'm playing a real drumset. I enjoy having all 100 sample songs to play along with, and I like being able to choose which parts play (drum 1, drum 2, bass, and backing). My only gripe with the sample songs is that while there are plenty of examples of rock music, there are not enough (or no) examples of some other types of music (folk, blues, alternative).

The drum pads do not always trigger if you hit them too lightly. I would expect them to play very quietly if you hit them softly, but you have to hit them fairly hard to make a sound. There is a way to adjust the sensitivity, but even with the highest sensitivity, it is not sensitive enough for me.

Also, the bass drum pedal has no sensitivity at all. No matter how hard or soft you kick it, it plays the same volume.

 Good Little Kit
I just recently purchased the DD-50. Have owned several machines in the past but this one is so far the best. I really enjoy the touch sensitive pads and the way you can create and assign your own pads and kits. I purchased my DD-50 on a closeout and it didn't have an owners manual with it. I would be forever greatful if someone out there could tell me where I could get one. And once again Yamaha, you have made a customer Happy.........

 Great for the young musician
I agree that this is a terrific drumset for a young musician. My 12-year-old plays piano, guitar, and a regular drumset, but his drum practicing was not always music to the family's ears! (Not bad, but too loud!)

We gave him this Yamaha digital set for Christmas, and he loves it. I originally ordered the less expensive Yamaha set (DD9), but returned it because it was so small and seemed more like a toy than an instrument. My son was thrilled to open the DD50, and it has turned out to be a very good choice. It makes a variety of realistic sounds, and the two foot pedals (bass drum and high hat) allow him to simulate playing his real drum set. He's getting in a lot more practice time on the drums now, and sounds pretty good, even when he's not using headphones!

I'd recommend the Yamaha DD50 to anyone looking for a reasonably priced drumset that makes real music.

 I can make it better!
I recently purchased a DD50 from ebay - and it was about what I expected. Yamaha make generally good trusty products - but this kit has the same basic flaw as all electronic druma I have tried - that is - the pads do not pick up light strokes - and also don't respond to heavy hits. In other words they don't react anything like real drums.

Ok this is a very cheap unit so you get what you pay for right? - well actually - I did design and market electronic drums (analogue type) back in the eighties - and I spent a long time working on this "response" thing - eventually getting very impressive results.

So when I got the DD50 recently I immediately set about improving things - and I have devised a fairly simple way of improving the response drastically with a bit of add-on circuitry.

If you are interested please email me. mickwest1@hotmail.com

 Really Good ! BUT it's missing one major part!!! GRRRR!!!!
I bought this digital drum set and when it arrived at my house i was really excited, i opened it up and found that it didn't come with the DC cord to turn it on and i did not have any of the 6 c size batteries it required or any of the cords to connect it to different speakers so i could not use it at all. i was really mad i had to wait a few days until i could find one of the only 2 DC cords that work, both Yamaha ones and quite hard to find....I tried to DC cords i had but they didn't work because they weren't on of the special Yamaha DC cords you need.However when i did get to try it this drum set was quite good....BUT i had to wait 3 days...and another 7 days for the shipping..... ...

 very cool!!
First of all this is not a replacement for a real drumset, but for what it is, you can't find anything better, especially at this price. I am a guitarist and got this to work on my rhythm, and its great for that. It has lots of demo songs to play along with and a clicking metronome. You can also record yourself playing, although you can't loop the playback of what you recorded. Overall, a great product and a lot of fun to play.

 Yamaha digital drums kids toys
When I first tried out my new drum set, I was pretty happy. However, after about thirty hours or so of use the power wouldn't stay on, making jam sessions real hard. The repair shop wanted to charge me the same amount as a new unit to fix it. When I contacted Yamaha directly, they wouldn't have anything to do with me, saying that the unit was seven years old. When I pointed out the unit was purchased only two months previous, they reiterated it was seven years old. These things are only good for kids toys or someone that just wants to fiddle around, not a serious musician. Due to the callous response I recieved from Yamaha, I will never purchase another product of any kind from this manufacturor again