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Millenium MPS-1000 electronic drum kit review
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Millenium MPS-1000 electronic drum kit review
Roland’s VAD range is arguably the front runner, but other brands such as ATV, EF-Note, Jobeky and more have also been creating hybrid acoustic-shelled electronic drum sets for a while. To get more news about millenium one review, you can visit wikifx.com official website.
The latter helped fuel many acoustic conversions during the lockdown, which remains an affordable way of achieving the same thing, as long as you’re willing to spend some time doing the modding.A recent newcomer to the market, though, may put paid to some of the heavy lifting of converting your own kit. You're probably already familiar with Millenium thanks to its affordable-yet-quality products which span everything from hardware to acoustic kits, snares and electronics.
The latest to come from Millenium is the MPS-1000: a ‘full-size’ acoustic-looking electronic kit comprising five mesh head-equipped acoustic shells, an acoustic stand-mounted hi-hat, two crashes and one ride cymbal pad.
As well as this, it includes all of the hardware you need to get set up straight out of the boxes, including cymbal stands, hi-hat stands, a dedicated module stand and a bass drum pedal.They even throw in some sticks, although you will need your own stool. But the real headline here is the price. As currencies fluctuate, so do Thomann’s prices, but at the time of writing you can bag all of the above for £833, including delivery and you don’t need to worry about import duty, VAT or any other charges. The price you see is the price you will pay. So, at roughly a quarter of the price of Roland’s VAD 506 setup, is it too good to be true?Our kit arrived in a number of boxes, shrink-wrapped on a pallet. Be prepared for a lot of cardboard, but helpfully, everything is packaged in its own internal box which is also labelled so you can easily find everything while you’re setting up.
The MPS-1000 is full size, but it’s essentially a fusion-size kit, that means a 20” bass drum, 10”, 12” and 14” toms and a 13” snare drum. This is roughly the same sizes as Roland’s VAD 506 setup, with the exception of the snare drum.
The whole kit is wrapped in a silky Grey Line finish, and each drum is fitted with mini-tube lugs, which is nice to see considering Millenium could have easily opted for cheaper, more standard-style units at this price. The triple-flanged hoops are covered with rubber shrouds to keep the noise down while the bass drum hoops are finished in a matching wrap.
The toms are post-mounted to the bass drum using a Pearl-style tube. Obviously there’s no tonal debate to be had over drilling vs virgin bass drums here, and bass drum-mounted toms really do come down to preference for most people.If you’d prefer, you can obviously remove the post entirely and hang the toms from a cymbal stand for more flexible placement, but it’s worth noting that the holder only rotates on one axis rather than giving you an ‘omni’ rotation from a ball-socket.
Now, we said these are full-size fusion pads, however the depth of both rack toms is the same at 6-inches. Once again, this has no bearing on anything other than placement and look, but it does essentially mean that you’re playing a ‘fast-size’ setup, with matching depths across the top bringing back a slight reminder that these things started out life as pads, not acoustic drums.The cymbal pads also offer plenty of realism, too, with Millenium opting for ‘odd’ sizes on the hi-hat and crashes at 13” and 15” diameter respectively. Both are dual-zone, with a choke function, referred to as ‘stop’. The ride cymbal is 18”, and features three zones - bow, edge and bell as well as being choke-able too.
They’re coated across 360-degrees with rubber, which is smooth to the touch and each cymbal mounts to the stand using Millenium’s mounting system which also prevents spinning and they have a nice natural swing to them.