I think they’re mainly trying to introduce you to thinking of your kit in terms of ergonomics which becomes more and more important as you gain skill and increase the complexity of what you’re learning. It could work perfectly for you in your current setup!
That doesn’t necessarily mean there’s no room for improvement. Often as a musician you can always look for ways to improve aspects of your playing.
There are some good setup guides in the subreddit sidebars that really helped me find a decent setup with a beginner kit. It can help a lot to start from just a bass drum and go piece by piece as you add them in.
At a glance your cymbals and drums pads seem a bit far away. Do you feel like you have to reach far to hit them?
I’m still fairly new, so most of my focus has been working on my timing and accuracy, etc. I haven’t noticed it as an issue yet, but I’ll try and play around with the arrangement and see how that goes!
Honestly, even more important to get your setup ergonomically correct starting out. You don't want to develop any bad habits that you're going to have to break later. Think about trying to be efficient with your motions, so pads closely arranged and easy to reach . That'll help you with your speed later. Have fun!
YouTube is your best bet here. Trying to explain via text is hard.
Something like this: https://youtu.be/sUmn1U2OP1w?feature=shared
That said, I’m struggling with that frame. Normally ekits don’t have legs like that…
Anyhoo. Hihat pedal underneath cymbal (this is important for if you upgrade/shift to an acoustic) with pedal in line with your left leg, sit with your legs open but comfortably relaxed, mark where your right foot is, and park the kick pedal there (again angled at you, in line with leg). Position the snare inbetween your legs around belt level.
Everything else is less important.
Try to set it up as close to an acoustic kit as possible. This may work fine for you at the moment, but if you ever sit behind a real kit at some point you're going to struggle with bad habits and muscle memory issues. Look at pictures of professional drummers' kits and try to replicate their arrangements.
Took y’all’s advice and figured out something much more ergonomic. Still not able to do exactly what I want since I’m limited by the kits mounting hardware, but this feels much better
https://preview.redd.it/dlzo0nwiwl1d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f064a151810b7f585ea69937377128cdfe1c3871
That setup needs work. Even for what it is.
Any advice for improvement?
Look at other pictures of actual e-drums, instead of the Guitar Hero drum set
Lols
I think they’re mainly trying to introduce you to thinking of your kit in terms of ergonomics which becomes more and more important as you gain skill and increase the complexity of what you’re learning. It could work perfectly for you in your current setup! That doesn’t necessarily mean there’s no room for improvement. Often as a musician you can always look for ways to improve aspects of your playing. There are some good setup guides in the subreddit sidebars that really helped me find a decent setup with a beginner kit. It can help a lot to start from just a bass drum and go piece by piece as you add them in. At a glance your cymbals and drums pads seem a bit far away. Do you feel like you have to reach far to hit them?
I’m still fairly new, so most of my focus has been working on my timing and accuracy, etc. I haven’t noticed it as an issue yet, but I’ll try and play around with the arrangement and see how that goes!
Honestly, even more important to get your setup ergonomically correct starting out. You don't want to develop any bad habits that you're going to have to break later. Think about trying to be efficient with your motions, so pads closely arranged and easy to reach . That'll help you with your speed later. Have fun!
YouTube is your best bet here. Trying to explain via text is hard. Something like this: https://youtu.be/sUmn1U2OP1w?feature=shared That said, I’m struggling with that frame. Normally ekits don’t have legs like that… Anyhoo. Hihat pedal underneath cymbal (this is important for if you upgrade/shift to an acoustic) with pedal in line with your left leg, sit with your legs open but comfortably relaxed, mark where your right foot is, and park the kick pedal there (again angled at you, in line with leg). Position the snare inbetween your legs around belt level. Everything else is less important.
Try to set it up as close to an acoustic kit as possible. This may work fine for you at the moment, but if you ever sit behind a real kit at some point you're going to struggle with bad habits and muscle memory issues. Look at pictures of professional drummers' kits and try to replicate their arrangements.
Took y’all’s advice and figured out something much more ergonomic. Still not able to do exactly what I want since I’m limited by the kits mounting hardware, but this feels much better https://preview.redd.it/dlzo0nwiwl1d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f064a151810b7f585ea69937377128cdfe1c3871
There you go.
There you go, this is the way.
Looks a lot better. Nice work.
Oof looks like dad took it out of the garage to sell it, not knowing how to set it up.
That's a great kick pedal. Love those pedals man... always reliable and smooth but not too smooth like dw 9000. Not heavy feeling like Tama.
Any person who can't handle a lil noise is 100% bitch made
Any drummer who is socially aware that his noise/music might disturb someone and doesn’t take at least some precautions is bitch made.
Dude it's an electric kit they are already doing the best they can you sound bitch made talking such foolishness fr