After making an inquiry at the post office, I was able to pickup my delivery of this PYLE drum kit (see attached photo).I purchased this as an alternative to trying to create drumbeats using piano keys/and or drum pads on a drum machine. - The problem with these methods are never lined up in the order of an actual drum set... which makes the very awkward to play, for me. - I used to play drums in college, and I was looking for a device/tool that allowed me to play them... in the same fashion.The PYLE Desktop Drumkit comes closest to simulate THAT experience.The drum pads are laid out fairly logically (similar to an actual drumset).However, I had to make a few adjustments:1- The upper left pad was programmed to be OPEN HI-HIT (instead of crash cymbol)2- The upper right pad was programmed to be CRASH cymbol (instead of ride cymbol)3- The lower "middle" pad was programmed to be RIDE cymbol (instead of hi-hat)Saving this setup as a USER drumkit has allowed me to play the PYLE drums similar to an actual drum kit (using the supplied drumsticks that came with the unit).ALSO: Sound quality is pretty decent. - I played around with the individual levels of each sound pad to get the pads to sound more to my liking.___THINGS THAT COULD BE BETTER:I found the supplied drum pedals (that control the hi-hat & the kick drum) to be inconsistent, and unpredictable. With both pads they tended to add extra notes when tapped. - For, instance... when I wanted single notes (hits, of either pedal)... it would trigger "double" or "tripple" notes... when I was only trying to play a single note. - I tried tapping the pedal softer... and rotating the pedals at different angles so that my foot would strike the pedal in different areas of the pedal to try to eliminate the "extra" notes... but nothing that I did seemed to correct the problem. - Will probably look into get different pedals by other manufacturers to see if that will be an effective solution to improving "pedal" playability.As a temporary FIX...I programmed the lower right pad to be KICK drum (instead of the low tom).This seems to be a GOOD temporary fix.Regarding the hi-hat pedal... it doesn't "effectively" produce a splash sound (a sound which is used quite frequently in jazz and R&B music). - So, until I can figure out a way to produce a splash sound with the PYLE drums... I will probably resort to using my keyboard to produce "splash" sounds in my recordings.SPLASH sound: Is the sound that is produced when you got back & forth between the closed & the open hi-hat to create a kind of hissing sound. - A sound which was very OVER-USED during the disco era, but if you listen to any disco era record... you can clearly hear the sound that I am talking about.It's a great sound when used sparingly, and strategically... as a percussion accent.Lastly, I would recommend "touch" sensitivity to the drum pads.For, instance... when you hit an individual drum it has a certain tone, and a certain sound decay.If you hit the drum skin HARD - it produces a LOUDER sound & slightly longer decay.And, when you hit it SOFTER - it produces a SOFTER sound & a quicker decay.Presently, the PYLE pads only have ONE sound regardless of how forceful or less-forceful you strike the pad. (At least, "I" don't hear any noticeable difference.___Hopefully, this review is helpful.P.S. - Thanks to the gentleman who suggested inserting erasers into the drum pedals to get them to work properly.I will definitely give that suggestion a try!!!