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Item Weight

9 pounds

Product Dimensions

23.75 x 7.1 x 16.25 inches

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B0044WVOJ6

Item model number

DD65 PAK

Batteries

6 C batteries required.

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#134,500 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Date First Available

September 30, 2010

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Yamaha DD65 Portable Digital Drums

Designed from a drummer's point of view, the DD-65 features eight touch-sensitive pads, two drum pedals, and AUX IN for playing along with your MP3 player.

Drummer-Friendly And Stylish

The drummer-friendly and stylish design of the Yamaha DD-65 marks a transition to a more professional and versatile digital-drumming instrument. AUX IN jack lets you connect an MP3 player and play along with your favorite music or load MIDI songs from the Internet into the internal Flash ROM memory and play along.

Wide Variety Of Stereo-Sampled Voices

New stereo-sampled voices, a wide variety of percussion sounds from all over the world, a bass boost system, and digital stereo processing give the DD-65 an irresistible, thundering beat. The panel includes intuitive features that are easy to operate. For example, select the Hand Percussion mode and the kit automatically switches to percussion voices like congas and bongos. With its powerful features, this product is no toy. Anyone can enjoy it.

Features

8 touch-sensitive drum pads allow expressive playing
AUX IN jack for connecting and playing along with an MP3 player
Tempo control using Tap Start
Hand percussion mode with Latin drums allows playing with hands
254 GM compatible voices assignable to any pad
Two assignable foot pedals included for kick, hi-hat, or any other voice
100 built-in songs for learning and playing along
50 programmed drum kits and custom kits
32-note polyphony
Reverb and Master EQ
Large 3-digit LED shows selection
Record your own songs (up to 5 in memory at one time)
MIDI in/out for computer connectivity
Headphone jack
Stereo speakers with bass port provide great sound quality

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Yamaha DD65 Electronic Drum Pad Premium Package

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Key features:

8 Touch-sensitive drum pads allow expressive playing
AUX in jack for connecting and playing along with an MP3 player
Tempo control using Tap Start
Hand percussion mode with Latin drums allows playing with hands
254 GM compatible Voices assignable to any pad

This bundle gives you everything that you need right out of the box! Included are a pair of professional closed cup headphones, power supply, drum pedals, and a pair of drum sticks. The drummer-friendly and stylish design of the Yamaha DD-65 marks a transition to a more professional and versatile digital-drumming instrument. The aux in jack lets you connect an mp3 player and play along with your favorite music or load midi songs from the internet into the internal flash rom memory and play along. With new stereo-sampled voices, a wide variety of percussion sounds from all over the world, a bass boost system and digital stereo processing give the DD-65 an irresistible, thundering beat. The panel includes intuitive features that are easy to operate. for example, select the hand percussion mode and the kit automatically switches to percussion voices like congas and bongos. With its powerful features, this is no toy. Anyone can enjoy it.

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4 out of 5

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Customers like the quality, sound quality, value, size and ease of use of the musical instruments. For example, they mention it's an excellent little digital drum set, the on-board speakers are decent and the multi sound effects keep it very interesting. They appreciate the compact size and portability.

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85 customers mention63 positive22 negative

Customers like the quality of the musical instruments. They say it's a good unit, excellent little digital drum set, and works well as a MIDI controller. Some say the headphones are great and it'll give you realistic 'live drummer' results on your tracks.

"...This thing feels well built and the sound quality is great...." Read more

"...I didn't expect much more, though. It works fine for single kicks (say on the one and three in a basic 4/4 rock pattern), but if you need a double..." Read more

"...I've recently purchased BFD Eco and it works really well with the DD65...." Read more

"...I find this very, very useful. I can play patterns over and over for practice without wasting time...." Read more

75 customers mention57 positive18 negative

Customers like the sound quality of the musical instruments. They mention that the sound is great, the drums are very responsive, and the on-board speakers are decent. They also appreciate the multi sound effects that keep it very interesting. The product is quiet enough with headphones and is useful for just hearing what it sounds like. Customers also say that the kits sound convincing and the built in learning tools are great.

"...They got a great break-beat / old skool hip hop set. The acoustic set is good too, especially considering the price.-Midi..." Read more

"...The sound quality of the drum sets is quite good...." Read more

"...For the price, they have a nice sound. They are incredibly gratifying to play...." Read more

"...recorded in a professional environment so needless to say the sounds are amazing...." Read more

32 customers mention32 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the value of the musical instruments. They mention that it's a great package deal and worth the wait. Some say that it is a small investment and a good inexpensive way to improve rhythm.

"...Well, still a good price for what you get though...." Read more

"...Well worth the money and lot's of fun. 4 stars instead of 5 because the pedals included are horrible." Read more

"...Glad I kept it, the extra work and expense was worth the wait. I gave it four stars judging it as a stand-alone unit." Read more

"...All in all, great for the price and I don't regret my purchase." Read more

25 customers mention19 positive6 negative

Customers like the size of the musical instruments. For example, they say it's durable, compact enough to store out of the way, and portable. Some mention that it takes up very little space. That said, most say it is an amazing portable drum set for its low-priced, high quality.

"...-FeelAlthough the "High-Hat" sits above the snare, its not so cluttered that it ruins your ability to play...." Read more

"...You may also appreciate the light weight, and portability...." Read more

"...It sounds like having a full size kit right in my bedroom studio.The pad triggers work about 99% of the time...." Read more

"...In fact, some of the pads are very small. And they seem fairly insensitive. I have to really rap them hard even with the sensitivity set to maximum...." Read more

18 customers mention18 positive0 negative

Customers find the musical instruments easy to use. They say the controls are simple and intuitive, making the transition to playing easier. They also appreciate the great features for beginners, such as songs to play along with, sound banks, aux inputs, and headphone jacks. Customers also mention that the ports allow them to plug easily into other equipment.

"...It has clamp slots for any snare drum stand. That means that it looks like a real piece of kit, with my drum throne and a snare stand...." Read more

"...It is getting easier to play each day, but it will be some time before I can play it as well as I play an acoustic kit...." Read more

"...There are positives however: it has a very nice sound, ports for use with a snare drum stand, and a very diverse song database for learning the art..." Read more

"...This kit is very, very easy to use in it's standard configuration. There are 128 presets of various type kits that you can choose from...." Read more

18 customers mention18 positive0 negative

Customers find the musical instruments fun to play, with lots of settings to play around with for recording or just trying new effects. They also say it's gratifying to play with multi sound effects that keep it very interesting. Customers also say the instruments are very portable, great for gigging, and a cool toy. Overall, customers say it’s a great set for a kid or someone wanting to learn to play on.

"...-SoundsSounds are okay. They got a great break-beat / old skool hip hop set...." Read more

"...I admit, I am actually kind of taken with them myself...a lot of fun to play! For the price, they have a nice sound...." Read more

"...Well worth the money and lot's of fun. 4 stars instead of 5 because the pedals included are horrible." Read more

"...speakers don't sound as good as the ear buds, but are great for playing some licks for your friends. Plug it into a PA and you can rock the house...." Read more

19 customers mention13 positive6 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the drum pads. Some mention that they have nice response and good sensitivity, and provide adequate feedback. However, others say that it takes more effort to play and is much harder for them to play than an acoustic set.

"...These pads have nice response and good sensitivity with the added bonus of being able to set the sensitivity to hand drums which is really fun for a..." Read more

"...The Good:- The DD-65 is more responsive than I would have thought...." Read more

"...high-hat and bass drum (or whatever you assign to them) are really difficult to use.I used it for awhile propped up on a table...." Read more

"...The good news...it sends proper midi data and you can change the midi note numbers for each pad...." Read more

17 customers mention0 positive17 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the pedal quality of the musical instruments. They mention that the pedals are not great, horrible, and basic. Some say that the cymbal and bass drum pedals were useless, and the hi-hat pedal was not super responsive.

"...- The pedals suck...." Read more

"...4 stars instead of 5 because the pedals included are horrible." Read more

"...The pedals aren't great, but they work and definitely help me build muscle/memory for hitting the pedals at the right times...." Read more

"...Some minor things to consider:* The pedals will only allow so much response. Forget fancy John Bonham styled footwork...." Read more

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M Shaw

Great little drum pad!

Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2013

Style: DD65 Premium PackVerified Purchase

The best thing about this set for one is the fact that when you hammer on one drum the one next to it almost never goes off. With my previous pad that was all one rubber piece with little grooves separating the pads I was constantly finding that I was triggering neighboring pads when hitting one which was a royal pain in the bee hive. These pads have nice response and good sensitivity with the added bonus of being able to set the sensitivity to hand drums which is really fun for a twist and a tribal feel.

This thing feels well built and the sound quality is great. You can program each pad to play any one of the over 200 sounds so the combination potentials are awesome. I really like the layout of the pads and how the hi hat ones are angled toward you which gives it more of a real drum pad feel. I wouldn't mind of the pads were all a bit bigger but you get used to them. The only real complaint I have is the fact that you can NOT individually adjust each pad's volume which I think is the one oversight that tempts me to give this a 4 star rating. For me it's not an issue because I am line in recording each layer I play so I can adjust volume individually in my music recording software.

Overall, I highly recommend this little beauty if you line in record to music software or if you do not need to crank the volume for big sound. Otherwise plan on needing to record some of the toms and kick drum sounds separately at lower volumes.

If you plan on rocking this just by itself plan on getting some serious speakers that can really handle the big kick sounds because they send out way too much bass for small speakers which become easily distorted. The built in speakers are good but not for serious cranking. Again, individual volume control for each pad was a mistake not to add in with this thing because it limits its use somewhat for some people.

The foot buttons work pretty good once you get used to them but as stated in another review, plan on taping them to a hard covered book or something if you have carpeting.

If you want to see video reviews just you tube this model and check it out.

I really like it for my use until some day I can upgrade to an expensive mesh set for 10 times this price. But ouch! Wow just a sec?? I just noticed the price of this thing jumped like 12 bucks since I purchased it a few days ago. Well, still a good price for what you get though.

By the way-this DOES come with the power adapter and drum sticks along with the foot buttons and headphones so the picture is mis leading but only in the fact that the pedals look different than the ones displayed. They are more of a foot button and not a pedal. Other than that everything it comes with is exactly as shown minus the foam head.

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Gorgatron

Just What I Needed

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2012

Style: DD65Verified Purchase

Since moving to the city, I've always needed a way to record and practice drums that wouldn't anger my neighbors or keep my girlfriend up at night. Of course, there are much more elaborate solutions to this problem: say a Roland V-drum setup with nice mesh heads, but those take up space... which is also at a premium. I have enough trouble convincing my girlfriend that all of my guitars, pedals, and amps are necessary so bringing a larger electronic kit into our place would have put me into the dog house.

That's reason enough, but there's more. No matter what bands I play in, I always have a Robert Pollard bent: a capacity to write endless songs that I want to record and/or use one day. Normally, all my solo projects in the last four years get drum machine work or stock loops and, honestly, that's time consuming. I'm not exactly Buddy Rich, but I have played drums since high school and it always bothers me that I resort to loops or hand programmed drum machine patterns when I could just sit down and play it faster.

At some point, I started using a MIDI pad to try and play beats, in real time, with my hand. That wasn't always responsive, so I switched to using a keyboard controller. That worked, but felt very weird and was tiresome on longer songs.

(Insert Ronco "There has to be a better way!")

After a discussion (rounds of whiskey) with an old friend, he suggested the electronic drum route. "Well, I thought of that, but it's expensive for gear I'd only use at home and it takes up too much space." "There are other electronic drum kits..." He pointed me at the Yamaha DD-55 and the Alesis Performance Pad. They don't make the DD-55 anymore and I'd read enough long term reviews of Alesis (plus my foray into desktop MIDI with one of their touch pads) to know that there was probably another route.

After searching and wallet querying, I decided to pull the trigger on the DD-65 and I'm quite pleased.

The Good:

- The DD-65 is more responsive than I would have thought. You can find the line between a light and a hard hit, if you play around, and just memorizing where that threshold is enables you to get lighter or heavier hits.
- The kits sound decent. That is actually a big compliment. My personal recordings are noisy guitar, lo-fi affairs and I don't care to have a super realistic drum tone. If a drum machine was good enough for Big Black, Rapeman, the first Jesus Lizard EP, etc I think I can get by with not-quite realistic sounding drums... of course if you have a D/A box with MIDI or some other MIDI hookup, you can get much nicer sounds (though the trigger velocity may not be as nice as fancier units).
- The layout is pretty good... though I'd rather have fewer pads.
- The bounce is good, but it improved greatly when I used some heavier sticks I had laying around. Night and day, actually. Throw those sticks that come with it in the trash.
- It has clamp slots for any snare drum stand. That means that it looks like a real piece of kit, with my drum throne and a snare stand. Even good "electronic" drums look like something shoddy with their goofy frames. Sort of a "electronic toy meets Walmart desk" kind of thing. This actually looks less silly, but that's rather subjective, eh?

The Bad:

- The pedals suck. They work and are surprisingly touch sensitive (I can get two-three different sounds out of the bass drum, depending on how hard I stomp on the pedal). Yet, many times the bass drum doesn't get consecutive hits and it's really hard to "feel" your kicks like you do with a real bass drum. I didn't expect much more, though. It works fine for single kicks (say on the one and three in a basic 4/4 rock pattern), but if you need a double hit, it may miss one. Surprise. The whole shebang is less than $250, so what were you expecting? I'm buying a proper bass drum trigger and a new bass drum pedal (I sold my actual drum gear many moons ago) and I'm going to pick up either the Roland or the Yamaha hi-hat controller (not the "real hat" setup, which would be nice, but too big for my little office). The hi hat pedal sometimes stays open too long when I'm playing fast and want that "tsh tsh" sound of a temporary open hat ala a disco beat.
- The second crash sensor (this is the sensor between the right most, "floor tom" and the ride in the top right corner) needs to be lowered in sensitivity in the settings. I don't know if I got a wonky unit, but when I do rolls on the floor tom, it sometimes goes off. Meh. It's not the end of the world.
- It doesn't remember all my settings when I restart. That's just odd.
- You have to buy a power adapter. I'd rather pay $15 and just have it in the box.

All in all, I really can't complain. For my lo-fi recording needs, it works perfectly. Recommendations for users: order a stand alone bass drum trigger. Any will work. Then buy a real bass drum pedal. For the hi hat, do the same. You can go crazy and get a "real feel hi hat", which has a stand and costs more than this unit, or just a pedal. Use heavier sticks than you would think. This puts a bit more energy into each hit, which will make the sticks bounce back more, though it will give you a louder "hit" than you may want.

Don't expect real drum feel nor real drum sounds and you won't be disappointed. If you can actually play, though, this will get your ideas down and works fine for practice (and recordings, depending on what you're after). When I was young I'd often complain to my father about the quality of my guitar or my violin and he'd admonish me and remind me that an instrument does not make a great musician. Genius works with what's available. I take that maxim to heart.

For $215 (or whatever it's going for now) you will be hard pressed to find a better way to record drums on the cheap (this is assuming you have all the other tools you will need), much less something this solid and reliable (warts aside).

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