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The wait is over for the next generation of musical gaming equipment. Whether you are an aspirant amateur, or a caught up qualified, Ion's award-winning Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set for Xbox 360 lets Rockband players irrevocably jam out with ease, let your inner rockstar come out screaming. 
The Ion Drum Rocker Premium Drum set can be customized to fit your pulse style. View larger. | 
Qualified-grade design allows you to let loose your inner rockstar. View larger. |  | The Ion Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set Features: - Absolutely customized set-up.
- Ultra-silent velocity-understanding drum pads.
- Sturdy, all-metal kick drum pedal.
- Qualified design from Alesis, one of the leading electronic drum manufacturers in the world.
|  | | Game Critics Awards Winner
Rockband, which took the gaming world by storm in late 2007, was followed by the highly-anticipated sequel, Rockband 2 that was unrestricted in September of 2008. With Rockband 2 came Ion's Drum Rocker Set, which promptly took the Game Critics Awards top spot in 2008's Best Peripheral/Hardware category. Qualified-Grade Aluminum Rack and Pads
While other drum controllers force you to use their configuration with a pre-molded, plastic array, the Drum Rocker's qualified-grade aluminum rack lets you spot your snare, tom and cymbal pads the way you want. Not only can you play your hi-hat with a right-hand intersect by placing your cymbals somewhere around your kit, but by mounting your pads to the drum rack with the built-in metal L-arm and clamp system, you can tilt, swivel, raise and lower the cymbals to whatever spot you want. Drum Rocker's velocity-understanding drum pads figure an ultra-silent playing go up and a more natural and consistent stick rebound than your average pad. The pad housing is made of a hi-impact plastic, which means that no matter how much you punish them night after night, they will always be ready for more. The Drum Rocker's all-metal kick drum pedal is also calculated to take abuse. It offers the perfect amount of tension to imitate the feeling of a real drum pedal. And keeping in line with its set-up flexibility, the kick drum pedal comes with Velcro and retractable spikes, allowing you to place it in the most comfortable spot. Go Beyond Gaming into Real Music
Built by the engineers at Alesis, one of the leading manufacturers of qualified electronic drums in the world, the Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set delivers the most realistic pulse encounter unfilled to a gamer. But when you're ready to go from playing the game to playing in a real life, you can swap the game controller module with one of the qualified drum brains made by Alesis, such as their DM5 drum module, or any other drum brain that accepts a quarter-inch output. (Drum modules are sold separately.) And with the option of purchasing a third cymbal, you can round out your kit and go beyond gaming and onto the stage. The Drum Rocker Premium Drum Set is well-matched with both Rockband and Rockband 2 for the Xbox 360.
The Drum Rocker comes with cymbals, kick pedal, and drum pads.
View cymbal, kick pedal, and drum pad. |
What's in the Box:
Aluminum drum rack, 4 drum pads, 2 cymbals, drum pedal, all mounting hardware and connecting cords, and 2 drumsticks.
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 One step closer to real drums... |
| Review Date: September 18, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Timothy D. Stevenson, |
I expected my set via Fed Ex yesterday. Everything was very nicely packaged and labeled in the box. Instructions were built-in but I feel could have been a bit more meticulous. Not that I needed the help but I could see where some people new to setting up electronic drumsets might be a small confused or maybe set it up incorrect.
Setup took maybe 45 synopsis and they supplied a tool to tense up all the bolts on the stand. One thing to note: There is an adjustment at the top of the cymbal stand to keep them from rotating. This adjustment is an allan wrench which they did not grant for me. Luckily I have my own set.
A further thing to watch for... the cymbal holders are held in place with a metal loop with outfit on the end. The wingnuts they supply are very large and the outfit are not that long so I found myself stripping the very end of the outfit trying to get the wingnut on. A trip to the local hardware store fixed this where I bought substitution nylon wingnuts. They are a lot more shallow and tense up down much further on the outfit.
After putting it together and getting everything plugged in I noticed straight away that the pads were incredible. Fantastic rebound and very silent. Single and double stroke rolls are a breeze. The cymbals felt pretty excellent but didn't quite have the same rebound. The kick pedal is really made to simulate a hi hat pedal so I was a small off-place at first but it still works quite well and is lightyears beyond the original stock RB1 pedal. I'm thinking about upgrading to either a Rock Pedal or an Omega Pedal soon. I've read that these will work just fine with the ION.
My first impressions of the kit with the Rock Band 2 game were very excellent. The pads never miss hits but unfortunately the cymbals still drop notes quite frequently. I have read others are having the same problem and I haven't quite figured out yet how to correctly spot and hit them to make them more dependable. Some people recommend striking the edges of them with the stick, some say tense up them down very tight and some say remove the felt padding beneath them. None of these have worked for me yet. It's for this reason that I'm taking into account removing the yellow hi-hat absolutely, unfortunately. It's not fun playing it when it consistently drops hits. I'm taking into account varying it to a blue ride.
I'm an expert RB drummer and ordinarily score around 95-99% on most songs and after a few runs over songs that I'm quite familiar with I find myself having less distress with those passages I couldn't quite get right because of controller situation. My first try at Tom Sawyer on my new kit yielded gold stars and place me in the 16th spot on the leaderboard. I was nicely surprised with this seeing how I'd never been in the top 500 before.
This is an brilliant buy if you have the money and want to take your Rock Band pulse to the next level and maybe go on to a real kit.
Edit: 9/23/08 - Well the Nylon wingnuts held for one or two moves but I finished up replacing the nut within the plastic wingnut. A simple 6mm 1.00 hex nut fixed the problem. I will probably replace all the stock nuts just to be safe. Still Like this kit! I've tweaked the setup a few times but I reckon I irrevocably have one that I like. |
How much fun is this thing??
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| Review Date: December 12, 2008 |
| Reviewer: M. Winter, |
| I prearranged these on December 9th (in the sundown) and thanks to a free trial of Amazon Prime, I got it shipped next day for just $3.99. Anyway I expected them today and......WOW!!!! This peripheral single-handedly has made Rock Band FUN again!!! It's a absolutely different encounter than the standard drum kit. The secret code add a level of sensibleness that could not come close to being achieved with the standard kit. There is a culture curve, as the secret code will confuse you at times (when to hit them vs when to use the fixed pads,) but it's fun figuring it out! The kick pedal is very excellent (way better than the one that comes with Rock Band and Rock Band 2, but not as excellent as the Omega Pedal.) It does take a while, took me about 30 synopsis, to set up out of the box. There are wires going everywhere, one from each drum pad/symbol, to a inner hub but you can zip-tie the cords up so it doesn't look like a rats nest. The kit can be set up to your liking as all the drum pads and the secret code are go-able. The pads themselves are more silent and give more "bounce" than the rock band kit as well. Over all this is a very excellent drum kit, I have been playing Rock Band for nearly 1 year, got to the point where I could play about 1/2 of the 250+ songs on expert so I have place a lot of time in on the ancient kit. I like the Drum Rocker and am looking forwards to hours and hours of fun using it!!! The BEST kit on the market for playing Rock Band/Guitar Hero World Tour! |
Fantastic!
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| Review Date: December 13, 2008 |
| Reviewer: piq, |
In a nutshell, this is a fantastic electronic drum kit for Rock Band. It's worth picking up if you have skill and the drums and want to advance to the next level.
Some notes before starting out:
- When I equate the Ion Drum Rocker to the standard Rock Band kit, I am referring to the original R.B. drum kit, not the R.B.2 kit
- I have the Rock Pedal (which works for this kit with a simple 1/8 to 1/4 adapter) and will not discuss the pedal that comes with this kit (though it seems more responsive than the standard pedal)
- I have been a "Rock Band drummer" for about 10 months, and can play unevenly 75% of the songs on Expert
Let me give reasons for some specifics about this kit via a pros/cons list:
PROS
1) Drum pad placement. Lots of flexibility to go drums pads around--change the angle, height, and placement on the bar. You can set the four pads to wherever is most comfortable for you. The L-shaped rod under each pad gives you some flexibility in height.
2) Noise reduction. The drum pads are much quieter than the standard Rock Band kit. (There are some YouTube videos that demonstrate this, and it is a noticeable difference.)
3) Understanding pads. The drum pads are velocity understanding and also have more 'bounce' to them than the standard kit.
4) Simple adjustments. The kit comes with a drum key (an allen wrench, really) that lets you make every adjustment that needs to be made.
5) Cymbals. Come on, you really want this to have the cymbals, right? :> The cymbals are also silent and really add to your enjoyment when playing. It also makes you focus more closely on what's going on in the music (not just blinding striking the blue pad lacking noticing whether you're striking a tom or a ride cymbal).
CONS
1) Cymbal placement. Well, it's okay, but you're a bit more restricted when it comes to placement and angle. The kit comes with a small (~12") bar and a longer (~24"-30") bar, so you have some flexibility in height. The drums give you more freedom of placement.
2) Ships with two cymbals. You can order the third for $50, though.
3) No option for a fourth, or "red" cymbal. Some songs ("Run to the Hills" or "Rio" amongst others) have you hit the red pad as a cymbal, but there's no option to plug a cymbal into a "red" input. Not a huge problem, just a tad harsh (I'm really more annoyed at the RB programmers for ever rotary the red snare drum into a cymbal!).
4) Larger/Bulkier than the original RB kit. Or maybe this is a con. :> It's not too much larger, but it is heavier and a small trickier to go.
As a sidenote, I have not had any problems with the cymbals dropping 'quick' notes (mine are set to Ride/Blue and Crash/Green currently, so I haven't tried the Hi-Hat/Yellow).
Overall, the pros vastly outweigh the cons. These seem to be very high-feature drums, and it adds to the challenge of pulse when you have to differentiate between cymbals and toms when you're playing! If you are really into Rock Band pulse, I highly recommend this kit.
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First Drum Kit Ever
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| Review Date: October 1, 2008 |
| Reviewer: T. Countryman, FPO, AP United States |
I expected my kit yesterday and set it up with small issues:
Is Excellent things:
-Setup took about 45 synopsis and this is the first kit I have ever even touched.
-Drums are very responsive as well as the cymbals.
-Very customizable and versatile for any setup
-Kick Pedal is a lot simpler to use and keep up beats on than the stock pedal
-Packing for materials was very nice (ION box NOT Amazons!), as I live in Japan and use military postal air force our post do not always arrive in a "safe" state
-I did not have an issue with the provided wingnuts luckly, but I have not taken the kit apart yet.
Is Not So Excellent Things:
-Requires you to have an allen wrench on hand as the kit does not supply (even though it states it is in the parts checklist)
-Some people seem to have issues with the cymbals and there is a forum on the site to help/address this issue. http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82452
-Kick pedal seems to be sticking on double bass hits. This may be due to the fact that the spring has a lot of glue on it that was used to manufacture the pedal.
-Takes up a lot of living room real-estate and does not compact to a decent Storage space space size with out taking it apart.
All in all this kit is awe-inspiring, addicting, and well worth the money to buy it. It has made the game even more fun than ever. |
Like the set - Might not work with Guitar Hero: World Tour
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| Review Date: October 27, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Daniel Harp, Texas |
First, I like this set. It's been sturdy and dependable so far.
I wanted to note here that it might not work with Guitar Hero World Tour though.
It seems when you hit a cymbal on the ION kit, GH:WT registers it as a hit on that color AND "orange", thereby together with as a miss-hit and reseting your score multiplier.
I use the Omega pedal, which works fantastic with the set (just needs a 1/8th to 1/4th adapter) though it needs a touch to be anchored against so it doesn't creep away from you as you play.
I've also found that super-glueing the four feet to the base of the set helps tremendously in stability.
UPDATE: It seems Activision has patched Guitar Hero: World Tour so it now recognizes the Ion Drum Rocker kit properly. |
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