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(More customer reviews)I bought one of the 'standard' wavedrums a while ago. Although I knew that a electronic drum would never really replace an acoustic hand drum, what I saw of the wavedrum convinced me that it had a lot of potential. I have enjoyed it immensely, and it has proved itself very useful. My main music type that I play is kind of a world fusion type, as well as Christian worship (contemporary obviously, but more in the vein of Kevin Prosch or Misty Edwards than standard Christian music. Spontaneous at times, incorporating several kinds of genres and instruments). The wavedrum fit in perfectly. Before, I had my whole set up at big events.. often times a drum set with a doumbek, some types of cajons, a riq, djembe, and a jingled darbuka handy nearby incase I wanted them. In set up B, I used a special cajon with a microphone I placed inside, and some of the same hand drums. Both set ups were a LOT to carry. The wavedrum has allowed me to lighten the load. The oriental even more so, because those added features really pack a punch.
Now like I said, the wavedrum is NOT a replacement for any of these drums, and I don't think it was intended to be. If you are a doumbek prodigy, you're going to play a real doumbek. The subtle technique used in those instruments is just something you need the real thing for if that's what your primary goal is. However, the wavedrum does emulate things very well. Better than any other electronic drum I've seen. I can get doum, tek, and ka depending on how I strike the drum in the 'doumbek' wavedrum algorithms. And the added algorithms and PCM sounds over in the Oriental over the original wavedrum are even more expressive. If you're not a world hand drum virtuoso trying to be a virtuoso, and you play many of these instruments live on a regular basis, I'd really look into this.
That being said, if you want the best from this, you will have to learn to tweak the sounds. It's not that hard, it's just time consuming. I started to recreate all the sounds that I wasn't too fond of, and tweak the ones I was fond of to improve them. I've found the chimes and cymbal/jingle effects are very high quality in the oriental, and I keep finding myself adding them into many of the sounds! It's getting ridiculous.
If you're going to buy a wavedrum, get this one over the original. It is worth it, particularly if you like Arabic/eastern percussion. Or, if you're a serious performer who already has the original, you could do what I did and use this in conjunction with it. You hook up 2 via the headphone out of one, and the aux in of the other (provided you turn up the aux in volume on the receiving wavedrum). It has proven very useful to me, and many people who hear some of the incredible embellished sounds it can make are just blown away.
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