Roland KT10 First Impressions

Today I’m giving you my quick thoughts on the Roland KT10. At $229, this is priced like a Iron Cobra, so is it worth the price?

Edrums are great because they let you practice and even perform at decent volumes. But some drummers are in such DIRE situations that even an edrum kit can’t save them. The main problem is usually kick volume, so for those desperate drummers, this “silent” kick pedal could be the answer. So I got to use this with a Roland Octapad and a FD9 Hihat pedal. The build quality here is very very good. Even without playing it, you can just see that they used good materials and that it’s solid. A cool thing about this pedal is that it has the extra input on the side, this lets you chain a second pedal to this one. So you can play double kick AND only use one input on the module. When it comes to compact kick pads that are on the quiet side, you have two main options:

Option 1 Yamaha KU100 or the kick pedal on the TD1k. These are as silent as it gets, but they feel like crap unfortunately.

Option 2 is a pad such as the Roland KD7 or Pintech K3 ErgoKick. You use an angled beater with these and they feel great, but they are louder. You still have the leverage of a kick beater hitting a hard surface.

This Roland pedal is like a midway point between the two. It feels decent AND is quieter than a floor mounted kick-pad. Now this is right here is what makes the whole pedal work. It’s a reverse-action trigger. It’s very simple, and in this case that’s a very good thing. Describing the way this pedal feels is tough though. It has a pretty natural feel to it, and is fun to play. But, it does have a tad more resistance than I’d like, I couldn’t really do the hyper fast doubles that I love doing on regular kicks because there isn’t a ton of rebound after the impact. But feel is a tough thing to quantify, because every drummer wants something different out of a kick pedal. I like a more loose kick pedal, so I’ll adjust the springs on my Iron Cobra to that purpose.

OK! Is it worth the price?
I’d say this isn’t for everyone. It’s a premium kick pedal. Not everyone will want to spend $230 on this. But it’s the best in the category it sits in, and it will last a very long time because of how well it’s built. I like it, and think it’s a solid product.
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