As Black Friday weekend turns into Cyber Monday, now’s the time to pounce on this ‘if money was no object’ V-Drums set from Roland
Roland’s TD716 saw the brand turn the corner we’ve all been waiting for when it was released in 2024. Finally, an electronic drum set from Roland that features sounds so good, you really won’t need a computer. But it does come at a premium price. Thankfully, it’s our job to hunt Big Game product deals as well as the stocking fillers, and this Black Friday electronic drum kit deal is one of the biggest out there.
The TD716 is a pro-level V-Drums setup, featuring a six-piece drum pad configuration with two crash cymbals, a ride and hi-hats. It’s all centered around the excellent V71 module – the most powerful drum brain Roland has ever created with next-level sound generation, a colour screen, digital pad compatibility and lots, lots more.
Next-level sounds
The V71 module takes the drum module rulebook at burns it to the ground. These aren’t the unsatisfying on-board samples you’re used to. Instead, they’re multi-mic’d, multi-sampled acoustic drum sounds captured in pro studios. Plus you can expand it with Roland Cloud, which gives you access to beautifully captured kits ported from DW Soundworks, beamed straight into the module’s memory banks.
There’s Roland’s best-ever dynamic response from ghost notes to rimshots, all draped in controllable, real room ambience for the most authentic drum sounds you’ve ever heard from a Roland module.
Best-in-class triggering
Every person and their Alesis Nitro Pro has access to mesh heads these days. But Roland invented the technology, and has continued to refine it. Here we get the dual-ply Roland blueprint across the board, but under the hood there’s more.
The PD14DSX digital snare is nothing short of mind-blowing, complete with its positional-sensing, digital snare strainer and throwoff. Yes, you can turn the snare wires off mechanically just as you would on a real drum.
Market-leading electronic cymbals
Meanwhile, the cymbal pads are all cutting-edge too. The VH14D digital hi-hats are full-size, can differentiate between two hands, and respond more naturally than any other hi-hat pad on the market. It’s a similar story with the CY-18DR digital ride cymbal, which offers three realistic playing zones (edge, bow, bell) in a decent-size format, with playing articulations so nuanced, you can even use your finger to mute it!