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I've been a big fan of the NAMM show for years, so I get the latest product release information. That is how I heard about Aerodrums. I bought the system (Aerodrums and Sony Playstation Eye Camera) from Amazon for a total of $178US. It came in 2 days (Am Prime) and I set it up on a desktop Window7 64 bit with i7 and NVidia graphics card. Works great. I've ordered a laptop with graphics card so I can gig with this as I improve my chops. It is both alike and unlike physical drums to play. Mostly, since it appears to have been designed by a drummer, is it like physical drums. Where it differs is that the precise height at which the drumstick reverses direction is not critical - it's as if the height of the drum skin can be where you want it. Similarly, the pedals 'move with me' left-to-right within a limited range. The sound is great, the samples are realistic enough, and I detect NO latency or delay issues.I play in 3 bands every week. I will introduce Aerodrums at one of my gigs soon, when I feel sufficiently confident and I have my laptop based system functional and I'm sufficiently familiar with it. I think that is the ultimate test - can you gig professionally with it?I hope to provide a further 'performance-honed' review in the future. Naturally, I'm imagining how the audience will respond - I've had a few neighbors and friends drop by to watch me drum and of course they are blown away. It really looks quite cool to see the apparent consistency and presence of the invisible drums. Now that I'm familiar with the system, I've tried turning off the computer monitor and just playing my Aerodrums 'in the air' only, which has helped my technique - similar in a way to turning off the lights while playing traps or piano or guitar - a good practice to hone one's technique.For recording, a MIDI output will be great, and this is promised by the developer. But I think this system will work as it is for performance. Of course, as a 'game' or a 'play-around-at-home' kind of thing, it is fine. However, I really DO think it is up to the rigors of public performance! And in case you were wondering, I have no connection at all to the developers, programmers or inventors or the company, and I paid full price for my system.In a jazz band I used to play in, the leader used to say 'everyone in the band laughs at the drummer' because the drummer is the first to arrive, takes a long time to set up, and is the last to leave because take-down takes so long. Not so with this system, as the 'teaser' video from Aerodrums shows so well.

I for one was pretty exited to get this product, I saw an ad for it online and I was sold. It’s a great idea. As a drummer this was a dream come true, being able to air drum at any time and have sound coming out. Yes please.Despite the big price of $199 plus shipping going to about a total of $210 US i bit the bullet and decided to go ahead and buy it.What I got was so disappointing I might as well chuck em in the trash. For starters, the sounds coming with the software are weak. I wasn’t expecting a pearl masters drum kit sound but what you get is the equivalent of the drum sounds you get in a iPhone garage band app playing with your fingers.Setting it up is a pain, you have to connect a web camera along with a light to your computer. And find a right place for it so it reads you.You have to make sure no other light is around which is already is a pain in itself and then pretty much hope the whole thing aligns Correctly. If you have a laptop like I do, then good luck for all the cables become in your way of your drumming and you feel like your trying to drum in a spider web in a dark room with a bright light in your face with cheap 3D like sunglasses that feel just like a bigger nousance.Once your set up, the latency and the hits are constantly misread and playing alone becomes a chore to make sure you don’t move around to much so the camera reads your hits, or if there is a small light in the background That messes up the camera that reads your hits and now every time you strike your right hand for a ride you hear a top Tom every time.Aside from everytime you want to hit your snare you hear a Tom or a crash sound, the program doesn’t let you play along to any music in your iTunes to play along with, defeating the whole purpose on air drumming along to your favorite songs. So the whole time your hearing crappy drum sounds, drumming with cables around you, feeling boxed in so the camera reads your hits and with a bright light in your face with paper sunglasses that feel so cheap it makes you wonder where those 199$ really went too, You end up just feeling un inspired, un satisfied and with a slight headache to go with all of it.I’m not the type of person to usually write reviews let along a negative one, but I am so pissed off and feel i got jipped out of 210$ that could have gone to anything else that I felt compelled to write this review. I gave it one star for the fast shipping that is more to amazon itself. Then the actual aerodrums.If you have 200$ around to spare and don’t mind a pain staking set up and thin drum sounds go with it sure, go ahead and buy it and knock your self out.But if you are on the border to buy this and are looking for a quality product, stay away and stick to actual air drumming itself that is way cheaper. (Whatever your sticks are worth) and funner. or save for a electronic drum kit. or build a kit out of pillows or pads which will be way more satisfying.It’s a great idea in itself but this product or the technology itself is not there at all. i wish I known this before and would have saved myself 200$.