Alesis Nitro Mesh Kit 4-stars Reviews

Amazing beginner e-drum kit

Look, it’s a beginner drum kit.

I play bass for 10 years and guitar for 6. I decided to learn something new to keep myself occupied.

I didn’t want to spend too much money because I didn’t know if I’m gonna like it, and I decided for this kit because it was in the middle of all the other ones sold here.

Assembly: Everything came nicely packed in a box, and with instructions assembly was easy.

Quality: It’s a bit wonky, not gonna lie. Make sure you tighten everything, but it will still be a bit unstable. It won’t fall but it will be wonky.

Bass drum pedal has a lot of sway, which is fine for a cheaper e kit, but just giving you heads up.

I only had problem once in a month that I had it, the hi hat didn’t register my drumming, but I just restarted the kit and it worked.

Features: It has bunch of drum sounds and you can connect it to a PC. Not much I can say about this.

Playability: The drum heads are a bit small. If you got used to big heads, this will need a but of getting used to. They are super quiet tho. Foot pedal isn’t. Put some kind of matt under the pedal and it will be quiet. Otherwise it is all quite close to one another so you don’t have to move much, but you need time to get used to it.

Sound: Sounds like drums.

I would say there is no choke on the crash, but everything else is perfectly fine. Whoever you buy it for, kid, yourself to learn or whatever, you will be happy with this kit. It’s super fun entry to drums. Learn on this for a year or two and then switch to something more expensive.

love it!

The Alesis Nitro Mesh Kit offers exceptional playability, with responsive mesh heads providing a realistic drumming experience. Packed with a plethora of features, it stands out for its versatility and functionality. While the sound quality is commendable, leaning towards the medium range, the overall build and quality of the drums are impressive, ensuring a durable and reliable kit for drum enthusiasts.

Kid has been very happy

Bought a set for starting drummer for his first set. Since acoustic drums were out of question we browsed through multiple cheaper sets and ended to Alesis Nitro Mesh.

Drummer has been Very happy with the set and he can use it with ease. And even though there are coutless hours of usage, haven’t had any issues with the set.

Impressive

Not a top-notch one, but nonetheless can give u the sound u are looking for. Very engaging to use. For the price, its really worth it.

Good

It is a good edrum for small performance ,home use,anf studio .you cant definetly use it. I recomend you tou use it a good product . Better off bold it to the ground and it will be better . And also good price

Great kit, needs a bigger snare

My first edrum kit after having only played on acoustic my whole life.

Starting off the build is OK for the money. You get what you pay for.

The pads do not go very high off the rack so you can't easily build an acoustic spaced set out of the box. The rack also moves slightly when played, but this is really not bad enough to be a problem. I put my kit on memory foam yoga mats, up against the wall. This way it dampens the noises into the wood floor nicely and the kick does not slide. No need for expensive isolated drum mats. The kick pedal feels fine and the hi-hat pedal feels like air, but it does the job. The main features of this kit are full mesh heads, the kick tower and a decent module.

The mesh heads are excellent and tunable to tightness. Feels real enough to me! I have been playing daily since it arrived. The drawback is the head rims are rather thick, so you have to angle the pads more to use a natural stroke while not hitting that massive rim on the 8" pads. I've also used a spare snare stand to help with positioning, because the big-rim-small-pad problem is worst on the snare. I feel like I will upgrade to something 10" on the snare very soon. The cymbals are very basic, and the pinch-mute does not really work unless you get the exact spot. It all does the job. They do tend to come loose while playing, so grab some loctite.

On the drum module.

I did some playing along with external music, the built-in demo jam songs, I created some custom kits, once you read the manual everything is easy to find and the buttons on the interface feel surprisingly good. I'm very satisfied with the features, external input works great. The headphone amp could use a little more oompf, so I'm using a spare amp for the headphones. The sound of the kit is very nice, not too artificial and you can customize all the sounds pretty well.

Concluding. Yes, this is the cheapest kit with mesh heads and a kick tower I could buy. Yes, it works great and you can tune everything to be near perfect for you with a little bit of patience. I highly recommend this for drummers like me who have experience playing, and just need something to practice in their apartment. For completely new drummers, it should be great too.

.Loving it, great for price

Liked it a lot, the pad material is better than I expected. Only two things I didn't like is that I haven't found sounds that I really like, and that the assembly was a bit complicated to figure out. Other than that great buy!

Good option for price range

For this price range, it is a good option

Good set to start with

Only thing I don't like is how it's hard to control the Hi-Hat controller, but it's fun to edit the user kits.

Good stuff

It's good. But I recommend to everybody, look for a drum set in a store, not online.

good drums!

I bought these drums to record demos and they do it well! I want to add that the kick pad is not quite suitable for playing with a double pedal, some hits disappear or are quiet, but in general everything sounds OK.

"United parcel service" punched through the box where the module was inside. Fortunately, the module was not damaged!

drum kit for my 6yo son

the drum kit is nice for the price

there is only one minor problem with the attachment of the snare drum which after a while gets loosen and screws need to be tighten.

nice sounds for the price

decent pedal

it's aight for beginners

pretty good honestly wouldn't ask much more for the price. buy it if you're starting out

Great for practice and jam sessions

I use these drums for both practice and jamming with friends. Plug your over the ear headphones or some acoustic system, and you will get an good response from the drums. The kicking and drum hitting can be heard in adjacent rooms, but it's a minor inconvenience for others.

The playability is great. My friend, who is an actual drummer, suggested these, as they give the same feel, as playing acoustic drums. When I sat down at acoustic drums, I was quite adjusted to them, thanks to Mesh Kit.

Features, are good, I can plug my headphones and practice rudiments with the built in metronome, which is so-so, but for practice, it gets the job done. You get the set in the picture, and some drum sticks. I recommend buying a drum throne and some monitoring headset for these drums. You can hook up your laptop with this set, using USB type-a to type-b cable (not included) and use them as a MIDI input device, on your favorite drum software. Also, the Line-In allows you to hook up your phone or other audio player and play along your favorite tracks, using simple audio cable.

Sound seems synthetic, although it's not that bad, but you can clearly hear the difference on acoustic drums. There are about 20 built in presets, of which I personally use 5 of these. I mostly practice to play rock/metal in far future, as drums is not my primary instrument of choice,

On quality, I must say, that this is a very well built kit. When you get it together, it will stay that way, dont forget to use the cable ties, some of them are actually included in the set. Also, don't forget to use carpet which sticks to Hook-and-loop (velcro). The pedals are already equipped with the sticky hook part and together with a quality carpet, you won't have any unnecessary movement.

On other notes, I was surprised on how little space the drum set uses. This is perfect for an apartment building. And from what I have heard, It's easy to pack this drums up, after playing and put them somewhere, where it won't bother anyone.

good for practice and recording drum tracks

very useful when practicing silently and recording drum tracks. Nice preset kits and playability. For the price it is really a good deal.

A very good starting point for beginners!

I choosen to purchase the Alesis Nitro Mesh Kit after a long research on the net. I am an absolute beginners but found the kit very comfortable. The 8" pads are a little small (so I read many negative opinions) but I think they are otherwise useful to learn immediatly to hit drum in a very precise spot! The rack is a little shallow so it is not so easy to find the same position like in an acoustic drumset (I am 1:80 mt. tall) but anyway you can play comfortable. Sounds are great. Moreover you can select among a lot of different sounds and every single sound can be finely regulated: too much for a beginner :-)

Finally, I strongly suggest this drumkit for beginners.

steps, of drumming, in Nov of 2018, so no comparison.

After a little bit of research, I've considered this the best starter kit for me( being a beginner) and best price/value.

I've considered the Midi USB interface as a must(for later recording purpose), althought didn't tried yet.

Pros:

- mesh heads are really quiet

- very compact and easily foldeable, an advantage if you live in a small flat

- good sounding drum samples, and recently discovered the sample tracks you can play along, or jam

- smart metronome, u may specify the accents on certain beats

- has auxiliary jack input

- has additional 2 instrument, so you can plug an additional crash, tom etc..

Cons:

- cymbals are really loud and plastic layer looks pretty used after a few months

- rims shots are really unpleasant to the hear (alhough I play with headset)

- bass drum pad very loud -> I use a towel sometimes over it

- bass drum pad hardly can accomodate double pedals -> ok there is a way if you setup beaters very close to one another, but you always have to adjust, missing triggers

-> I bought a Roland KD10 pad address this, which is even louder :) but no more missing triggers, at least

- I cannot accomodate the hihat pedal, is kinda joke, very loud, moves, no real feel at all

- metronome click sound is not customizable

Overall good impression, quality product.

If I knew abot the annoying hihat pedal, and small bass drum, I would go with bit more expensive kit, e.g: Millenium MPS-850, which has a real hihat stand !

Advice: don't by with that Millenium drum throne and T-Bone headset.

After a few months both are broken.

Headset frame broken on sides.

Drum throne was too short for me(can reach mostly 90 degrees with muy legs), and after a while started to wobble badly( plastic inside the frame broke), so stopped using it.

(I'm an average, 1,83cm, 86kg person)