Millenium MPS-850 E-Drum Set Reviews

Unfortunate Experience

Unfortunately, I didn't have a very good experience with this drum kit and have had to return it.

I was in high hopes with this kit after seeing video demos on YouTube, as well as demos on this site as well, however didn't have any of that once it arrived.

The kit itself once setup looks great, and feels great mesh-wise, however, I was sent the wrong part for the snare drum which was a sign straight away, and the hi-hat, despite setting it up correctly multiple times, also was not working at all.

The sound, even on max volume I could barely hear it through any headphones. I had to chuck it through my 4x12 Marshall Amp to be able to actually hear it, would not work with anything else.

For whatever reason on random kits as well, it would keep playing different sounds on the kick drum, including on the "Metal" kit, it would keep adding on this cheery-go-lucky sound effect as well, which just made it sound awful for what would be a "Metal" kit.

The only kit I actually liked was the Marimba one... it's the only one that actually sounded good in my opinion, and that's saying something for what should be a drum kit.

So to conclude, I might've just had a dodgy kit, but in my opinion it was definitely not worth the wait and excitement, and definitely not worth the £529.

Great Kit

I’ve had e-kits by Yamaha, Roland and Alesis previously so was unsure whether to buy this - but as lockdown has curtailed band practice I took a chance. I needn’t have worried. This is a fine kit, although I’ve added a Roland PDX12 snare pad and am using the 3 10” pads as toms. The crashes are chokeable, as is the 3 zone ride - and the hihat setup works a treat. I’ve added a £5 Bluetooth receiver for wireless audio input, and the headphone output is full size which is a bonus. The only downside so far is my Mapex kick pedal won’t clamp onto the kick pad so I’ve had to go with the supplied Millenium pedal, which admittedly works fine- overall I’d recommend this kit

Love it

I waited for a few months for this too come into stock. its perfect for anyone like me who loves too drum but doesnt take it too seriously. Its got great mesh heads and a real hi hat stand. Worth every penny.

Great for the money

I bought this kit as a way of getting back into drumming after an absence of 10 years - and I'm so glad I did!

First thing that attracted me to this was the value for money aspect, a kit with all mesh heads, 4 tom pads, 2 crashes and a ride, and a real hi-hat mechanism, for this price? More than happy with it! When it arrived I was impressed how small it all packed down to, hardly any space wasted in the box.

Next is the hardware - it's actually pretty good. A double braced hi-hat stand? A reasonably good kick pedal? Included? Go on then! The kick pedal is easily adjustable and, one tightened to my liking, seems to be responding well. The hi-hat took a little getting used to for triggering correctly, but that's the nature of electronics I guess.

Sounds - they're ok. Be prepared to sit down with the manual and adjust the sensitivity, crosstalk, voices etc of all your pads to get it to a place where it mimics your kit well and grace notes are captured correctly. But you'll be well rewarded for your efforts. The menu system isn't too bad to navigate, once you understand the layout you can adjust pretty much anything quite quickly. I like the tuning aspect too, quite easy to go from a low, fat snare drum to a higher piccolo snare.

Only real cons for me is the restrictions placed on positioning things. I play a 1 up, 2 down tom arrangement with a second snare on the other side of my hats, so thought it would be easy to replicate this with the kit. When I set the kit up initially I found it too narrow across the front, the sides felt too cramped. So I swapped the longer side arms for the shorter centres (kudos that you can actually interchange them) and things felt a lot more natural. However in doing so my hi-hat is now directly in front of my drum module, and I've had to mount my second snare on the upright of the rack. But it works, now the module is set I only really need to adjust kits every now and again. It would be good if we could buy hardware sections separate, so I could get some longer arms to replace the short ones! Fittings seems robust, nothing's moved unless I want it to.

All in all a great little kit, awesome value for money and well worth consideration, even though it's not a brand name kit (there's nothing on there really advertising the fact it's a Millenium kit so you shouldn't feel embarrassed using a "budget" make).

Very Good And Affordable

An incredible e-drum kit for an affordable price. it pairs amazingly in my DAW (Logic Pro X) i use SSD 5.5 with it and it works very well :)

Good drum set, but kick pedal surface started to rip under 3 months of light use

I really like this drum set: super complete, with 4 toms, 2 crashes, a ride, a kick pad with a great feel! Great module with a plethora of music styles, and very configurable, and an independent hihat!

Now the bad:

- The hihat controller (e.g. pedal) feels quite unstable/does very loud squeaking noises basically since the unboxing. It's bearable with headphones on, but even so, can be heard through and is very annoying.

- The kick pedal's surface skin started ripping apart, only noticed yesterday. And this is without heavy use of the drumset: I try to be gentle on the kick.

- The bell on the ride is extremely hard to hit consistently. Pretty bad, actually.

Muy satisfecho

I've just assembled it and can't listen to it cause I'm missing the adapter for the headphones, you speaking about its hardware, it is excellent value for money. It is really good quality and performing seems pretty realistic.

By the way, I'm not a beginner. I'd been playing for years but had to quit and I'm re-taking up. I believe I'm going to enjoy it. Don't hesitate...

Solid Affordable Kit

I had an electronic drum kit years ago, but I was never able to play it because it was too loud and the house wasn't suitable for it. So I'm pretty much a beginner. With this kit, it was pretty easy to set up and get started learning drums.

Setup took a few hours, but I like to take things slow and be certain of everything, it's probably easy to set it up in an hour or two if you work quickly.

The mesh pads are nice. My old kit had rubber pads, and it was so loud! Mesh pads are much quieter when you hit them.

Be aware that even though mesh pads are quieter than rubber, this can still be a bit loud. If you are living at home and plan to keep this in an upstairs bedroom, you might not get to play it too often. If you have your own house and have space for it downstairs, like me, it's very manageable.

Sounds are pretty decent. Not realistic, but good enough. I will eventually hook this up to a computer to record midi and then use a drum plugin, so the built in sounds don't matter, but for practicing they are fine.

I should note, I haven't even used the kick pedal from this kit because I bought a double bass pedal at the same time. If you plan to play metal that's probably the best option.

All in all, the kit wasn't super expensive, but it has plenty of features, plays well, and I'm delighted to have it here so I can sit down and play/learn some drums. Definitely recommend to anyone who has the space and setup for it.

can better but very good for the price

Good value for the price

A nice complete set, medium to good real feel response on the heads. The built-in sounds are decent. The heads are a bit weak - be careful not to break when playing strong. Overall a good budget practice solution.

Cables and Bundles

For beginners like me, please have in mind:

The bundle will save you some money on things you will definitely need such as the headphones and the throne which, if you don’t have, you will need.

If you plan on connecting your drums to a computer or a game console or iPad, you will also need a USB Midi cable or USB type A/B.

Check out the module and all the cables you might need and what you need.

Amazing to get back to playing

As a beginner/Imtermediate who spend nearly 10 without a drum kit, this kit is a Godsend!

The price you pay for what you get is very, very reasonable.

The kit isn't too loud when your playing and can be easily folded away if you don't have too much room in your house. The sound quality is brilliant especially when you sit down and tweak all the settings to how you want them. Mighty fun going through all the voice sounds too. There are endless combinations. All rims can be triggered and reset, the crashes and ride can be choked. It's got it all.

Anyone who is picking up drums, getting back into them or simply can't have a full acoustic kit where they live, this is the one for you.

There are a few small cons of course, though they aren't anything to cry about.

1: The highhat can be tedious sometimes using the splash but figured out you have active it when open then close the pedal to get it to work. Muscle memory takes care of the rest.

2: The ride bell has to be given a good hard and precise hit to trigger it. It can be inconsistent at times even at that.

3: I'm currently having a issue with the usb recording not playing the full track recorded after I plug into my computer. Could be a simple fix but still working on it.

Regardless of the cons, this kit was 10/10 IGN worth the money!

As for the last con, if you play on using the midi outlets they work perfect.

The best E-Kit for the price

I am a metal drummer, I've owned and have been playing acoustic drums for the past 8 years, I recently moved house and have been having trouble with my neighbours due to the noise while also wanting to record with my band, I bought GGD samples and started looking for electronic drums, I found this drum kit and just by reading the feature sheet, I knew it was perfect for me!

Pros:

- Cheap price

- all cymbals are chokable

- ride with bell (triple-zone)

- all pads are two-zone

- Fairly large sizes

- durable rack

- mesh pads feel nice

- everything triggers well enough

- inputs can be split to add more pads

- kick pedal and hi-hat stand included

- sample import

- aux in

- faders to mix the sound

- overall has a lot of great features.

Cons:

- Ride bell only sometimes triggers if hit really hard and really accurately

- a lot of x talk

- my crash 2 input was single-zone

- module sounds are not very realistic

- sample import only allows one-shot samples

- very sensitive triggers but not very dynamic in terms of velocity

overall I would recommend this kit to anyone with a budget of under $1000 because although the module sounds arent great, you can use sample software such as GGD, Superior drummer or steven slate drums, and have large pads to enjoy, the only other drumkit to compare this to is the Alesis crimson or the Alesis DM10 and both of those kits are much more expensive with similar features just larger sizes (by only 2 inches) and unless if your main problem comes from the ride, just use a splitter cable, use tom 4 as a single-zone pad, and get a triple-zone ride which would make this kit the best drum kit under $1000

tool for a little man ..

The tool was created and tested by a man of small stature ...

The stand had to be increased with additional pipes.

Drums on 8 had to be replaced by 10 ...short wires had to be lengthened ...It would be possible to put additional plates, but there are no inputs ... After modernization and refinement, it turned out not a bad tool ...

High quality and easy to use.

This is a good drum set. Easy to use and good quality. I wouldn’t rate is 5 stars because it has its glitches sometimes. But I recommend it 100% for any beginner.

Excellent for practicing

Really nice quality e-drum kit, especially considering the price. The mesh heads are excellent. The mesh bass drum pad is great too and is something you don't see in many kits at this price. The 10" snare and 2 different size toms (2 x 8" and 2 x 10") perfectly mimic my acoustic setup. It also helps that the snare and the 'floor toms' are 10". The sound module is okay too, with plenty of decent sounding drum variations and some funny and funky sounds too.

The only thing I am not 100% convinced about is the hi-hat module. It feels sluggish to open and isn't fast enough for fast open hi-hat accents. At this price it comes highly recommended, even with the less than perfect hi-hat unit.

Great electronic drums for the money

Very nice drums. Of the pros

+ looks beautiful

+ hi-hat stand

+ Feeling of the

play as from acoustic drums,

+ price

Of the minuses

- you can not play the rim-click on the snare drum

- drum module sounds

Great Kit for the price!

This is an amazing kit, especially for the price, you get a three zone ride! All mesh heads, extra tom and extra crash pretty amazing!

Pros:

Cheap for what you get

Feels a nice size and is nice to play

3 year warranty

All mesh heads

3 zone ride cymbal

all cymbals are chockable

hi hat goes on a stand instead of just another cymbal

Cons:

Bell on the ride is not easily triggered (Have to hit kinda hard)

Hi hat is not as responsive as i would like

Sounds in the module are not great

That's about it, these cons are not that bad considering what you get and how much you pay!

Quality kit for beginner

Excellent quality kit for the money as good if not better than some of its branded competitors

easy to set up , easy to play , sturdy frame , pads , cymbals very responsive

my only slight negative (and it's slight) some of the on board kits don't sound great

Probably best entry e-kit

I use the MPS 850 as a first drum kit and it is a fantastic piece of equipment for this purpose.

Pro's: A large amount of customisability in the module, quality sample sounds, mesh pads with a nice feel, sturdy.

Con's: One of the legs of the frame meets the ground at an angle, looks like a manufacturing error, however this is without any consequence to the sturdiness and playability.