I finally decided to take the plunge and get myself an electronic drum set. I did try a Yamaha DTX IIs Extreme but could not get use to the pad. I was originally looking at the Roland kit but the one I liked was just too much money. Then BOOM, Alesis came out with the Strike Pro and I went for it. A few weeks later and the settings dialed into my style of playing and I'm a happy camper. I'm really having a blast learning how to take advantage of the capabilities of the kit and I look forward to doing some recording with an IRig2 and some drumless tracks I just picked up. First I have to get a few years worth of dust off. LOL! Well I look forward to learning a lot from this forum. Rock On!