ahhh... the difference a day makes!
This morning I ran across a Crimson kit on a music store's website that was a very recent customer return... the store wanted 699 for it. After grilling the sales guy about it I didnt even pause to think - I JUST BOUGHT IT!
It was out of state so it is being shipped to me, I'll get it next week.
Hey Failed Muso, what you said definitely influenced my decision - so if I hate the kit I'm coming after you! LOL... :-)
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Haha! Well, I'm all the way over in the UK, so I think I'm safe!!
Seriously tho', I think you'll be happy with it. I've really enjoyed playing again and it's a huge step up from my old e-Drum kit (Yamaha DTXpress).
I'd had my heart set on a DM10 ever since they came into existence. I was involved in the compilation of the sample library for the DM10 module and had promised myself the full kit as soon as it launched. I sold off loads of synths and other gear to finance it, only for my car to fail it's annual government roadworthiness test and require enough work to wipe out my accumulated cash
With one thing or another, the purchase got delayed for a very long time until a few years ago when me and the guys in a band I used to play in some 30 years ago got back together in a bar and said we should all play together again. At that point, I decided that the time was right, but then life got in the way and the reunion never happened, so I saved my money. Then in March of 2016, one of the guys was tragically killed in a car accident and the remainder of us decided that we had no choice but to get back together and play again. So we made plans and in October I decided on the DM10 X kit and began ringing around. It turned out that nowhere in the UK had stock and when I called the distributor (inMusic), they informed me it had been discontinued. Not having enough cash for a mesh-headed Roland kit, my only other option was the Crimson.
The reason I'm telling you this story is that initially, I felt I had been forced into a compromise and that the Crimson would just be 2nd fiddle to the DM10 X. Well, the more I've played it and the more I've used the DM10 module, successfully and unsuccessfully, the more I realise that the Crimson was probably the better choice. For me, anyway.
Little things like decent cymbal chokes that "just work" on the Crimson but not so much on the DM10. Sure, the Crimson module is more basic than the DM10, but the DM10 is older and just not that intuitive. And if, as you say, you'll be using plugins more than the module, then you'll be fine. One thing I also liked was that my Crimson came with the RealHat pedal which, when used with plugins like SD2, delivers continuous messaging to enable more authentic hi-hat operation, unlike the DMHat pedal. The Crimson module won't make use of that feature on its own sound engine but it definitely passes that data through over MIDI.
And as I said, I've had no stability issues, nor was I aware of any before you mentioned it.
I really hope you enjoy the kit and have hours of fun with it!