-Pearl Emerge project have been started 6 years ago. The Pearl Emerge is closed architecture, there will be no update on sound or anything like this, all it's triggers are not compatible with others manufacture either the module, you are stuck for ever until it's discontinued. To my point of view, Emerge does not conform for today demand\future, sound update, feature update, compatible triggers, acoustic shell type design. The project have been started far long time ago and missed the today demand peak, technologies change fast.
-The emerge module power horse\expandability is inferior then the MIMIC.
-Pearl MIMIC is based on VST architecture, you should know each instruments have individual mic, which are individual multilayered instruments, ex: snare have bottom mic, direct mic, overhead, room mic, just calculate all wav files! it's 5 instruments in 1 + all articulation ( rim click, side stick, side rim, rim, sided rim, center, rimshots, rimshots sided, and contains position sensing sound built in, not activated yet. Have most algo triggers on all manufacture and are made precisely, even piezo piezo switch algo, all roland hihat, include extra tight pressure hihat even on VH11, there is been like 5-6 firmware update to dates, new feature, improvement, and actual a new one in the progress. There will be sound update, full expansion pack, and later full blown multi-layer editor to create your own instruments.
ATM ATV using 3 cones, on side, give you the best dynamic range on the market, it spread the dynamic evenly and no hot spot in center, either not stick near the piezo peak in center.
MIMIC paired with ATV kit, Muzzio
https://www.muzziodrums.com/drums , drum-tech is far more powerful then emerge at long terme.