Monday Drum Day: Yamaha DD65

I had a New Drum Day last week when I picked up this used Yamaha DD65 as an upgrade over the drum pad I had been using up to now. It is a big upgrade, as I explain in the video.

This is an old model. The newer DD75 just has more of everything, but the physical drum is much the same. I am looking to upgrade the pedals as those supplied are not great. It will still be cheaper than buying the unit new.

I had it plugged into my audio interface and that sounds better through my big speakers than the built-in ones. Those are fine for practicing.

It can run off batteries, but it needs a load of large cells that could be expensive. It is made to fit on a snare stand and it conveniently came with one. That is fairly sturdy. You will see the drum stool I also got in the video.

Look forward to lots more drumming videos from me. I did finally tweak my settings for recording video on the PC so that the sound is in sync. That really matters when you can see me hitting the drums.

Rock on!