ZEITGEIST ZG CAD - 14" Hi-Hat Cymbal

Works very well

Been using this and other cad cymbals for two years with a Roland td 25. Some tweaking and you're ready to go. Still happy with the purchase.

Works well, build is a bit cheap

Alright so there are not that much reviews here and I thought I could lend a hand to my fellow european drummers stumbling accross this hi-hat.

Package is bare minimum : cardboard and bubbles, there's also a 14" rubber feel foam to protect the two hi hat parts. There's a little felt with 2 flat rings (idk what this is). Nothing else.

The build looks a bit cheap but it's sufficient, you can see bare minimum has been done, probably to keep the metal cymbal from eating through the price which in this case, I would understand. Lots of cables and electronic pieces are visible and not protected : for example the sort of eletronic cables can be touched through the hi hat's top cymbal holes, some glue sticks out of it. They could have done it way better. Especially since GEWA seems to do it better for nearly the same price on the website at the time of this review.

That was the build part, now I tested the zeitgeist with an eDRUMin 8 trigger interface on EZDrummer 3 and it works wonderfully. Pretty responsive and easy to calibrate on eDRUMin, it was almost plug & play for me, barely did anything. Setup was weird af. I first thought the foam was supposed to stay there because of the holes but it works far FAR better without so I don't know if it's supposed to be that way or not because there's litterally no piece of information whatsoever on the hi hat, whether it's in the box or online.

The feel is there too, you trade for the sound though because it's ungodly awful but it still makes a lot less noise than acoustic hi-hats. But at least it's closer and better than the rubber feel. There's far much less rebound and its actually lets you control your drumstick, which is something I struggle with in e-drums. Still... it doesn't feel like an actual hi-hat but you know what they say "we can imitate mother nature as much as we want, we will never replace her".

Overall, with its questionable build and packaging, the feel and responsivity (does this word exist ?) are on point. Leaving you with a strong hi-hat worth its price you can hit as much as you want without the fear of rubber ends falling before your desperate sight.

Großartiges feeling

Ein Quantensprung im Spielgefühl wenn man von einem günstigen e-Drum Kit auf einen regulären Hi Hat stand (drum-tec HH-602-ES) mit dem Zeitgeist Controller und dem Zeitgeist CAD 14" e-Cymbal wechselt. Sieht nicht nur schick aus, es spielt sich einfach Klasse und natürlich im Vergleich zum Gummi Pad mit dem elektronischen Controller. Klare Kaufempfehlung!

Hammerteil

Diese HiHat hat meine ZEITGEIST ZG H-12 13" ersetzt.

Spielgefühl ist kaum von einer Akustik HiHat zu unterscheiden. Ist kaum lauter als die ZG H-12 13".

Rest wird auch nach und nach umgerüstet.

Very good!

Really nice product: it plays and feels very good, to me better than most of the rubber pads. It also triggers fine catching even the softer notes. Top notch!!