New from Pearl, the E-Pro Live is an electronic drumset designed to look, feel, and sound like real drums. It's built with real drum shells, brass cymbals, and drumset hardware -- you won't see practice pads on this set.

The E-Pro Live's drums are realistic in size, too. The set features 10-inch, 12-inch, and 14-inch toms; a 14-inch snare drum; and a 20-inch bass drum. Authentic Pearl shells, drum hardware, and drum finishes adorn both versions of E-Pro Live. Its Artisan II finish is available in a Quilted Maple fade or a durable black wrap.

In addition to looking real, this electronic drumset has a real feel and response from the pads. The Tru-Trac Electronic Heads feature dual-zones that reproduce all the fine details that a drummer is used to hearing when playing an acoustic drum. The smooth coating on the heads makes it easy to move from drum to drum.

The cymbals featured on the E-Pro Live are the company's E-Classic high-end electronic cymbals, made with real brass (traditional rubber EPC2 cymbals are also available). Both sets feature a 3-zone ride, a crash, and a set of responsive hi-hats.

Drum and percussion sounds are generated from the Real Electronic Drums (r.e.d.box) drum module, which has 128 MB RAM capacity to accommodate 1,000 High Definition Sounds, 100 High Definition kits, and 100 user-created kits.

According to Pearl, E-Pro Live is actually two kits in one. If you replace the Tru-Trac heads with acoustic heads and swap out the cymbals, you get a Pearl acoustic drumset, which is very cool.

For more information, please visit pearldrum.com.