Pearl Mimic Pro Drum Percussion Sound Module Powered by Slate (MIMP24B)

If you take the time to read the manual properly and bring your choosen kit to the desired settings, it is absolutely fantastic. Downloading Vexpressions files brings again your drumming to another level. And it is easy to gig with it.

Screen broke after first month of use, tried calling Pearl Support twice. This company is a joke and scam, they literally offer no repair services for any of their electronics. So you have an single problem with this device and they tell you to buy another. No Repairs offered for anything. There isn't even a single replacement screen floating around for sale. Now we have a $2,000 piece of junk we can't fix. I've called other companies like Motu and SoundCraft and gotten custom repair work for my studio. Motu replaced the internals to a vintage 828 interface for only $80 bucks. SoundCraft custom made me a power cable to connect a SoundCraft 500 console to the powersupply $400. Yet Pearl offers ZERO REPAIR SERVICE ON ANYTHING. That is why they only have one person answering the repair line, because they don't do ANY. Buy from a company that cares about customer satisfaction.

Too many awesome features to list. This thing smokes everything else out there. The sounds and the power of this module are unreal. The touch screen is fantastic as well. If you play electronics in any way....this is a must have.

Pros: This is definitely the best sounding module on the market and is built like a tank. It offers a ton of control to shape a drum sound.Cons: Very few drum sounds and none of them are properly muffled. The Mimic relies on ADSR sample synthesis to decrease the sustain of a drum (dampening) . That's not at all the same as a professionally recorded drum that was dampened in a studio. With a 250gb SSD, there's no excuse for this at all. When I bought this module, I was under the impression that it contained a full version of SSD5. It doesn't. Not even close. This is SSD4 Lite, and not nearly the same amount of drum choices.There are absolutely no percussion sounds at all in this module besides a cowbell. I wish I was kidding. There are no tambourines, no electronic drums, nothing. Why does it have a 250gb drive in it?You can only load a one-shot sample for a drum. Even the Roland stuff allows you to blend two one-shot samples together from low-to-high velocities. I really don't understand.There are only four FX to process your sound - Room (which is not an effect actually), Reverb, Compression, & EQ. The Reverb btw has no control over pre-delay.For a drum module in 2020, this is unacceptable. I play in a cover band, so I need Gated Reverb, Reverse Reverb, Flanger, Delay, at the very least. I could emulate the gated reverb with the ADSR, but it's sad work-around.So, overall, this module looks great on paper, but considering it came out 4 years ago and still hasn't updated its library, the Pearl Mimic is an expensive, half-baked module.

I come from a 2Box Drumit 5. Before PMP Id say there was no equal when it came to sound, dynamics, and layering. The customization was fantastic if you had the patience to built your own kits. However, PMP feels more dynamic, more sensitive, and is better behaved than any module I've played. I've experienced little to no crosstalk once its dialed in and I'm using a drum rack. PMP has great kits and no fluff.Whats kind of a bummer is the price, which is 2x as expensive as the 2box Drumit line. On PMP you have slightly better kit expandability but much better control over your kit. It offers a lot but doesn't out perform the 2box in quality of sound. My other complaint is at this price, Pearl should have added a mounting bracket or any additional accessories?...a screen protector would be nice. Pretty pathetic actually. Overall, if you have the money, go for it. You'll love it. I don't regret it. However, if you want to stretch that cash and want a module and a kit, I'd go with 2box. If you just want a plug and play kit that you'll never have to worry about, sounds like trash, and is overpriced, I guess you could go Roland :-)On a side note, I would advise buyers to avoid purchasing from Musicians Friend (subsidiary of GC), especially if you don't have a discount code. I did, which is the only reason I put up with the hassle. I spent several hours with customer service over the course of a week to get an order fulfilled. First it was in stock then out of stock...each time cancelling my orders and holding my funds hostage. Customer service was a joke, rude at times and completely clueless. I was told a manager would contact me multiple times and they never did. Turned out an inventory clerk at a store in Florida couldn't be bothered to remove the item from their system, causing orders to pick from their store, which never had it. I only know this because I was fortunate enough to get a good customer rep on the phone who called them while I was on the line. The PMP is great...MF not so much.

Great sounds, immense ability to customize.

I've own roland two box alesis but the Pearl Mimic Pro is simply the best second to none