I got an electronic drum kit from Aldi. It works great, excellent beginner kit!

But it only has two toms, and if I keep up the hobby for years, I know I'm eventually going to want to upgrade. So when I decide to get some better gear, will I be able to keep using some of the old stuff? Will I be able to pick up a new module and an extra pad, and just plug it into the old pads and pedals?

I read online that some drum brands are compatible, but I didn't see anything about Aldi's Huxley drums and what brands they're compatible with.

Thanks in advance, I know musical instruments are a niche technology, but this is the best community I could find.

Well, I guess the thing has some kind of MIDI interface. If so, you can trigger almost anything with it.

If the drums connect to the module with 1/4in cables (like an electric guitar cable) then it's fairly likely the pads would work with another model. Most ekit pads use a basic, mono piezo mic (contact microphone) that senses a hit and its intensity and sends that signal to the module. More advanced pads will use a stereo cable to trigger separate sounds for the center vs rim of a drum.

Thanks! They do! So these pads will likely work with any module that uses mono pads?

Yes, I would bet they should work. You might even be able to bring a pad to a music store like Guitar Center and test it on a floor model ekit, if the sales people are cool with it.

Awesome, thanks for all the help!