There's no reason it should be a hard transition. A syn kit is usually smaller and so naturally can be spaced much closer together than acoustic drums, but since you can place them where you like, you could have a syn kit resembling the positions of acoustic drums.
The one thing about syn drums is to , more or less , avoid the rubber pads as main drums. They're fine as add-ons ( i used the pads as percussion items ) but the best syn drums to play are the ones with mesh pads. They're tunable, which is paramount, and they have the stick response more like acoustic heads.
The cymbals on my kit 20 years ago were not as good as they are now.