Roland Percussion Sampling Pad with 4GB Internal Memory, Black (SPD-SX)

This bundle contains everything needed to start using the Roland SPD-SX unit. If you try to buy the components separately you will Spend more, and risk buying some incompatible product. Go around and add up all the individual components, and you'll see what I mean. I still don't see the components listed here so here's my 2 cents to try and list them and give a brief review: The main unit is the Roland SPD-SX. The unit is a bit lighter for what I was expecting but also really sturdy. Really well built. This is a SAMPLING pad so it will NOT generate sounds since it does not has an sound generator engine. If you have a good sound library you can import it though be warned it only reads WAV and AIFF. Max size is capped at 2GB. You can control other sources from its included MIDI IN/OUT. Until now usage has been almost flawless. It's really intuitive to use, manual is really clear. As long as you don't expect it to do something else that it's not designed to do, you'll love it. One of the best part is it's metronome/tempo output routing. You can route to earphones, main out or sub-out. The unit uses USB to connect to PC and includes a basic audio management software to manage BASIC actions like importing, deleting, renaming wavs, kits, and also includes full Import/Export capabilities to your PC. Anyway if you're here you're probably aware of what it can do ;) ***Read the manual online so you get familiarized with the unit and functions beforehand. That way when it arrives you can enjoy it right away*** [...] The pedal is a BOSS FS-5U. It's a momentary switch. Great for triggering extra sounds and other stuff from the unit. The Stand adapter is a ROLAND APC-33. This is the stand adapter designed to fit the SPD-SX so there is basically no other choice here. It's The cables are HOSA. There are 2 balanced 1/4's (one is for the footswitch the other you can use for additional trigger of footswitch), 1 two-way MIDI, 2 balanced 1/4 to XRL's (great for outputting to console). I've tried them all except the MIDI and they work as expected. Nothing exiting here. The sticks are 5A Nova by Vic Firth. B-quality sticks but do the job to operate the unit when not drumming with the set. I wouldn't use them for with my drumset but that's because I'm a heavy hitter. I have them beside my PC for when I bring the unit to import sounds etc. I am very pleased with this bundle. I have not seen any other bundle for this unit over the net so it was a no-brainer. I will be using this to reproduce some sequences in a live setting for Message to Venus: [...] Hope all goes as planned! NOTE: Sonic Sense also has other bundles featuring the SPD-SX so be sure this is the one you want/need.

Love it! The most precious gadget for my son’s drum performances

First off, this is a sweet package for the cost! I did have an issue with not receiving the full shipment and had to contact the company. They provided excellent service and shipped me what I was missing. Product came in excellent condition and I am still tweaking with some of the settings/presets. THIS IS A SAMPLING MACHINE, THOUGH YOU COULD ALSO USE SOME OF THE DRUM PRESETS!!! I usually put sound effects or fill-ins for my background sound (which is in .wav format from my FL/CUBASE/ETC. programs) when I'm playing live and it saves from hauling my computer everywhere in gigs. Plus with the added real-time effects modulator, I am just starting with the potential this machine could produce!!! I really appreciated the fact that the company I purchased the product for me got back to me with haste and sent the missing parts. I would definitely order from them again in the future!

An excellent purchase, once you start really making it your own. The presets are pretty basic, but good to show the versatility and mechanics of the sampling pad. the only reason I gave it four stars and not five was because I couldn't load my WAV samples on correctly, due to an error in the program. An easy way to fix this is to have the SPD-SX record the sample, and assign it to the desired pad. The sampling pad is more of a live performance tool than a production tool, but it is possible.

Not free but very dependable sampler. Getting samples and setting up scenes is easy with SPD-SX editor. I'm an acoustic guitarist using it to trigger backing tracks and to trigger samples via kick pedal during some songs.

First - I DID get mine from Amazon but it was purchased by someone else as a very expensive gift. All I wanted was a drumpad with acoustic drum kit options to use on my home studio recordings. The Roland should've been the best option. If it is, then the others must really be bad. There's only one preloaded acoustic set and while I'm pretty good with PCs and computers in general, I just don't want to fool with loading more (even though I've gone to the trouble of putting a number of options on a USB stick). I'd rather be recording. Worse - the pads don't always respond to a stick strike. Sometimes it feels like the active zone is about the size of a 50 cent piece. I don't know if I got a defective one or if my admittedly bad drumming is to fault BUT my drumming doesn't have to be great to lay down a simple beat so... Also, I thought I would be able to do a drum roll but because of the bad reaction time and small strike area - forget about it. This kind of money should've produced a better product but what can you expect from a company that charges $33 for a hunk of Malaysian made plastic needed to connect the pad to a stand. FYI: I DID adjust the Sensitivity to respond to the lightest touch possible and it still fails to register.

The Roland SPD-SX is a must have added to the acoustic drum kit. I’ve used it by its self in a studio recording to a small gig. With the ability to upload my own files, the possibilities are endless. You will need regret purchasing your own multi sample pad.

Bon produit (SPD SX) mais commence à dater. J'ai finalement opté pour un Alesis strike multipad et sincèrement c de la balle. Màj : Sauf que Alesis ne développe plus autour de son multipa malgré de nombreux bugs, donc je suis passé au SPD SX Pro et là ouahhhh le jour et la nuit. Roland reste Roland. Du pro.

good

The only reason because I’m giving a 4 stars review is because it’s a little pricy....However I can not complain about the quality built and all the options you will get to perform as well as in a gig or in a Studio recording, it also needs an update on the screen and controls as it is very small and sometimes it’s hard to read, but overall I recommend this great product, thanks Roland

Funciones muy buenas y el producto de buena calidad, llegó en buenas condiciones

自分が悪いが、言うほど使う機会に恵まれなかった