DRUMMERS... THESE DRUMPADS ARE THE BEST INNOVATION EVER: I've toured the world with mine (as Jazz Kit!) and it fits in my shoulder bag!! (I've used a Roland for 13 years! $250!) People think these are a toy. No way. Saves 99.999999% of the HASSLE of drum kit.
As a retiring musician of the last 6 decades I have heard hundreds of new drum technologies over time....Excellent demo Nick. This Alesis system sounds fabulous. Make me 30 yrs younger and I’ll travel the country for you with this unit. Hi to Nick H at Sweetwater
@@geraldhartley I know these sound like a stretch…but I saw the Cream for $3.00 in high school auditorium, Ten Years After in a bowling alley, was at the Doors concert in 69 at Diner Key Auditorium when cops stormed the stage. Those crazy events launched my musical journey when I was 15-16 yrs old. Turning 70 real quick…too quick
@@knuckle47 Man that is awesome! What a time that must have been to be alive and young!! Well... technically I was alive and young then too! I was born in '64, but far to young to go to concerts! Haha!! I was barely out of diapers.
@@geraldhartley 1953 …come from a long line of guitar and mandolin players from the 1930’s and 40’s. I had a guitar in my hands at 6. My grandfather made sure I knew how to get started. Had a band in 1964 , Lord John and the Saints. Poor Drummer was killed at 13 by a car coming off of an exit ramp as he was walking home. Music took a whole new turn from the early Beatles covers to the Doors to Zeppelin, Hendrix , Cream and Allman Brothers. It was fun…lotta fun at times and too much fun on occasion. Still run back to jazz and standards but the arthritis is harder er to deal with. I don’t know how Bucky Pizzarelli did it but he’d managed to play expertly until his last days. Nice memories …thanks Gerald
@@knuckle47 Good memories! My oldest brother is about your age. I've done some old harmony acoustic songs with my two older brothers here on my channel. You might have to check out some of our CSN covers. Look up "Hartley Brothers" and you might get a kick out of it. Cheers!
The question i have is, if i use drum kits i have from plug-ins with my DAW, can i just use those sounds like i would with a midi controller? Simple click and play?
Hi, Ariel. You would absolutely be able to use this controller to trigger virtual instruments in a DAW. You would just need to connect the unit to the computer via USB or to a MIDI interface to get the MIDI information into the computer. Thanks for your interest! Mike Wuchter, Sweetwater Sale Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1789, michael_wuchter@sweetwater.com
Yeah... "dual zone" doesn't mean "layered". Both your site description, the text here AND the gentleman on the video are misleading the customer when they use this term. "Dual zone" means that a different areas of a specific pad will trigger different sounds when hit. For example, a cymbal pad; hit the face: one sound. Hit the edge: a different sound. These pads are "layered". You can assign (2) sounds to each pad, but which one is triggered depends on velocity, not area hit. Light hit: one sound (or both). Hard hit: another (or both). In short, these are SINGLE zone pads. All of them. It even says so in the product manual. An educated consumer is your best customer, Sweetwater.
Blogspierre They probably made the Users guide universal, because, Dual zone are for Sample Rack Rim and Head 2 sound velocity switch sound each Zone, 4 sound per input trigger, and Hihat 16 sound velocity switch sound with SD card. With SD card you can store up to 89 kit not 20..for both Sample pad pro and Sample Rack.
Gibberish. If the pad has ONE area, it's single zone. If it has 2 areas, it's dual-zone. The manual is specific to this one device, and it says "single-zone pads".
It's not dual zone pads, its dual tone or sounds at the same time on a pad. That's not the same as layered sounds. Dual zone would be different sounds hitting a different part of the pad. Another review said that pad 1 does support dual zone for rim and center hits of dual trigger pads.
Don't buy this one. Trust me, me and my cousin got one each last week. My pad stopped triggering and it triggers the pad next to it. My cousins unit doesn't even power on anymore. I'd save your money and get something better.
i loved the end of this video with the crowd applause and waving ahha . 100% want to get one of these! I prefer the idea of big pads I can hit with anything rather than tiny finger pads most controllers have..and with this i could just practice anywhere record my sessions into loops which i can then arrange in my daw.. this is perfect for what I need! and can do live amen drumming!
hahaha... i loved "your sounds" .... doesnt sound anything like a kontakt librarie!!! .... Still a nice demo!!! but it would be better with some editor software!!!
A question for folks who OWN this if I may...it is about connecting the kick pedal. On the 2 previous 8 pad Alesis units (Roland SPD style) there was NO WAY to free up the pad on the unit when using the kick trigger. What I mean is that the Lower Left pad was the Kick on all the setups. You would think that once you connected a Kick Pad to the Kick Pad Jack that the unit would free up the pad that was used for the kick, but it never did, There was NO WAY to use that Lower Left pad for anything but the kick, which was stupid and what kept me from purchasing the Alesis AND Roland units. I see that the newest Roland SPD-30 has the ability to free up that pad, but it also cost $500... If anyone can verify that when the Kick Pad Jack is used ALL the pads are free, or not, it would be EXTREMELY appreciated!
Hi, first of all I'd like to thank you for this video which not only motivated me to buy one of these about a year ago but also helped me a great deal when I had to program the kit so I could load the sounds of my SD card in it. I managed to make good use of it without any stand but now I feel limited and need more space for my arms to move and hit the pads proparly. I was advised to use a multipad stand but I see you're using a snare stand in this demonstration. Can you tell me what kind of stand you used and if you have any advise regarding this (angle of the pad, height etc. ) ?
@@arando4359 what computer ? You upload sounds from sd card. The question is : Can you play the full lenght of a track sample (Like 5 minutes) after 1 hit , like backing tracks. Because in reviews on Amazon dudes are saying you can only upload sounds that are few seconds long.
very good, I understand that only brings 10 internal kits. And how many kits can be created or increased? I have an SPD-SX and it brings 100 kits, I await your answer, regards
Been nice to have seen the velocity setting being used to cross-switch the 2 voices that can be assigned to a pad at different velocity levels and velocity overlaps. I've had a question that I can't get answered anywhere regarding the sample crossfading, and that is: when the velocity range overlaps between the 2 samples assigned to one pad, does the lower sample fade out at the end of the overlap and, conversely, the upper sample fade in at the beginning of the overlap or do the sample volumes stay the same and the appropriate sample simply cuts out when out of it's range...? Capiche? I have the sample rack pro and what I'm hearing is a cut off, not a fade in or out. This is not good if it is the case and I really wish Alesis would fix it with an update. Thanks for the video.
can this connect to a DJ mixer (via RCA) into one of its channels to use while DJ'ing? such as the DJM-800 or 900? Would really appreciate any insight, thank you in advance!
Yes. You will need a 1/4 to RCA Cable set. The Alesis unit is Line level output, so you can plug it into any of your 800's "Line Level" inputs. Do NOT use the Phono inputs.
Well, if I set a memory WAV sample in an Octabe, save it, get out the memory or pad it, and then turn on or off the memory again, will I get back the sample or sound I left in the Octabe or will I have to rebuild it?
***** Why would one write the name of their band on their mother's rear end? Wouldn't it be easier to write it on a banner and hang it on the wall behind the band?
tom doherty Do you call her a "stuped bitch" too or is it safer to insult women on the internet? What does "sereious" mean? I have never seen this word before. I tried looking it up but I can't find it.
Can you guys teach us how to set up an HH trigger so that it links to a pad (ie Pad #7) so that it gives that pad the open/close effect? As of now, they act like 2 separate triggers and don't seem to be linked.
I bought one of these pads & am really surprised at how long it takes to load your own sample sets. If you need to change samples for different songs in a live show then this is unusable. Next step is to sell this and buy the Yamaha SPD.
Hey! i just bought a samplepad pro 8 , I must hit too hard the pads to get a sound out of it even if it is set sensitive in 5, en upper pads sensitive is set to 8 and i have the same feel
My band uses a few backing tracks. Could a 3-4 minute song be added and sampled from a pad too? Or is each bank limited to how large of a file / length of a sound can be?
Hi, Brian! You would absolutely be able to put in a full song to be triggered. The only limitation would be the amount of memory available on the SD card that you are using. Thanks for you interest! Mike Wuchter, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (260) 247-8114
Does this thing have any cross talking problems? I'd like to purchase one for playing drums just for fun at home but I don't want the tom to sound while I'm hitting the snare.
I can almost say it doesn't have that problem the reason being is because the pads are separate from each other not as with past pad designs where it was just one whole rubber square cover with eight squares in one so after a few months of use you hit one but that vibration triggers the other pads and you got mixed unwanted sounds even the roland pads supposedly the best had that issue. But I owned a roland spd-30 and never had that issue because the pads are designed very similar to this Alesis. I don't recommend buying roland percussion pads although very nice sounds they are extremely expensive and it seems like they design their instruments to not last, after about two years mine died out of nothing took great care of it never abused or anything but still, i also read similar comments from other users about roland so never again will buy one, so this would be a great option for you it cheap and sounds great
if you play some electronic music with acoustic set this might be advantage for that price i mean for dynamic playing you have the acoustic kit than when you want go more techno feel you got pad
Hello, AeonSynth! Yes indeed! This is direct from the manual: To adjust the volume level of a sample: Strike a pad or ext. trigger. Move the cursor to the LEV (Level) area by pressing the Cursor Up or Cursor Down buttons. Then press the Cursor Left or Cursor Right button to adjust the level. [0-10] Thanks for the interest! Cody Kraus, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1766, cody_kraus@sweetwater.com
Does anyone know if you can adjust the TAP TEMPO a LOOP ? Example: I create a loop in WAV, use the PAD to give play and then can adjust the TAP TEMPO this LOOP according to music.
I don't think you can. But I could be wrong. I used Roland SPD-S for many years and messed with couple other sampling pads. If you create a wav file, it is fixed on the tempo you recorded it in. If it was a digital format like the sounds hard wired in the module then it depends on the settings but you may be able to. For example If you used Roland or Yamaha electronic kits and recorded yourself playing and then slowed or sped up the tempo, that is the hard wired digital sound I'm talking about. But Wav sounds (are usually sound bytes or loops) usually can only be manipulated in Pro tools or any recording program that has pitch correction and time snap to keep it in tempo. I hope that helps.
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Price please ?
DRUMMERS... THESE DRUMPADS ARE THE BEST INNOVATION EVER:
I've toured the world with mine (as Jazz Kit!) and it fits in my shoulder bag!! (I've used a Roland for 13 years! $250!)
People think these are a toy. No way. Saves 99.999999% of the HASSLE of drum kit.
Which Roland one do you have?
Explain your set up as a jazz kit
As a retiring musician of the last 6 decades I have heard hundreds of new drum technologies over time....Excellent demo Nick. This Alesis system sounds fabulous. Make me 30 yrs younger and I’ll travel the country for you with this unit. Hi to Nick H at Sweetwater
Would love to hear your stories. I bet you have a few!
@@geraldhartley I know these sound like a stretch…but I saw the Cream for $3.00 in high school auditorium, Ten Years After in a bowling alley, was at the Doors concert in 69 at Diner Key Auditorium when cops stormed the stage. Those crazy events launched my musical journey when I was 15-16 yrs old. Turning 70 real quick…too quick
@@knuckle47 Man that is awesome! What a time that must have been to be alive and young!! Well... technically I was alive and young then too! I was born in '64, but far to young to go to concerts! Haha!! I was barely out of diapers.
@@geraldhartley 1953 …come from a long line of guitar and mandolin players from the 1930’s and 40’s. I had a guitar in my hands at 6. My grandfather made sure I knew how to get started. Had a band in 1964 , Lord John and the Saints. Poor Drummer was killed at 13 by a car coming off of an exit ramp as he was walking home. Music took a whole new turn from the early Beatles covers to the Doors to Zeppelin, Hendrix , Cream and Allman Brothers. It was fun…lotta fun at times and too much fun on occasion. Still run back to jazz and standards but the arthritis is harder er to deal with. I don’t know how Bucky Pizzarelli did it but he’d managed to play expertly until his last days.
Nice memories …thanks Gerald
@@knuckle47 Good memories! My oldest brother is about your age. I've done some old harmony acoustic songs with my two older brothers here on my channel. You might have to check out some of our CSN covers. Look up "Hartley Brothers" and you might get a kick out of it. Cheers!
Just bought this and returned it in 2 hours. My son wasn't into it and being a drummer, I thought it was overrated.
Thumbs up for Nick ! Has my respect and admiration for playing with Neal Morse and Genesis.
0:55 _which i'll get into you with_
Josh Walker 😂😂 gold
Hahaha
Boom shakka
Please don’t put your output into my input! 😭
@@tristancoyote1131 oh ma lord 😂😂😂
The question i have is, if i use drum kits i have from plug-ins with my DAW, can i just use those sounds like i would with a midi controller? Simple click and play?
Hi, Ariel. You would absolutely be able to use this controller to trigger virtual instruments in a DAW. You would just need to connect the unit to the computer via USB or to a MIDI interface to get the MIDI information into the computer.
Thanks for your interest!
Mike Wuchter, Sweetwater Sale Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1789, michael_wuchter@sweetwater.com
What would I need to connect this into my zoom r8 studio?
10:30 aight how about a doorslam and a boing!
Can you loop a rhythm you play as in the Roland Octopad? This is very essential for live performances if you are a one man band like myself.
00:06:55 thats so dope what a great demonstration of its ability
I have one of these now. Definitely a worthy pickup
Yeah... "dual zone" doesn't mean "layered".
Both your site description, the text here AND the gentleman on the video are misleading the customer when they use this term.
"Dual zone" means that a different areas of a specific pad will trigger different sounds when hit. For example, a cymbal pad; hit the face: one sound. Hit the edge: a different sound.
These pads are "layered". You can assign (2) sounds to each pad, but which one is triggered depends on velocity, not area hit. Light hit: one sound (or both). Hard hit: another (or both).
In short, these are SINGLE zone pads. All of them. It even says so in the product manual.
An educated consumer is your best customer, Sweetwater.
Blogspierre They probably made the Users guide universal, because, Dual zone are for Sample Rack Rim and Head 2 sound velocity switch sound each Zone, 4 sound per input trigger, and Hihat 16 sound velocity switch sound with SD card.
With SD card you can store up to 89 kit not 20..for both Sample pad pro and Sample Rack.
Gibberish. If the pad has ONE area, it's single zone. If it has 2 areas, it's dual-zone.
The manual is specific to this one device, and it says "single-zone pads".
Blogspierre dual layer is a better description...with velocity settings
CUSTERDOME An educated consumer is your best customer 👍🙃
The perfect add on to an acoustic kit. Awesome demo
Is mayonnaise one of the instrument sounds offered ?
yeah but u gotta bring ur own mayo and it has to be home made.
Patrick the star
Patrick: don’t ask that until squidward answers my question
*forcefully elbows the people who make drum samples*
Best ending Sweetwater have ever done.
It's not dual zone pads, its dual tone or sounds at the same time on a pad. That's not the same as layered sounds.
Dual zone would be different sounds hitting a different part of the pad. Another review said that pad 1 does support dual zone for rim and center hits of dual trigger pads.
I've had a instrument like this, sounds and looks already amazing. Sure i'l need something like this in the future :o
Don't buy this one. Trust me, me and my cousin got one each last week. My pad stopped triggering and it triggers the pad next to it. My cousins unit doesn't even power on anymore. I'd save your money and get something better.
@@jecky82 Thank you , you saved me.
@@jecky82what do you recommend then?
Does this thing have snap or clap sound effect?
The ending is the best 👌
OMG ITS NICK!!! spocksbeard!
This is the Best Review of a product - in the music space, I have ever seen man. He's like a talking manual. Thank You.
Man, I want that loop at 5:35. It sounds awesome.
Chris Jones i’m quite sure it’s from a kontakt library called Damage. At least very similar.
i loved the end of this video with the crowd applause and waving ahha . 100% want to get one of these! I prefer the idea of big pads I can hit with anything rather than tiny finger pads most controllers have..and with this i could just practice anywhere record my sessions into loops which i can then arrange in my daw.. this is perfect for what I need! and can do live amen drumming!
Great demo! Thanks! Wow, this is reasonably priced. Nice!
Great clear product explanation. Gosh you're so good. Subbed
I first saw this on RUclips and I loved it instantly. Thank you for this amazing PAD.
so sick very excited to get one myself
Nice ending, Nick is great man, my fav drum reviewer!
hahaha... i loved "your sounds" .... doesnt sound anything like a kontakt librarie!!! .... Still a nice demo!!! but it would be better with some editor software!!!
Super nice sympatic presentation! Thank you!
NIce, I just got mine. Can't wait to try it out!!
A question for folks who OWN this if I may...it is about connecting the kick pedal. On the 2 previous 8 pad Alesis units (Roland SPD style) there was NO WAY to free up the pad on the unit when using the kick trigger. What I mean is that the Lower Left pad was the Kick on all the setups. You would think that once you connected a Kick Pad to the Kick Pad Jack that the unit would free up the pad that was used for the kick, but it never did,
There was NO WAY to use that Lower Left pad for anything but the kick, which was stupid and what kept me from purchasing the Alesis AND Roland units. I see that the newest Roland SPD-30 has the ability to free up that pad, but it also cost $500...
If anyone can verify that when the Kick Pad Jack is used ALL the pads are free, or not, it would be EXTREMELY appreciated!
+Smurf431 Yes. When you use Kick jack (I use footswich pedal) the lower left pad is free and you can use it for any sound.
I bought this and it was AMAZING it changes tunes which is awesome
Nick, love your playing on all KG stuff, so great, and not a bad Jon Anderson vocal on Siberian K. YES should have gotten YOU to do double duty.
Hi, first of all I'd like to thank you for this video which not only motivated me to buy one of these about a year ago but also helped me a great deal when I had to program the kit so I could load the sounds of my SD card in it. I managed to make good use of it without any stand but now I feel limited and need more space for my arms to move and hit the pads proparly. I was advised to use a multipad stand but I see you're using a snare stand in this demonstration. Can you tell me what kind of stand you used and if you have any advise regarding this (angle of the pad, height etc. ) ?
It should have 2 foot pedals one for high hat and the other bass drum.
it does
Ryan Trestrail Where can I get them?
@@drumkid232 any pedal from any electronic drum kit will work
The kit looks cool.I have one concern however.Adding a sample to pad a dn browsing 500 samples by scrolling one by one could be biggest pain here.
Very good review! Thank you for sharing this!
Nice demo! Thank a lot!
Nice looking sample pad
Alesas suppet
I can't believe this is Sweetwater's highest viewed video.
This is the coolest shit since sliced bread
can you use this as a midi controller with usb?
Hey man.....is there a cut-off to the length of a sample. Like, could I trigger a 3-minute sample with a single hit?
L.A.W. there is no limit except with your software on your computer.
@@arando4359 what computer ? You upload sounds from sd card. The question is : Can you play the full lenght of a track sample (Like 5 minutes) after 1 hit , like backing tracks. Because in reviews on Amazon dudes are saying you can only upload sounds that are few seconds long.
very good, I understand that only brings 10 internal kits. And how many kits can be created or increased?
I have an SPD-SX and it brings 100 kits, I await your answer, regards
Thanks for the review, but just one question. Is this as good as/better than the Roland SPD-SX?
the spd-sx is a much better sample pad
Been nice to have seen the velocity setting being used to cross-switch the 2 voices that can be assigned to a pad at different velocity levels and velocity overlaps. I've had a question that I can't get answered anywhere regarding the sample crossfading, and that is: when the velocity range overlaps between the 2 samples assigned to one pad, does the lower sample fade out at the end of the overlap and, conversely, the upper sample fade in at the beginning of the overlap or do the sample volumes stay the same and the appropriate sample simply cuts out when out of it's range...? Capiche? I have the sample rack pro and what I'm hearing is a cut off, not a fade in or out. This is not good if it is the case and I really wish Alesis would fix it with an update. Thanks for the video.
That what mode you have each pad set it. They are set to cut off
nice demo, thanks.
GravyDaveNewson Thanks for watching!
+D Angelo Bustell #loading--3% looks like a standard snare stand...
I've had mine for like 5 years now and I still don't know how to fully use this damn thing.
It is a amazing drum instrument its cool its great sound responding sd cards usb setting easy operating this is awesome one
can this connect to a DJ mixer (via RCA) into one of its channels to use while DJ'ing? such as the DJM-800 or 900? Would really appreciate any insight, thank you in advance!
Yes. You will need a 1/4 to RCA Cable set. The Alesis unit is Line level output, so you can plug it into any of your 800's "Line Level" inputs. Do NOT use the Phono inputs.
anything can connect to anything with a $5 adapter
Nice where was this technology back then
Brother
How well does it do with buzz rolls though?
can you please tell how to put 2 beats in one pad
Is it use for drum looping like Roland SPD - SX?
cool ive been looking for a drum pad for a while!
if i conect 2 of them in ableton live does it recognise that there are 2 different controllers
Well, if I set a memory WAV sample in an Octabe, save it, get out the memory or pad it, and then turn on or off the memory again, will I get back the sample or sound I left in the Octabe or will I have to rebuild it?
I need this one
Thanks for the review ;)
Where do you write the name of the band?
*****
Why would one write the name of their band on their mother's rear end?
Wouldn't it be easier to write it on a banner and hang it on the wall behind the band?
tom doherty
Wow, no wonder you don't have a girlfriend.
Carol Stevens I'm just kiding y is every one so sereious
Carol Stevens and I do
tom doherty
Do you call her a "stuped bitch" too or is it safer to insult women on the internet?
What does "sereious" mean?
I have never seen this word before.
I tried looking it up but I can't find it.
Why not hook a kick pedal up and an open snare pedal so it will be like a drum kit?
What caliber bullets do the Machine Gun samples take?
rajan kiran
cast390 .357
*insert white guy blinking gif*
Holy Mackinaw! Pretty cool.
wow so creative...... it's easy as well ey mahnnn really like it
Can you guys teach us how to set up an HH trigger so that it links to a pad (ie Pad #7) so that it gives that pad the open/close effect? As of now, they act like 2 separate triggers and don't seem to be linked.
What is the type of drum stick to use with it, nylon or simply wooden drum stick ?
can i use a roland kd7 and fd7 on this? thanks
Yes, Herbert .Gatchalian. The kick pedal and hi-hat pedal inputs let you expand into a full drum kit!
Need this in the future
ROLAND HAS 9 PADS, IT IS OTHER DIFFERENCE, I AM ACTUALLY USING ROLAND AND IS VERY GOOD, BUT I'M GOING TO GET ALESIS, IT'S AMAZING TOO.
Can you create loops on it? That's what i want to do.
only tell me When we change the preset to next or back , it took some seconds like 3 seconds or so. is it true ? how much seconds it takes ?
I have a sample pad, it takes 3 seconds to load the next preset.
Can it be used to trigger sounds in a DAW?
The dude looks and sounds like Casey Kasem.
I sound very difficult to change the time.
Is it possible to connect it to a synthesiser and let it play along with a sequencer?
What pad offers looping of YOUR samples?
So by panning the kick pedal to the left and the rest of the kit to the right I will be able to Eq tu kick in my mixer
I need this!
I bought one of these pads & am really surprised at how long it takes to load your own sample sets. If you need to change samples for different songs in a live show then this is unusable. Next step is to sell this and buy the Yamaha SPD.
Hey! i just bought a samplepad pro 8 , I must hit too hard the pads to get a sound out of it even if it is set sensitive in 5, en upper pads sensitive is set to 8 and i have the same feel
is this normal? it is made for rough use?
it confuses me i dont really know if this is a digi drum or a drum machine can someone enlighten me about this.
My band uses a few backing tracks. Could a 3-4 minute song be added and sampled from a pad too? Or is each bank limited to how large of a file / length of a sound can be?
Hi, Brian! You would absolutely be able to put in a full song to be triggered. The only limitation would be the amount of memory available on the SD card that you are using. Thanks for you interest!
Mike Wuchter, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (260) 247-8114
Does this thing have any cross talking problems? I'd like to purchase one for playing drums just for fun at home but I don't want the tom to sound while I'm hitting the snare.
I can almost say it doesn't have that problem the reason being is because the pads are separate from each other not as with past pad designs where it was just one whole rubber square cover with eight squares in one so after a few months of use you hit one but that vibration triggers the other pads and you got mixed unwanted sounds even the roland pads supposedly the best had that issue. But I owned a roland spd-30 and never had that issue because the pads are designed very similar to this Alesis. I don't recommend buying roland percussion pads although very nice sounds they are extremely expensive and it seems like they design their instruments to not last, after about two years mine died out of nothing took great care of it never abused or anything but still, i also read similar comments from other users about roland so never again will buy one, so this would be a great option for you it cheap and sounds great
Does this pad have metronome monitoring like the SPD?
Id like to try this for just as my addictive drums midi controler to input my drum parts in
+917021439836iloilo
sounds like 2 volume levels on that pad. not really sensitive.
if you play some electronic music with acoustic set this might be advantage for that price i mean for dynamic playing you have the acoustic kit than when you want go more techno feel you got pad
I heard at least 4. That's fairly decent for $250
This is great! can the volume be turned down on individual pads to lower the high hats down a bit?
Hello, AeonSynth! Yes indeed! This is direct from the manual:
To adjust the volume level of a sample:
Strike a pad or ext. trigger.
Move the cursor to the LEV (Level) area by pressing the Cursor Up or Cursor Down buttons.
Then press the Cursor Left or Cursor Right button to adjust the level. [0-10]
Thanks for the interest!
Cody Kraus, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1766, cody_kraus@sweetwater.com
thank you so much for doing this video :) just wondering but where did you get the stand from? thank you :)
Could I hook this up to a loop pedal on a normal guitar amp
Would be nice if Alesis made some models for stand alone guitarists that need foot operated percussion.
does it work with Ableton? as a midi controller
yes
Clever Metaphor 7906437084
want used pad
I want to learn it how can I initiate my learning at my home?
the sample it self produce much better sound quality than the alesis e-drum
Would be great if it had two more pads. Two toms is no good to me.
Which cable is put in right and left mono
what is the name of the stand you are using?
Ah! Nifty device there.
Does anyone know if you can adjust the TAP TEMPO a LOOP ?
Example: I create a loop in WAV, use the PAD to give play and then can adjust the TAP TEMPO this LOOP according to music.
I don't think you can. But I could be wrong. I used Roland SPD-S for many years and messed with couple other sampling pads. If you create a wav file, it is fixed on the tempo you recorded it in. If it was a digital format like the sounds hard wired in the module then it depends on the settings but you may be able to. For example If you used Roland or Yamaha electronic kits and recorded yourself playing and then slowed or sped up the tempo, that is the hard wired digital sound I'm talking about. But Wav sounds (are usually sound bytes or loops) usually can only be manipulated in Pro tools or any recording program that has pitch correction and time snap to keep it in tempo. I hope that helps.
The musical sounds are all so cool and amazing! However, nothing compared to the feel of playing a real acoustic drums! Worth considering for recoding studios and Tech Enthusiast😃
I the "trigger mode" compatible with Ddrums kick triggers? Thanks!