Can the midi be used for other sounds within our DAW? Assuming we can just start off with these sounds, capture the MIDI, and if desired, change the sounds within our project
Even being a fanatic of a brand NORD now I must say that Nord Drum series (from 1 to 3P) is almost useless thing in real life. But 1. If you want play Nord drum, nothing can keep you from doing this using small single-zone pads from any brand. 2. The most useful thing for SPD-1 would be the possibility to load your own samples to all of the sound slots, not only one.
Would it have killed them to make some of the sounds change from note to note? That snare roll made me wince so hard my eyes hurt. The only real problem I have with digital drums is when you play fast notes on them or do a roll, it sounds like a cd player skipping. No variation, just a sample looping quickly.
So if you want a few sounds without a trigger and source this is an excellent way to start. I was debating getting one of the bt_1 but you have no built in sounds. I have to get more gear simply to augment my acoustic set. I do musicals and often need a sound for one song, and different sounds for several numbers. This makes it easier for that. If I had a need for something during multiple numbers I would break out the real thing, but if I had a few cowbell hits a few tambourine hits and a few China crashes, this would fit the bill. Also, being able to “tune” means you could add a new tom without breaking the geometry of your set too much.
This drum was not made to replace your full acoustic setup, but to give some addition to your regular set whether its acoustic or e-drums. For example add one SPD1 near snare to have some clap sound. So if you want to have various sounds on each drum then good e-drum set or conversion drum set (triggers on your acoustic drums with good drum module) will give you everything you could ever want.
Why should it be sold for cheap? This device is conceived for professional use, has a sturdy box with all the expected connections, has an array of several different sounds and each of them has multiple layers of sampling that can be found hitting in different parts of the pad or hitting it with different dynamics. Plus it has FX etc. Way beyond a toy drum machine. This seems to be a fully professional device. Its price seems pretty reasonable.
The Alesia Sample Pad Four is the exact same thing as this, BUT is has 4 pads and you can load samples onto it that are more that 5 seconds. It also has way more built-in sounds. And STILL manages to be cheaper in price than this.
@Jonathan - You're comparing totally different products. The Alesis is not a stompbox, no one wants to have an LCD screen on the floor. Also it's not portable, the build quality is much lower and unlike Roland, their drum sounds aren't responsible for spawning thousands of hit songs and multiple new genres of music over the last three decades.
GargesFriend I have to agree. These are pro level units. But the demonstration is a bit out of context. And I think the Sensitivity knob is too high for the stock velocity used.
This thing with 10 preset sounds and 10 free user slots in which you can enter any .wav samples (~16mb per sample) for 150$ would be an absolute nobrainer but unfortunately they screwed up with price, content and flexibility.
Actually its not because of its sensitivity. The technology and hardware to make very sensitive pads that work well for a long time costs money to build
This is a marvelous product which does truly incredible things. What a great addition to any set-up. That being said, it's the worst demonstration of any product I've ever seen.
I don't get the point of having cymbals and snares and cross stick ???? You cant use it as a drum, more like a complement to a drum kit. Where you already have cymbals and hopefully, a snare !
Genuinely considering it to add cross-stick to my TD-3 kit. The TD-3 produces cross-stick sound, but only if I hit the snare-rim lightly. Too hard, and I get rim-shot sound instead. So frustrating.
yeah these sounds are redundant for use with an acoustic kit, but are essential if you built out a 'kit' from 3-4 of these spd::one units, which roland is actually hoping some people do.
I agree too many cymbals... And a gong? The idea is you could mix some things with other hand percussion (so you wouldn't have your kit)... and I like the cross stick and hats. But with just a few presets, more common percussion sounds would be nice.
@@faunaflage faunaflage Roland made a Kick version of the Spd 1. Like I mentioned to someone else, it's just full of kick samples for guitarists or percussionists who just want to add in a kick. There's also a user slot to import your own samples, so if you want to add a kick, you can.
your looking at a professional instrument and complaining about the price. If your budget dont fits in, save more money and buy it. It's easy believe me.
Look into the Spd One Kick instead of this one, unless you didn't only want kick sounds. Otherwise, like neville ridding said, load your own sound sample into the last slot of the percussion pad.
We really needed another overpriced machine gun sounding electronic drum from Roland.. shame could have been a good idea but at this price at least some velocity settings would have been fair .. if you don't play double is ok (wich is stupid for a percussion instrument) ...
