It's an Alesis PercPad in a different case. Check out the sounds and controls - identical. Alesis stuff seems to turn up in a lot of other guises - it goes back to when the SR-16 drum machine became the brain for Ion kits.
The hardware and board may be different, but I still think it's the same firmware and sound library, possibly even on the same chip but mounted on different boards. If not, it's an amazing coincidence that the sound lists, control systems and parameters on both devices are EXACTLY the same. I smell two licensing deals for the same package from Awowo or Medeli or someone!
@@zaxzaxx4561 "same" sound library ? PercPad only has 25 sounds, Kat pad has 50 and they dont sound the same. There are similarities in the parameters even in the back....Kat copied Alesis and made it better. It even added a hihat pedal input.
Hands down best budget drum pad. Every review has $10k of gear in their perfect studio. For a regular person. This is a great product. Great drum pad. Does exactly what it should to play some drums.😎
I purchased 2 KAT drums, 2 concert snare stands, the hi-hat pedal, the bass trigger, and I use my regular bass drum pedal with it. So, I have a full set comparable to my 9-piece Ludwig acoustic set. I have the 2 KAT drums plugged into a mixing board in stereo and panned L to R (high to low tones). I use it for recording w/ headphones, but it can be amplified also. The pads and pedals have a good feel and bounce, and the 50 sounds per 1/4 pie sections are great! (400 sounds total with 2 drums.) Therefore, I have a hi-hat, a snare drum - plus high, medium and low-tuned tom-toms, the bass drum, a ride cymbal and 2 crash cymbals. At age 60, I have played the drums for 55 years, the piano for 42 years, and the bass guitar for 40 years, plus I sing, write and produce music. (I was in professional bands for 45 years, and now I do solo recording with playing all of the parts in my smaller studio.) Listening back to my completed songs, I can't tell the difference between my Ludwig set and the Kat drum set. Thus, I would recommend it to anybody. I have almost $500.00 invested into this set-up and I'm VERY pleased with it. I will however mention that you must be VERY accurate upon hitting 1/4 pie sized drums with finesse - but with my 55 years experience as a drummer, I have no problems doing so. My entire rig will fold-up and fit into a standard back-pack too. I wouldn't hesitate to play a live gig with it, but it would have to run through the main PA system. (The audience might laugh until they hear the quality of the sound.) I played a LOT of other digital drum sets (compact and full-sized) and this set-up is truly hard to beat! It DOES NOT sound like a "cheap set". The rating over-all is 4 to 5 stars.
Funny, I contemplated getting a second one and doing something similar. As it is, one of the uses I have for it is also in an ultraportable kit, although in my case I use an acoustic snare, cymbals and hi-hat, then use the KAT for toms and bass. I've got the bottom two quadrants tuned to the same high tom pitch and the upper two to a low tom pitch - essentially the extreme ends of the tom sound's pitch range - giving me the classic one-up one-down tom setup while also reducing the targeting problem caused by the small pad sizes.
Thanks for the great review. I want to pick one of these up just as a midi controller for running loops and samples but it's nice to know they work great for regular drums. I for one am glad Alesis kept this unit simple and hence.. affordable.
I don't recall you highlighting this, but you're supposed to be able to play this as a hand drum. That was a key draw for me as well as the ultra compactness. Mine is on its way!
I just bought this recently. I'm not a drummer, but a songwriter and I needed a way to record more complicated drum parts. The midi keyboard controller is difficult to things like snare trains. So far, the KAT has been fantastic for this application. I haven't, and probably never will use it for a live application, so I can't speak to its usefulness there.
I also wants to use it as a midi controller. How does the sensitivity quality of these pads compared to roland SPO or in general , what are the level range you get on the midi output in your DAW while playing it?
I use this pad in my live looping setup. It is easy to strike with my hands without having to avoid any of the controls. The limitation of sound samples is not really a negative for me. The large pad sections make it easy for me to strike with hand or my sausage fingers. I am not a drummer or a percussionist so for me, this unit works great for looping live and also for recording. For the price, I feel it was a good choice for me. I am looking to upgrade to something with more built-in samples but not is a rush. My mother told me to always buy the best. I said, "That is easy when I am using your money."
Hmm, I was looking for something to use looping with guitar on stage. I have the Alesis Sample Pad4 and maybe I got a dud because I think it’s crap. Maybe because I used to have the Strike Multipad and comparing it to that. I’ll have to take it apart and see why it’s so flaky on missed hits. Maybe bad trigger?
I use this to trigger MIDI percussion sounds through the Latin Percussion add-on pack for Addictive Drums 2. It's positioned upper-left of my hi-hat where I would put a cowbell or woodblock in an acoustic set. I also have the Alesis Sample Pad Pro but I don't usually have both of them going at once in my setup because I've never had the patience to configure completely different sounds on both units. I've had this thing for about 4 years and I love it. Its perfect for using as a cowbell/wood block/whatever-the-f!@# you want add-on for an electronic kit. I wouldn't use this for regular drummin, however, unless you really need something small or are going to use it for triggering MIDI sounds. This is because the on-board sounds are not that great, and there's a slight amount of noise (hiss) coming out of the unit. But the triggering itself is very solid and accurate. It's circular shape also makes it fit nicely in any setup. I highly recommend this thing against the Roland SPD-SX. Unless you need all that sampling and DJ-type functionality, why spend $800? If you really need that many extra pads in your setup than just get the Alesis Sample Pad Pro.
You can add a cheap pedal that will work for the bass drum, but it may not feel "right" to a drummer. I'm a guitarist, and I just want an easy way to add some percussion to loops. Also, "snap action" momentary switches can be attached to the unit, to enable hand triggering of bass an hi-hat options, for a total of six sounds available to a hand player.
Hi, been subbed to you for long time, i play drums but I do not own any E drums. I do really like them. I do a lot of midi writing in my DAW software, I am wondering what is a good choice or option for a single drum for inputting in some midi notes. I looked into E drum Taiko from Roland but is far too expensive. Would be nice to have tho. Something with good dynamics. is there a snare pad that comes with a built in drum brain with good dynamics? what would you suggest in 2023?
I don't know of a snare with built in sounds currently on the market. There are some practice pads with built in sounds alesis and roland have made in the past. Along with a Roland marching snare.
@@65Drums I actually found the Bop Pad by going through your videos. I emailed them and they said they have more coming in 6 weeks, is exactly what I am looking for was a midi controller for software. Super cool little thing, they updated it to make it more rigid since the black version, it is now red with white striking surface. Thank for making that video! I would never have found it!
Thanks for the great review. In terms of sensitivity of the pads, does it have a good sensitivity, i.e when you play quiet and loud on the pad, which volume levels you get on the midi output?
Do you know if I can use a bass drum trigger, like the roland kick drum trigger. I think it's the RT 30, or something like that. And hook it up to the bass drum of my acoustic set. That way I can trigger the bass drum. Basically, would this be compatible???
Have a KTMP and that hard rubber pad is really noisy and not happy with the feel. So I'm upgrading to the Alesis Nitro mesh so I could practice in my home studio. Found a good deal on reverb.com so going for it. Will us the Kat multi pad as a add on for cowbells, cymbals and odd percussion sounds etc with my Nitro.
I have the pad myself, and I just bought the Alesis Nitro and would like to connect it to my ktmp1. I had the pad for a while now and I love it. I want to use it with Nitro for extra sounds.
I use two of these for triggering midi (Superior Drummer) on my setup (SPD30 along with 8 Roland pads run through a TD4 module). One multipad for a ride (bow, bell, and edge + cowbell) and the other for crashes. And the KAT kick trigger has an input so it works with a second for double bass. Works just fine with a MOTU microlite as interface. Yeah, maybe I could have gotten a "real" set, but this was built up over a couple of years, a piece at a time. ebay is your friend.
On either side of the SPD30. The crash is on the left, the ride on the right but lower because I've made a second ride out of a CY-8 with one of those triangular Yamahas over it for the bell, and they're behind the multipad up against the wall. The snare and five tom pads are in the usual places in front of the 30. Might sound crowded, but all the pads have good clearance. Unless I lose a stick I don't hit anything I don't want to.
Would this work well for triggering SD3 in a studio setting for drum fills etc. I dont want to spend $500 for a better one but I dont want one with so low quality that I cant even record easily.
I was interested in using it as a midi controller only to control just my snare drums, with each pad controlling a the snare sound altered to a different effect, note repeat or just another snare from another drum kit
Hi, i am trying to make choice between this one and Alesis Sample pad 4. I am not going to use any sounds in this nor Alesis Pad 4. I am trying to understand which one is best for using with Logicpro wtih Kontakt 5, taikos and orchestral percussion. How is the touch quality between both models? Which one would you prefer if you were going to use it to trigger midi instruments from computer?
looking at build a studio in a 5x10 storage unt or a 10x10 so really cramped for space i see used foot pedal and stand for a total under 100 together but dont see the kick dum beater the price is right but what do you think or any one think about this unit for that small space???
The alesis strike is too new yet. It might take a couple of years to know if its as durable as roland. As of right now, i'd say roland still has the edge on durability
The Sample Pad Pro actually has three inputs and two of them are dual-zone. The Sample Pad 4 has one input and I don't know if it's single- or dual zone
Would you buy a sample pad pro if the cost was not an issue? I am not buying a Roland. I do need something to load bass samples. The pro is not getting the best reviews
Did you get to experiment with it in store to see if you can make kits and change them easily? I've read that you can't. I want to make sure before I buy it but no one has it in store when I go. I can see electronic drummers use this too to free up space. That's my plan for both electronic and acoustic so you don't have to carry cowbell, shaker, etc and keep pads free on a electronic kit for other sounds.
you can't make presets of different pad configurations in this , you can only change each pad and it automatically saves those changes when you turn it off
it's definitely a limitation, but I was just thinking that for my sake it doesn't matter because I'm not a "gigging" drummer. So it seems like more of a home-use kinda thing, although it's certainly durable enough to be used in a live setting. By the way this was another great video. Keep it up and please don't ever stop. I'm a fairly busy person and I always wait on your next video and watch it as soon as I can. Even if I already know what you're talking about, or own the product you're reviewing, I still always learn something or gain some kind of new and useful and perspective from what you have to say. I have no doubt you'll get to a million subscribers.
I got one and it cross leaks from pad to pad...and you have to hit it really hard to trigger the sound even with the sensitivity all the way...im not a happy cat up...
This was a really inexpensive way to get a few extra Latin sounds without giving up rim triggers on the regular kit. That said, can we add 'extra ports' to our wish list for the kt5? Cowbell anyone?
The alesis simple s pb is the only pedal plug ! Kick bass or hit hat … so you cant play basic drum Need a mix between kat and alesis 2 plugs pedal Kat with sd banjo sound of alesis …
Just added the KAT Multipad KTMP1 to my Roland TD-12 and/or my TD-25 Kit. I wanted to add a Roland BT-1 Trigger Bar to my Roland Sound Module but as one trigger I decided on the KAT which has 4-Trigger Pads at not costing much more. It has a mount for the Roland Stand & can be played as a hand drum too. It has 4-pads for 50 percussion sounds & plugs into the AUX of the Sound Module, so no extra amp required. It's versatile enough that I can play it up front as a Conga Drum and/or part of my kit. Also, I've added it to my acoustic percussion equipment with my Roland El Cajon. So the KAT has a lot of advantages as a 4-trigger drum pad & acoustic hand drum, plus you can add Bass Drum & Hi-Hat pedals too. facebook.com/pg/VircussionCanada/posts/ www.katpercussion.com/ktmp1.html
Also, the Alesis SamplePad Pro might be expensive (in comparison to the KAT one), but it also has 4 trigger inputs (1 kick, 1 hihat and two extra ones) and a footswitch input as well.
