This thing is awesome!! I just played with one today at sam ash. This guy is pretty decent, but the employee at sam ash today was absolutely INSANE. I've been looking for videos where someone rocks one of these as hard as he did, but I can't find anyone that even compares. I wondered why he was working there..
Hey fitforsoccer000888! If I am understanding your question correctly, you are asking if you can use your DAW to play sounds on the Handsonic. With the midi in port, you would be able to trigger sounds, change patches, etc.
Lately Roland has been disappointing me so often. they could have had something really cool here, but only 2 velocity layers per pad and not enough user memory for longer loops, just drums. And that D-beam is just weird, you have to take one hand off of the drum to operate it. maybe if they would have incorporated some type of gesture sensing while playing the drum, they would have something.
I agree...Ive been incorporating midi amongst real stuff since 89...whilst software like Superior or Kontakt Percussion series might go 8 layers with positional sensing...this unit is not really core different to the tech around in 1990 ie 2 layers. I realise it has some modelled positional stuff for some drums...its a half baked solution and the surface feels terrible to play. Also have a wavedrum...seriously eats this alive for playability even though it doesnt have the same size of content...its a lot futher along the road although its very limited in connection and no looper or kick/pad inputs etc. Wish someone would make something decent...ie Boppad with amazing software percussion instrument as a kit. Leave the D Beam and put the resource to something really useful in core architecture instead of putting toys on it.
