Stomp Box Review: Roland SPD:ONE Kick vs. Ortega Horse Kick Pro vs. Shadow Stompin' Bass 

Thanks for your well done review. Good information to have before I purchase.

Thank you for this. It really helped me start figuring out whats out there.

Great video! Thanks for reviewing these.

Thanks for the run through! Very well done!

What Ortega understood and many other companies didn't is that you don't always have two inputs on your amp. It's as simple as that.

Good review, thanks 👌

Thanks fot this review!!!

Very well done demonstration and review. Thanks!

Thanks for the demo!

Thanks for that review. To the point well done.

Thanks bro good review

Great, thanks much.

Well done.

Thank You. Great Video.

Really Cool Sounds 🎶🎵🤘

Do you think its a good idea to use spd one kick with v drum set such as roland td17-kvx? Instead of stock kd-10 pedal with beater ?

Great review! I think I would go for the Roland, and maybe try to make some kind of mat for underneath it like the Shadow...

Thanks dude!

Very good

Thanks, Bud.

I've been using the Horse Kick Pro for a while for regular gigs, and it is good (once you get used to hitting it in the right place, and with a little bass boost), but it's started to go very quiet and buzzy and last gig wouldn't do anything but popping sounds. So by my experience it doesn't last long term with heavy use. I'm thinking of getting the SPD One in the hope that it can take more of a beating, plus I'm drawn by that softer kick sound for quieter songs

I'm a guitarist and mostly stand while I play and sing. In our duo I either have no percussion, kick, or tambourine. I use a SPD One Percussion for a tambourine sound and analog Ortega Horse for kick. I keep both pedals behind me and hit with my heal. No fatigue. Also, with two pedals I never have to make adjustments which would be cumbersome. I tape both pedals down with Gaff tape at every gig to keep them from moving. I have considered using the SPD One for kick sounds. It sounds good enough to me.

I love the roland, but as you've indicated, the split feature is an issue. I suppose one could create a sort of device with cloth, leather, or bit carpet to solve the problem.

I owned a horsekick by Ortega, and tried it with my acoustic duo. When we had a gig the sound technician of the event complained that our gear made a noisy hiss sound. I thought maybe cables or my guitar but it was the Ortega horsekick. Returned it and got a new one at my music store, but again at a different gig we heard an hissing sound (new pedal!) so if you’re playing live gigs this isn’t your best choice.

This is really interesting. I play bass and want to do the afterbeat with my foot. Do you think I can plug it on a bass amp or is it for guitar amp, or do I need preamp? I like your video, thanks! Very useful!

I wonder if I can use this in conjunction with a TC helicon play acoustic and looper😮?

Why not customize the Roland with a detachable foot pad. As well as, rubber grip on bottom or velcro to another base altogether for the bottom of the kick pad That's one other user did. . Anyways, thanks, for the very informative review.

Hey there! I own an ANNAlog (passive pickup), but it's a bit quiet for my purpose: I'm using a Roland Mobile Cube, and even when volume is on max, the kick sound still is not very loud. I wonder whether getting a Horse Kick would solve the problem, as it is an active unit (battery powered)? Can you confirm that an active unit is noticeably louder than a passive one? And is it possible to connect the Horse Kick directly to an 1/8" AUX input? Thank you.

I use the SPD1, but I place a board in front so my foot is the correct height. The kick sounds on their own aren’t the best, but with some tweaks it’s not to shabby.

I agree with the comments about the ergonomic issue. Do a three hour gig and you’ll be barely able to walk . I don’t know what the solution is but they should have consulted a podiatrist fora better foot configuration.

Have You issues With dobbelt kick. I have one and it some times makes dobbelt kick when my mate moves his feet or others walk on stage.

Man, I love your boots! No kidding ! What’s the brand ? I had the spd one which costs a fortune and I sold it because I couldn’t handle the dynamic of it . Sometimes it was too loud, other times it was too soft. Also, it wasn’t sold with the right usb cable and I never managed to load a user sample which really bugged me!

Nice review. Have you ever tried any home made stomps?

In decided to build my own.

Can you power the roland with 9V adapter?

It would be good if one of these connect to a vst then you can use any drum sound

This video covered a subject that I was curious about. So thank you, but please consider increasing the master audio level. The entire video was very quiet.

Can u turn it around and use heel

Please do ist with your feet , so you get a very good cayon bass drum on the horsekick pro... its not made for handclapping ! ;)

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Und warum auf englisch und nicht auf deutsch?

Thé Roland looks like it wil much better on a pedalboard fixed with scratch tape.

The sound level on this vid is very low - ironically!

All those stompboxes have the wrong ergonomics. Toes high heel low. It will wreck your lower leg front muscle. Very unnatural. As if they all follow the first (wrong) design..

They need to learn how to draw a horse lol

Horse Kick Pro: Bassdrumsound im Kick ne nervende Höhenpieck.