Roland HandSonic 10 
Percussion Controller with 400 Sounds and Patterns
Drum Up Some New Percussion Sounds!
Roland has accomplished more in the world of electronic percussion than just about anyone else. That includes electronic hand percussion, as evidenced by their HandSonic HPD-15. At this year's NAMM Roland announced the second member of its HandSonic family: the HandSonic 10 (HPD-10). More affordable and streamlined than its big brother, it offers the same great pad response that made the original HandSonic so popular, but with a specialized set of features and a fresh batch of sounds, rhythms, and effects. Roland HandSonic 10 Features:- All-new sounds and patterns (approx. 400)
- 10 individual pressure-sensitive pads
- Large icon-driven LCD display
- D Beam controller for sound/pitch/effects control
- New metronome function with backing rhythm patterns
- 20 multi-effects
- Rhythm Coach function
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inSync Review
This thing is great! The Roland HandSonic 10 is perfect for the hand drummer looking for portability and ease of setup and, with the headphone jack, you can practice throughout the night without wakin... read more
Sweetwater Advice
Andrew Malloy
What a joy to play!!! Now you can take your hand drumming skills to the MIDI world and have fun. The pressure-sensitive pads allow for unique muting, slapping, and other expressions you just can't do with a run-of-the-mill MIDI hand controller. Oh, it also sounds great too. This is a must-have for anyone playing live or recording any type of ethnic percussion.
Great addition
by Black Pantha from Greensboro, NC
September 10, 2009
Music Background: Musician, Hobbyist
As a percussionist, this is the toy to get. When I'm playing a set, it's cool to have the Handsonic10 next to my high hat so I can still bring in chimes, vibraslap, or a rainstick if I need it in a s ... read more [+]ong. All I do is program the pads to what instrument I want. A wise investment for a drummer/percussionist. close [-]
fantastic percussion rig
by boro from Canada
May 28, 2007
Music Background: Hobbyist
I had the itch to buy more and more hand percussion gear. I figured I would be saving money by buying an electronic hand percussion controller... and I ended up with my money's worth and then some.< ... read more [+]br />
For starters, the handsonic comes with plenty of high-quality samples on board. Congas, cajon, udus, bongos, drum kits, tabla, electronic sounds, etc etc etc. All these sounds are all tweakable using on board effects; pitch, reverb, delay, etc. are all available. The sound is fantastic. It's like having a truck full of percussion gear fit into a backpack.
To play these samples, you have 10 pressure/velocity sensitive areas on the circular pad which you can assign to your hearts content. Roland's presets are well thought out, and are great out of the box. The most impressive part of playing the handsonic is the ability to transmit midi messages between the various pads... e.g. you can perform mutes or pitch changes by applying pressure to the pads. There's even a D-beam that you can assign to control anything from simple triggering (like a chime gliss) to pitch changes (theremin anyone?). That's barely scratching the surface.
Some of the presets you will never use, and are obviously there to be edited and replaced by the user. The drum kit sounds are a little lacking, but the tweakability makes up for the lack of samples.
For keeping your chops up, roland added a rhythm coach function, which is like a metronome on steroids... it can play patterns, check your timing/accuracy/etc.
The chassis has foam rubber on the bottom, and sits reasonably well on a table, but this is quite counter-intuitive to playing. Roland sells a stand for the hpd10, which you may or may not think is expensive. Mine sits in a snare stand basket just fine, but the roland stand would obviously be best.
I don't know what else to tell you. If you're a hand percussionist in need of something to add to your arsenal, or you're a hobbyist looking for hundreds of instruments in one, you owe it to yourself to at least check the hpd out. close [-]
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