Roland SPD-ONE Sampler - Electronic Percussion Pad Reviews
Roland's standalone SPD-One WAV sample-based percussion pad is as versatile as your drumming style, allowing you to take your favorite samples onstage with the rest of your kit. Whether you're looking to create a hybrid acoustic/electronic drum kit or simply add on to the electronic kit you already have, this super-flexible yet brilliantly simple percussion pad is the way to go. With 4GB of internal storage and support for one shots, phrases, loops, backing tracks, and more, the battery-powered SPD-One WAV adds a ton of utility to your kit.
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Been using live for 2 years. Works. Pad slipping off. Needs tinkering
Of course, if you buy the WAV over the KICK you know you're getting your hands dirty. You need to find you samples, get the levels right, EQ them, etc. The trade-off is the enormous flexibility. We've got kick, tambourine, a train whistle, a short fanfare, a ship's bell, audience applause... crazy stuff.
I think during a hot outside gig the black pad's adhesive got warm and it slipped down 10mm or so on 1 corner. Still works. Just a bummer but understandable.
For some reason, the output signal on this isn't nearly as strong as I'd expect a line-level output to be. I have to crank the master, then add a decent amount of preamp gain to get it usable. Had the same issue on a few mixers. The only think I can figure is I've got the wrong cable type. I'm running a TRS into a 1/4 mixer input that may nor may not be balanced. Not a huge deal.
We also noticed that the samples need to be high-quality. At least the higher-pitched ones. I grabbed a tambourine sample off of Logic's build-in sounds and it was awful. I recorded a real tambourine to replace it and it sounds natural.
Before the SPD we had stomp boxes and a big kick drum and foot tambourines. Now we just have this so I'd say it's been worth it in that regard.
