The Roland SPD-SX sampling pad brings a lot more to your percussive possibilities than any other model of its kind, blending audio capture, multi-fx, and playable pads to create a comprehensive sampling solution.
Featuring nine super-sensitive pads, real-time control knobs and multi-fx trigger buttons, the SPD-SX gives you perfect clarity and control over every aspect of your samples thanks to a large, clear and well-lit display screen that will be easy to see even under the glare of stage lights.
The pads themselves each posses an accompanying LED that remains on for the duration of the sample playing – a handy feature when using samples that might contain any amount of silence and be otherwise-assumed to be off, for instance. The lights will also shine brighter depending on the levelled strength of the sample, allowing you an overall knowledge of your mix at a glance.
Effects can be assigned on a per-kit basis, with a third generator presiding over the master output and giving you DJ-style, real-time control over samples. Looping and filtering are possible alongside more expected delay, reverb and distortion effects, and can all be manipulated and articulated while triggering, making for a reactive, natural playing experience.
2GB of memory is enough to store a vast number of samples (approx. 360 minutes of 16-bit mono audio), although of course you can also use the bundled software to move samples back and forth from a computer, organise them, and assign them to kits.
For electrifying live sampling, the Roland SPD-SX makes perfect sense.
The main features of the SPD-SX include:
- Unique sampling-pad concept — the only instrument of its kind in the world
- 2 GB internal memory, enabling approximately 360 minutes of sampling (mono) without requiring external memory
- Nine velocity-sensitive rubber pads, two external dual-trigger inputs
- Easy capturing and assignment of audio data through Multi-Pad Sampling
- Three units of multi-effects onboard, with two real-time control knobs and four dedicated effect buttons
- Individual Pad Dynamics indicators show pad status and audio-level activity during performance
- Expanded USB functionality (USB Mass Storage, USB MIDI/AUDIO, USB Memory)
- Wave Manager software included for easily importing, assigning, and organizing samples
- Large backlit LCD
- Two external trigger inputs allowing you to connect up to four Pads.
- Maximum Polyphony 20 voices
- Sampling Time (Total time for all wave data) Approx. 180 min. in stereo (360 min. in mono)
- Data Format 16-bit linear PCM (WAV/AIFF)
- Sampling Frequency 44.1 kHz
- Dimensions: 364 mm 14-3/8 inches x 331 mm 13-1/16 inches x 94 mm 3-3/4 inches
- Weight: 2.5 kg / 5 lbs. 9 oz.