Item Reviews for: Roland SPDSX Sampling Drum Pad Controller  -  ROL SPDSX LIST
Roland SPDSX Sampling Drum Pad Controller
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Best ever

By: Derrick Larry      Submitted: 3/7/2022

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Product Rating Product Review This product is the best no glitches or delay I really recommend this product and (AMS) company one of the best music company out continue to be the best
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Best drum pad on market!

By: Rafael      Submitted: 3/7/2022

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Product Review I bought as a gift for a friend and he loved! its light weight and reliable
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A Proven Classic

By: Brian Gordon      Submitted: 1/25/2022

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Product Review Play live electronic drums with my choice of samples…plus an intuitive interface…YES, PLEASE!! All that is missing is the ability to use a hihat foot trigger. This product has ultimately made my life easier.
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This Roland SDPSX Sampling Drum Pad Controller

By: Herbmjr      Submitted: 1/6/2022

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Product Review Roland Sampling drum pad machine is great and very many operating samplers and features with just enough control buttons , for effects , curser butting for left to right to up and down. The options are for sampling wave forms sound options for the drum pads and so on !!!!
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Multi-purpose at its best

By: T. Mitch      Submitted: 1/6/2022

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Product Review The SPDS-X is great for me, I’m able to connect to my computer easily to create patches to get functionality and I’m able to connect triggers. Another feature I like is being able to upload more sounds!! It’s truly been worth the money spent.
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USEFUL!!

By: Tim      Submitted: 1/5/2022

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Product Review The Spd-Sx is a great tool for studio and live drummers. It great for triggering clicks and Backing tracks. Also the sound samples are a great added addition to a traditional acoustic kit ! 10/10 Fully recommend for live and studio drummers !
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The best drum pad I have purchased this far.

By: Trish      Submitted: 12/9/2021

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Product Review This is a fantastic drum pad, has many functions.
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Great Addition To My Kit!

By: Earl Orr      Submitted: 12/9/2021

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Product Review This piece of gear was a much needed addition to my kit. Just received it, it has sparked a lot of creativity; will work well on my gigs and increase my value as a drummer. Meets all my expectations.
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It will enhance your sound

By: Clarence Moore      Submitted: 9/6/2021

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Product Review I’ve been using my pad now for a little over 6 months now. I’ve been able to utilize it in home studio, church gigs, club gigs, acoustic gigs, and every live performance I’ve had. I love it and you should get you one! I’m slowly paying it off, a little behind schedule but, I’m not gonna stop using it! I love it and it’ll be paid off soon!!! Thanks for the product!!
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A must have!

By: Steve Elias      Submitted: 7/6/2021

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Product Review This is my right hand man. Great sounds and an amazing tool for performance and practice. Also great for learning new styles with the preset loops. I never drum without it!
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Awesome and user friendly

By: David Cruz      Submitted: 2/26/2021

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Product Review The Roland SPD-SX is everything i was looking for in a pad Drum machine.. works great with my Daw..
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easy to use!

By: Gino Casarez      Submitted: 2/11/2021

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Product Review the best thing about this product is that it's totally a must in the studio for sampling, & recording, not to mention the ability to sample in the field @ a gig! how fun is that!
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Would definitely recommend this product.

By: Marie Bernadin      Submitted: 9/4/2020

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2 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review Would definitely recommend this product. If used properly, you can make great things with this machine. Would definitely recommend.
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GREAT SERVICE, GREAT PRODUCTS!!!

By: DrummerDeon      Submitted: 7/28/2020

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3 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review I recently purchased a Roland SPDSX Sampling Drum Pad. It has really exceeded my expectations by far. My performance quality has improved tremendously! I have used it for everything, live performances, studio recordings, from vocal samples to click tracks the sky is the limit for this pad. American Musical Supply has good customer service, fast shipping, and great products. I am currently planning my next purchase...
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Yeah this is like a dream come thru

By: Garnet      Submitted: 7/3/2020

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Product Review wow wow it's the best thing ever happened stay-at-home
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I love my Roland equipment!!!

By: Jim      Submitted: 6/28/2020

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Product Review I finally had the opportunity to upgrade my SPD-S and this thing is freakin' awesome to work with. There is so much more you're able to do, that I wish I didn't wait so long. But I am certainly glad I got it now.
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User friendly even for a non techy person.

By: Logan      Submitted: 5/4/2020

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Product Review Excellent product. The SPD-SX has been on the market for several years now but, it’s still an awesome and very usable product even in today’s music scene.
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It’s a great asset.

By: Terrie Reed      Submitted: 3/30/2020

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4 people found this review helpful.
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Product Review This pad really helps to add a different component to the music and shows. It takes everything to another level.
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Versatile Sampling Pad

By: Alberto      Submitted: 3/30/2020

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Product Review I've been waiting on getting my hands on the Roland SPD-SX for a while and thanks to American Musical easy payment options the time has come to get my hands on this long waiting gear. I'd always respected Roland as I'm a long time customer( have the TD-17KVSX). This unit complements my EV Drums in a beautiful way, simply the palette of options is all the sudden expanded tremendously. The unit is easy to navigate and understand. I had some issues at the beginning because of the software and that I use a MacBook but other than that the unit works amazing. I highly recommended it.
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Best Drum Pad Ever........PERIOD

By: Cedric Fuller      Submitted: 3/13/2020

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Product Review My Roland SPD-SX has expanded my possibilities as a drummer and given me added versatility. This pad is durable, easy to use, has amazing sounds, and looks good with any drum kit. The SPD-SX exceeds my expectations and is a must have for all drummers for both live playing and studio recording!!!
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The Roland SPD-SX Pad is a must have if you’re Trying to take your drumming to the next level.

By: CEE      Submitted: 3/5/2020

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Product Review The Roland SPD-SX Pad is a must have if you’re Trying to take your drumming to the next level. The product itself is AMAZING and very user friendly. GET IT TODAY!
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Great buy

By: Funnyclown58      Submitted: 3/5/2020

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Product Review Always wanted one and AMS is a good company this is a great drum machine
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Worth the money

By: Kevin Village-Stone/Black Ramen      Submitted: 11/26/2019

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Product Review Have used this in concert and works great. we can also not only trigger sounds but entire passages/beds we uploaded via thumbdrive from ProTools. Drummer loves the feel/rebound of the thick pads versus the flat solid pads of other units like Alesis. Hope they make a 24bit version instead of 16bit but in live stage audio we couldn't really tell the difference especially when it's mixed with other instruments.
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Worth It

By: Kevin Village-Stone      Submitted: 10/17/2019

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Product Review Have now used this in concert and love it. Not only triggering sounds but triggering entire passages and segues. Yes, wish it was 24bit but in a live situation you can't really tell. Very clean audio output, great features and the rebound on the thick rubber pads feel better than the flat multipad devices. Bear in mind that it's garbage in/garbage out so make sure your samples are mixed and normalized properly. Also easy to carry a thumbdrive as an instant emergency backup. Plus since it outputs it's own sound, there is one less piece of gear to bring (a sound module). Highly recommend it for gigging musicians.
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I need this pad to improve my live skill set on stage.

By: Big H.      Submitted: 9/5/2019

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Product Review I’m so happy that American Musical Supply had this pad and payment plan so I could get this magnificent device to start playing and making music.
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Great product

By: Satch      Submitted: 8/30/2019

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Product Review It’s great if ur a drummer for many reasons.......
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Instruments

By: Prince Akinwale Akintaju      Submitted: 8/5/2019

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Product Review I love my Roland SPD-SX. It helps alongside with my drums and add special features and sounds.
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Roland SPD-SX packed with really useful features and IO

By: Production GRL      Submitted: 7/31/2019

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Product Review I have tried a number of different pad controllers and finally broke down and got the Roland SPD SX from American Musical Supply. I'm glad I did. It covers a lot of bases. It works stand alone; it's companion application the SPD-SX Wave Manager makes connection to your DAW simple for stocking it full of your own wav files and for easily seeing what's in there without having to scroll through a gazillion sounds on the unit itself. The sampler section is excellent, as one would expect of a Roland unit. The Sampler functions in stereo as well as mono and you have the ability to chose either a mic level or line level input from a knob on the back. Re-sampling a performance into a new wav is easy and intuitive. The layout of the display on front is very well thought out and easy to get to you as you playing. One thing I particularly like and find very time-saving, is how fast you can change the midi note number on individual pads. I've made "Kits" with no sounds in them, but with the specific midi note assignments, so I can use the unit just as a controller of other software drum applications. It seems like every company choses how they want to assign midi note numbers to particular drum sounds, so having the ability to make templates for my different drum software in the Roland is one of the reasons I ended up getting it. The reason I gave it only 4 stars: 1.) The audio it supports is restricted to 44.1 kHz 16 bit. In today's landscape, you'd think that making it at least 44.1 kHz 24 bit would be a no brainer. 2.) The useful addition of a dedicated port for a thumb drive is great, but it can only recognize a drive 32 GB or less. When it wasn't recognizing my thumb drive, I had to go online to find out why. It doesn't point that out in the manual. 3.) The unit doesn't come pre loaded with that many sounds. I actually prefer to have the space for my own sounds, but if you're expecting hundreds of outstanding drum samples with the unit, you might be underwhelmed with the offering. That said, the Roland SPD-SX does what it does very well, and its a lot of fun to use! I can't think of another pad controller or analog drum machine that covers this much ground. Its a truly modern hybrid piece of gear. I'm glad I finally got one.
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Roland SPDSX Industry standard purchase

By: JM      Submitted: 7/5/2019

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Product Review Sounds only you can get from a Sampling Pad, SPDSX
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A GREAT SAMPLE PAD

By: Matthew      Submitted: 5/25/2019

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Product Review I own a few of these. They have been on tour and have held up well. Lots of storage. We send it out with other triggers. It has great sounds. We have been real happy with this unit. I own a Backline company and the SPD-SX is always in demand!
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Best pad ever

By: Dontrell Sargent      Submitted: 4/28/2019

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Product Review Great product
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Best investment I’ve ever made.

By: Nathan      Submitted: 4/26/2019

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Product Review This product is amazing one of the best Tools on the market for musicians. Roland did a great job with this one!! Truly one of the best investments I’ve ever made. Thanks to you guys at American musical supply I can continue to chase and accomplish more things in music and my dreams thanks to this tool right here. I appreciate you guys for the amazing customer service you guys have and gave me. There needs to be a 100 star option lol.
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Roland. Boss Machine

By: Lawrence Qualls      Submitted: 3/6/2019

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Product Review The Roland Drum Pad are the best. It creates beautiful sounds. Top notch. Top quality machine. This is my second one and I wouldn’t get any other!
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Awesome pad

By: Will Mclean      Submitted: 3/5/2019

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Product Review Awesome pad! Best thing that’s out!!
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I love this thing it’s truly amazing!!

By: Raymonte      Submitted: 2/22/2019

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Product Review It’s the best sampling pad ever
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He loves it

By: Krystin Betts      Submitted: 1/6/2019

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Product Review My son loves his new equipment
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Awesome choice!!!!

By: Corey McClure      Submitted: 9/5/2018

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Product Review At first I was a little lost but I found tutorials on YouTube that helped me be able do things I never knew I can do!!!
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Is the best purchase I've made in a long time

By: Orlando Gonzalez      Submitted: 2/26/2018

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Product Review Is good powerful tool on the side of acoustic drums. Good for practice or live performance. So easy to work with them simply edit and make your own kits patterns and wave samples
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Fun and useful

By: Bobby Davis      Submitted: 1/3/2018

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Product Review Well built , pads are solid comes with original sample cd and new update just released.
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Good

By: Roselia ramos      Submitted: 4/28/2017

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Product Review Good
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Well worth the money

By: John Simms      Submitted: 6/24/2016

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Product Review Very flexible instrument for any style of music. Great add on to your kit or standalone. I would highly recommend the Roland SPD SX. Love it.
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Incredible!

By: Michael Porter      Submitted: 4/20/2015

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Product Review Great product and very easy to use!
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Amazing product and an amazing site.

By: Kenneth Christian      Submitted: 4/14/2015

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Product Review Love that I'm able to make payments on the SPD. The SPD was a game changer for my band (Suite 180). I love that it's also a module for external pads/electronic drums.
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Its a Roland.....its good

By: Daniel      Submitted: 2/6/2015

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Product Review Great sampler with multiple options and tons of possibilities creating kits and sounds. Very friendly in the process of handling all the functions....great to the last bit
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Nice addition to live performance!

By: Michael Pettit from Liberty Lake WA USA      Submitted: 2/19/2014

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Your general opinion of this product. Overall, Roland has built another beautiful product. Simple connectivity, intuitive functionality and solid mounting option make this sampler a must have for any drummer wanting to add more sound to an existing acoustic kit. The device is constructed of high density plastic. The soft touch buttons and rubber knobs are really nice. I have hit the plastic numerous times with the barrel of my sticks with not so much as a scratch left behind. Over time, that may change due to wear and tear, but, that's a drummers life. The trigger pads are TRUE Roland build; the best in the business, in my opinion. They have a really nice feel and are super responsive. For me, I love the optional mount for attaching this device to my acoustic kit. The ability to adjust the skew and angle makes for precise placement within my footprint. The triggers have very nice playability and respond well to many rudiments. The software that ships with the unit is intuitive when adding and removing sounds, and it takes no time to learn how to use it. Adding two more voices to the two available would expand this device exponentially and having more memory for more sounds would be a plus. However, as it ships, it performs well if you understand what it is to be used for. It is a sampler, not a drum machine. It is an ADDITION to an existing kit or DJ setup. If you are looking to create beats, look elsewhere. The sounds that come loaded from the factory are of good quality. However, I only played with them for the first few days after receiving the unit. The sounds that shipped did not fit my musical genre. Most drummers will find this to be true and will start loading up their own sounds pretty quickly. There are a plethora of available samples on line to upload to this device. I find myself recording my own sounds and using them more than anything else. This unit does NOT record directly. Meaning, there are no microphones on the device and there is no mic input. You must record sounds on another system and then either upload via a computer OR use the handy dandy USB memory slot on the back panel. Once again, true Roland. It's a beautiful box. However, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think the SX was a good deal. It fits well with what I was expecting and adds another aspect to the music that I like to perform.