I want one in the worst way. Roland has been listening to drummers input. The spd-sx pro has all of the missing features Alesis strike multipad users were asking for and unfortunately Alesis gave up and stopped supporting their hardware. I’m super excited Roland brought back the sequencer!!!!!!! I have been trying to find used spd-s so I could have that feature
Got mine last week and am looking forward to spending some time with it. It really is an awesome product. 👍🏻 Great video and i like the background and editing 😉. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this pad 😎👏🏽🥁
@@bungeechord1 No.. The sample continues whilst going into the next preset. You can also chain link them so when you hit once, it triggers multiple samples in that bank. Pretty cool stuff but it takes a while to program At the beginning because it’s so powerful. 👍🏻
I was shocked that the Nord 3P didn't have hi-hat pedal input. It's like no drummers worked on the design of it. Otherwise it seems buyable by me but for this fatal flaw.
Great work! I really like the way you made this review. I got my unit about a week ago and I'm having a major issue that I want to share for everyone interested in this product. It would be much appreciated if someone could help me out but if not, there is something you should be aware of before purchasing this product. I tried to split my four stereo triggers to eight mono triggers as promised but I couldn't figure out what type of splitter cable would work. Regular (1x stereo to 2x mono) Y-cable is useless (tried it) so I contacted Roland customer support and they gave me this corporate ass answer: "You can use the PDX series pads as trigger inputs on the SPD-SX Pro but we do not support any Y-splitter solution, so using this is strickly on your own risk and any damages caused by this will not be covered by the warranty. Have a nice day." Really? So basically they are saying that you can use third party splitter cables to make it (maybe) work with 8 external triggers but they don't provide any splitter solution for their customers nor will they take any responsibility about their product working as promised. This is a big deal for me because 8 external trigger option was one of the main selling points for me. If someone knows what kind of splitter cable will do the job please let me know. Some (or all) Roland modules require a Y-splitter with built-in resistor bridge (unlike regular Y-cables) to make it work when splitting triggers but there was no info about this in the SPD-SX Pro manual. Roland customer support ignored my question when I asked about the specific splitter cable requirements and to be honest, I'm pretty pissed. I really thought that Roland of all e-drum manufacturers would be trustworthy but it seems like they are lying or at least misleading people in their advertising when it comes to this. I'm really disappointed but I hope someone here would know the answer because I want to believe there is some way to make it work as promised. Other than that SPD-SX Pro is a killer product and I've had no other problems with it whatsoever. If you don't need 8 external triggers like I do don't hesitate to buy one. If you do, hope that hybrid drummer or some other tech guru solves this problem for us. Fingers crossed! 6/5 review from hybrid drummer 0/5 customer support from Roland
I didn't try that. I got it working with stereo insert cable instead, so problem solved! It even allows both splitted triggers to be played simultaneously, so it's really usable for many purposes. So far no problems, but if something breaks I'll let you know. Thanks anyway and have a blast🔥
Hi Máté, great review! Do you know if the pads can be velocity layered? For example, velocity 1-100 is note x (e.g. an open snare hit) and 101-127 is note y (e.g. a snare rim shot) (the Yamaha DTX Multi12 has this feature). Also, how many steps is the hi-hat ‘openness’? (the DTX Multi12 only has 3: closed, half open and fully open).
Thanks! You can layer 2 sounds on a pad and change between them by velocity, yes. I don’t know exactly how many steps are for the high hat but it sounds pretty good. You can also use a pedal and even do high hat splashes
Yes, I’m using Ableton for recording, it’s pretty easy with the SPD SX PRO, you can record its sound using only a USB cable. If you plug it in it will appear in your DAW as an audio interface
The Spd-sx module had a major “issue” related with its polyphony. Since it has only 16 voices available, if you wanted to use it to trigger back tracks or cues/click, you needed to check the polyphony of each pad, because you can end getting your back track suppressed. The module works in a sort of "FIFO" mode, when the max polyphony was reached, for example, during a 32th roll, the module cuts the first sound, and so on, that means, no more backtrack/cue. That ruined some live performances until I understood what was happening. The solution was to put everything on monophonic mode, and of course getting the unpleasant "machine-gun" sound like rolls. Do you know if that is fixed somehow for this one? Maybe setting some priority for the pads? Thank you! Best regards!
Yes, many of us had that issue sometimes. I guess this was an important thing for the developers, as the PRO's polyphony is 32 voices now, so hopefully this will never occur again. :)
Hi Maté, I want to use the SPD SX pro as a mini drumkit and record in Logic Pro. Is it possible to record each pad as a separate track. I hope you can help. Best regards Jeroen.
Plugged in an external pad in channel 1/2 and iam getting a kick drum sound, this show on the module it is connected to the kick on the module pad, but can’t get no other pad to work automatically can you help?
Do you know if this drum pad will send midi data to a sequencer? I would use this mainly to trigger my virtual instrument drum plug-ins within my DAW, would that work with this device?
@@TheHybridDrummer what about using the MIDI out jack to connect to my multiport MIDI interface? I prefer that method, as my Mac Studio usb ports and USB hub are currently full!
Hello drum brother, can u export wave sounds to PC from SPD SX PRO app as it was on SPD SX app by clickin right mouse button? I cant figure this out... Or any way to save sounds from SPD SX PRO direct to pc...
It’s a feature that lot of people are missing but there are a lot of extra options you can do with it. I think the Roland engineers thought that pro users will export their loops in the tempo they need them so there’s no need for tempo stretch.
You can't loop as you can for example with the Octapad, or a regular looper. You can set a sound, maybe a 2 bar synth or drum beat to loop mode so the pad will keep playing back the given sound
@@stefanoehlin the SPD-SX has always been a sample pad, not a looper, they never offered looping in this series. For looping there’s the Octapad. Maybe an Octapad Pro soon? Wow that would be cool! 🤗🥁
@@TheHybridDrummer Yes its because Roland wants to sell you another product when they already charge you an arm and a legg for this one. But it shouldent be called pro when it doesent even have a looper built in which should be a basic feature for a drum pad.
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Should have mine tomorrow Look forward to messing around with it and then remodeling my acoustic kit into a hybrid kit.
The upload I was waiting for and it didn’t disappoint. Great job 👏🏻
Thank you, I'm glad you like it! :)
great tutorial as usual...thank you very much. 👏😄
@@boydrakz1214 i’m glad it was useful! Highly recommended device 🙌
I want one in the worst way. Roland has been listening to drummers input. The spd-sx pro has all of the missing features Alesis strike multipad users were asking for and unfortunately Alesis gave up and stopped supporting their hardware. I’m super excited Roland brought back the sequencer!!!!!!! I have been trying to find used spd-s so I could have that feature
l have two spd s perfect condition
@@gggddd1518nice!!! Where are you located??
Got mine last week and am looking forward to spending some time with it. It really is an awesome product. 👍🏻 Great video and i like the background and editing 😉. Looking forward to seeing what you do with this pad 😎👏🏽🥁
Thank you! I post shorter videos to Instagram and Tiktok, and TH-cam shorts, you can find some SPD-SX PRO action there :)
Howdy, Does the sound cut out when you switch programs?
@@bungeechord1 No.. The sample continues whilst going into the next preset. You can also chain link them so when you hit once, it triggers multiple samples in that bank. Pretty cool stuff but it takes a while to program
At the beginning because it’s so powerful. 👍🏻
I heard that sounds can cut out, but its the effects setting and can be avoided. Thanks for your reply!
I was shocked that the Nord 3P didn't have hi-hat pedal input. It's like no drummers worked on the design of it. Otherwise it seems buyable by me but for this fatal flaw.
Bro, this looks like such a great tool for drummers...wish it wasn't so expensive 😢
Great work!
I really like the way you made this review. I got my unit about a week ago and I'm having a major issue that I want to share for everyone interested in this product. It would be much appreciated if someone could help me out but if not, there is something you should be aware of before purchasing this product.
I tried to split my four stereo triggers to eight mono triggers as promised but I couldn't figure out what type of splitter cable would work. Regular (1x stereo to 2x mono) Y-cable is useless (tried it) so I contacted Roland customer support and they gave me this corporate ass answer:
"You can use the PDX series pads as trigger inputs on the SPD-SX Pro but we do not support any Y-splitter solution, so using this is strickly on your own risk and any damages caused by this will not be covered by the warranty. Have a nice day."
Really? So basically they are saying that you can use third party splitter cables to make it (maybe) work with 8 external triggers but they don't provide any splitter solution for their customers nor will they take any responsibility about their product working as promised. This is a big deal for me because 8 external trigger option was one of the main selling points for me.
If someone knows what kind of splitter cable will do the job please let me know. Some (or all) Roland modules require a Y-splitter with built-in resistor bridge (unlike regular Y-cables) to make it work when splitting triggers but there was no info about this in the SPD-SX Pro manual. Roland customer support ignored my question when I asked about the specific splitter cable requirements and to be honest, I'm pretty pissed.
I really thought that Roland of all e-drum manufacturers would be trustworthy but it seems like they are lying or at least misleading people in their advertising when it comes to this. I'm really disappointed but I hope someone here would know the answer because I want to believe there is some way to make it work as promised.
Other than that SPD-SX Pro is a killer product and I've had no other problems with it whatsoever. If you don't need 8 external triggers like I do don't hesitate to buy one. If you do, hope that hybrid drummer or some other tech guru solves this problem for us.
Fingers crossed!
6/5 review from hybrid drummer
0/5 customer support from Roland
Hi! Sorry to hear that. I haven’t tried splitting the inputs yet, but I will do and let you know if I could figure it out.
Have you tried it with a cable of one male stereo jack and two female jacks on the other end?
I didn't try that. I got it working with stereo insert cable instead, so problem solved! It even allows both splitted triggers to be played simultaneously, so it's really usable for many purposes. So far no problems, but if something breaks I'll let you know. Thanks anyway and have a blast🔥
your splitters were probably not splitting to TS but TRS if an insert cable worked and those did not.
Hi Máté, great review! Do you know if the pads can be velocity layered? For example, velocity 1-100 is note x (e.g. an open snare hit) and 101-127 is note y (e.g. a snare rim shot) (the Yamaha DTX Multi12 has this feature). Also, how many steps is the hi-hat ‘openness’? (the DTX Multi12 only has 3: closed, half open and fully open).
Thanks! You can layer 2 sounds on a pad and change between them by velocity, yes. I don’t know exactly how many steps are for the high hat but it sounds pretty good. You can also use a pedal and even do high hat splashes
@@TheHybridDrummer thank you!
Is that ableton live in the background? That’s the DAW I use, is it easy to hook it up to Ableton and record drums?
Yes, I’m using Ableton for recording, it’s pretty easy with the SPD SX PRO, you can record its sound using only a USB cable. If you plug it in it will appear in your DAW as an audio interface
Incredible! What stand are you using for the Roland SPD-SX PRO? Would love to purchase it with the proper stand. Thank you! 🙏
Hi! I’m using the Roland PDS-20 stand, that’s a great one.
cant wait to try one
You’ll love it
The Spd-sx module had a major “issue” related with its polyphony. Since it has only 16 voices available, if you wanted to use it to trigger back tracks or cues/click, you needed to check the polyphony of each pad, because you can end getting your back track suppressed. The module works in a sort of "FIFO" mode, when the max polyphony was reached, for example, during a 32th roll, the module cuts the first sound, and so on, that means, no more backtrack/cue. That ruined some live performances until I understood what was happening. The solution was to put everything on monophonic mode, and of course getting the unpleasant "machine-gun" sound like rolls. Do you know if that is fixed somehow for this one? Maybe setting some priority for the pads? Thank you! Best regards!
Yes, many of us had that issue sometimes. I guess this was an important thing for the developers, as the PRO's polyphony is 32 voices now, so hopefully this will never occur again. :)
Hi Maté, I want to use the SPD SX pro as a mini drumkit and record in Logic Pro. Is it possible to record each pad as a separate track. I hope you can help. Best regards Jeroen.
Hi thanks for the review. What are the two foot pedals you are using?
KT-10 for the bass drum and FD-9 for the hihat
Plugged in an external pad in channel 1/2 and iam getting a kick drum sound, this show on the module it is connected to the kick on the module pad, but can’t get no other pad to work automatically can you help?
Add on a loop pedal and you're a one man band!
Do you know if this drum pad will send midi data to a sequencer? I would use this mainly to trigger my virtual instrument drum plug-ins within my DAW, would that work with this device?
Yes, definitely and you only need a USB cable for that.
@@TheHybridDrummer what about using the MIDI out jack to connect to my multiport MIDI interface? I prefer that method, as my Mac Studio usb ports and USB hub are currently full!
Hello drum brother, can u export wave sounds to PC from SPD SX PRO app as it was on SPD SX app by clickin right mouse button? I cant figure this out... Or any way to save sounds from SPD SX PRO direct to pc...
cool video, how did you get the camera movement effect?
It was recorded by a human! 😂
Perfect🎉
Thank you!
Are you aware that the footswitch input is latent on the spd sx pro?
For example when you change presets with a footswitch?
Can you tell me how to set my hh cute fd 9 to it?
Can you play a beat and have it loop like the Alesis Strike Pad?
No, among Roland sampler pads the Octapad is for looping
Spd sx pro is fail model? coz there is no tempo synchronisation ane won't loop tempo up or down
It’s a feature that lot of people are missing but there are a lot of extra options you can do with it. I think the Roland engineers thought that pro users will export their loops in the tempo they need them so there’s no need for tempo stretch.
Wait…. I was just about to get one of these but are you saying you cannot change the tempo to a loop on the fly?
What hair gel are you using? 😂
😂 i’m using hair powder! 😁
😂😂😂
@@TheHybridDrummer😂😂😂
The one made 10 years ago...is good enough
Yes, the SPD SX is still a great device!
How are you gonna have a pro version that doesn't have basic looping functions!! Terrible.
What hi-hat controller are you using here?
A Roland FD-9
@@TheHybridDrummer can you also connect a VH10,11,12 etc?
@@SchwappSchwopp you can connect those too.
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Can i create loop? And execute the loop?
You can't loop as you can for example with the Octapad, or a regular looper. You can set a sound, maybe a 2 bar synth or drum beat to loop mode so the pad will keep playing back the given sound
@@TheHybridDrummer thanks for the reply😇
@@abi.n3945 no problem :)
@@TheHybridDrummer can i change the tempo of beat?
I can't loop.......
First study all features and then explain
I did that. This video is a short summarized explanation of the main features of the SPD-SX PRO. What are you missing?
Im missing a live music looping function. Hos can they call it pro without such a basic function?
@@stefanoehlin the SPD-SX has always been a sample pad, not a looper, they never offered looping in this series. For looping there’s the Octapad. Maybe an Octapad Pro soon? Wow that would be cool! 🤗🥁
@@TheHybridDrummer Yes its because Roland wants to sell you another product when they already charge you an arm and a legg for this one. But it shouldent be called pro when it doesent even have a looper built in which should be a basic feature for a drum pad.