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Roland spd 30 fd9 as kick pad11/14/2022 ![]() ![]() Adding four-on-the-floor kick patterns to solo guitar or cajon performances has never been easier. The SPD::ONE KICK contains 22 internal sounds, including a variety of kick drums and stomp box sounds, making this the ideal pad in the SPD::ONE range for playing by foot. Kick and Stomp Box Sounds Specially Selected for Playing with the Foot Whether you’re a drummer, percussion player, guitarist, DJ, or vocalist, the SPD::ONE KICK is a simple and flexible way to expand your sound palette and invigorate your performances. Operation is simple, even for those musicians who are not technical just by using four knobs on the control panel, you can change the sound, volume, balance, and more. Powered by batteries or AC, the portable SPD::ONE KICK can be used on the floor or a tabletop, or mounted to any rig or drum setup with the included adapter. Once you’re ready to go, the SPD::ONE KICK’s robust-yet-sensitive pad can be played with sticks, hands, or feet, and trigger threshold settings are easily adjusted with intuitive controls. It contains 22 realistic percussion sounds, including kick drums, stomp box, shakers, cowbells, and more, and you can even import your own original audio data into one of the 12 internal sound banks. I must add my other favourite accompaniment is my Boss DR01s, a great simple automated but natural feeling accompaniment.The Roland SPD::ONE KICK is a new type of digital percussion pad, one that allows any musician to add genuine kick drum and percussion sounds to their performances. I feel it is overpriced for what it does but it seems unique in what it offers. I rectified both issues by building a wooden block with floor grips that supports my heel and sets the pedal face horizontal - so it's like tapping on the floor. Its soundly made - although suffered from usual slippage and footangle problem. Its got many different sounds but around 3 are good for me, - a nice solid thump but with a realistic 'shhh' to it & a touch of reverb. This pedal is exactly what I was looking for - a simple but realistic squelchy bass thump thru the PA. My application, by the way, is to accompany my guitar/mic/sometime harp for solo performance. Theyve all had varying degrees of success, but theyve all had misgivings. I've used Trio's, Sdrums, Finhols, a cajon with backbeater. ![]() I've made & bought stomp boxes based on wood & microphonic devices. Over the years I've tried all kinds of drum devices from Alesis, Korg, Beatbuddy. Its a bit pricey, but for me it really works. Still though I really like the product other than the few cons. They should have wrapped the rubber around the front of the device which I think would worked better. * It's hard to know where to put your heel as if you have it on the ground you can't really get as good a sound out of it compared to if you hit it full on. * I at times amn't that accurate with my foot placing and end up hitting the knobs at the top therefore changing the sound/effects mid song which is a hassle. Also it slides up towards my mic-stand too which triggers the sound which is annoying. * I find it hasn't got good grip on the ground therefore it slides away from me mid-playing at times which will need to be sorted out. The sounds you get are very effective however I may have been better with just a regular stomp-box as my partner has one and it actually sounds better than this (obviously you don't have the variation options with a stomp box but you're splitting hairs with the variations any way). Used in an acoustic/live setting: It's good. I think it's quite expensive so I hope it will last awhile. This product has no competition as far as I am concerned. These pedals all tend to slide away as you stomp on them by the way. ![]() I find that for stomping kick drums with my food less sensitivity (less dynamic range) is way better and easier on the foot. This one has the EQ and reverb (even distortion), and you can even adjust the sensitivity so there's no need for a compressor. The others I always had to EQ a lot to make them sound decent, then add reverb, compressor. ![]() I love that unlike the others that I've had, this one you can just plug and play. For a long time I was hoping someone would make something like this. This pedal feels very solid and is the best kick stomp box I've had by a very long mile. I use the kick drum sound when I play gigs. I play guitar and sing and this is my third and so far final stomp box (sorry drummers and percussionists!). ![]()
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