I see the advantage to all this as being able to perform live as a "one woman band" if you will.
Don't even know where the manual is, although I'm sure I can download it. I don't know if that's called sampling or phrasing. The only thing I've done with mine is record a two bar phrase on several pads then merge them and assign the whole thing to yet another pad, so that when I hit it, it would play all the parts together. I haven't searched for any SPDSX threads, but it would be nice to have a thread dedicated to that. It sits in its case out of sight and I forget I have it around I have Ableton Live 8 and a Roland RD700SX piano that haven't touched much either, sadly.
I have an SPDSX (or SPDS?) and too would like to know how to use it. if possible, and have it be gig-friendly, as well as play it like a kit if I want to. I guess I want a drum pad first, with options to have backing "tracks" or loops. or via a flash of the firmware, or whatever? Or is that possible only on the SX? What about sounds? Can I have bass or keys sounds on the Octapad via a memory card/stick/. Wouldn't that mean that I can also actually use either of these modules as a drum kit altogether, if I wanted to, for special applications, like maybe rehearsal, or small gigs, or whatever? If so, does that mean that on either model I can program each pad to have whatever sound I want? For example, if I select kit preset 42 on the Octapad, can I say I want the left bottom pad as the snare, the left top pad be closed hi-hat, the other 3 tops as cymbals, and the bottom 3 pads be toms? And do something similar on the SX? Does this mean I can actually ADD 2 and 4 external triggers, respectively? If so, I would think I can simply add my old Simmons kickpad for a kick trigger, and other pads as toms or something (if I wanted to), right? I have read reviews where people said the Octapad's pads feel more "playable", and I am aware that the SX has only two external trigger options, while the 30 has 4. Phrasing sounds the same as Sampling, in my mind.Īlso, can they both be used as "clicks", too?
Sampling is something I am not familiar with, albeit it may only be the term itself that I am not clear about. I am aware that the SPD-30 has double the sounds now, with the new firmware flash, so I am wondering if I am better off with this model. Perhaps a backing track on another instrument could be helpful at some point on some material at a full-band gig or something? But, now that I know that these Roland units will allow me to lay (or import) tracks, for lack of a better term, and playing to and/or over them, either on the pads or on the acoustics, I am seeing more options.
Being that the Simmons brain I have only allows for playing it like drums, I THOUGHT I just wanted something more compact and included more kit sounds. Can some please clarify this for me?įWIW, my interest in one of these was originally to replace a vintage Simmons setup that I have incorporated into my acoustic setup.
I'm not sure I understand the difference between the sampling and phrasing functions. First, I have indeed been researching, and used the search function on this forum.