Roland Digital Percussion Pad Octapad SPD-30 Black

I bought the Octapad after buying a Roland TD-17 V-drum set to augment the TD-17. The Octapad is super amazing with awesome and incredible samples and kits. It's fun to play on and has many great features, such as MIDI in/Out, jacks for adding other pads or foot triggers, mix-in to bring in audio from other sources such as an mp3 player. Also includes a usb jack for outgoing signal and slot for usb thumb drive for backup. I bought this at a lower price than it usually goes for, so the value for the money in my case was very good, and it features great functionality.

Awesome

Roland have developed this idea very productively. Years ago I had an SPD-11: this is so much more flexible and usable. Crucially, the pads are excellent. The RH control panel is powerful and intuitive with some great features (i.e. the ability to copy settings on a pad-by-pad basis from existing kits into a new kit). There is real-time control of many parameters. The sounds are generic Roland fare - not really my cup of tea but professional sounding with convincing layering and decent effects. The phrase looping function would be great for live use and is very straightforward to use. Unless you absolutely MUST have multiple outputs there's very little to find fault with.

The product is really good. I had used it earlier as a borrowed instrument. So wanted to buy it for myself. Got a good product.

This is just what I needed to introduce more versatility into my drum parts in my song recordings. Finally realized that I didn’t need the larger e-drum kits that simulated placement of the individual drums, etc., like acoustic drums, and didn’t have room for even the smallest versions. I just need to make the sounds for recording, and this has them. Better reliability than cheaper ones, I expect. Recommend a bass pedal and a couple of trigger pads for the snare and high hat.