AlesisStrike Multipad - 9-Pad Percussion Instrument with Sampler, Looper, 2 Ins and Outs, Soundcard, Sample Loading via USB Thumb Drives and 4.3-Inch Display,Black

This this is awesome. Easy to use and super intuitive user experience for someone new to this type of gear. Creating and loading custom samples via USB is one of my favorite features - really opens up creative capabilities, especially if you play in a trio like me!

Great drum pad to have.

I wish I were fully qualified to tell you how well this compares to all the other drum pads out there, but this is my first. So let me just say I love it and have no desire to get something else. The sound is great, it's easy to use out of the box, plays well with a great feel, and looks and acts like it will last a very long time. It can be a bit difficult to set up for new sounds, but that may just be my limited experience using it. I'll have to watch more of the plethora of videos on Youtube. If in doubt, get this. Like me, I'm sure you won't regret it.

Ok, what can I say about the multipad that everyone else hasn’t already… nothing really. It’s incredible, it has a ton of sounds and endless possibilities with loading your own wave files. The responsiveness and playability is great!What I will talk about though is some unique issues I have run into with trying to color outside the box.I have run the midi out of a drum set into the midi in on the multipad, I set the settings as it says for having midi drum input, but I was unable to get the multipad to recognize it or respond to it. I was hoping to be able to play the drum kit through the midi in, in some kinda way. What I eventually ended up doing was removing the drum sets CPU and running the drum/triggers directly into the inputs in the back of the multipad. For some reason the pads/drums aren’t as responsive this way and the playability is kinda poor. Sometimes certain pads will miss a hit/not trigger. Instead of having the trigger inputs in the rear and also a very limited number of them, it would be nice to have the additional triggers work off of the midi input so that you can have a lot more of them maybe 10-15 additional triggers and just have them run from the electric kit. I understand this is more focused as a multipad and stand alone unit. But I feel it would be more functional if it could also work as a drum kit computer as well.

I use mine primarily as a small drum kit. Great sounding presets that are very fun to play. Easy to learn how to customize your sounds. The only thing that’s not great is that sometimes it doesn’t register hits. I think it needs time to load once you make custom changes or else some times it’s lags a bit. Other than that it’s really fun to play and I’m glad I bought it because now I can play drums quietly in my apartment:)

Buen producto, lo estaba deseando desde hace mucho. La sensibilidad en los pads creo que podría ser mejor, pero la variedad y versatilidad de sus usos lo hace valer totalmente

It is a strong competitor to more expensive brands of strike pads. The lighting, responsiveness, and options are comparable to the best in the market.

Poor mechanical coupling: The pad isn’t firmly seated against the sensor/mounting surface, energy from the stick hit dissipates into the air gap instead of transferring into the rebound.2. Overly soft or thick rubber: Some manufacturers try to make pads “quiet” by making them too soft. It reduces noise but also ruins the feel.3. Shoddy construction: the pad is literally flexing downward into a space before making contact with the sensor or base plate, it’s absorbing energy instead of rebounding to stick making the pad completely unplayable