AlesisStrike Multipad - 9-Trigger Percussion Pad with RGB Backlighting, Sampler, Looper, On-Board 2-In/2-Out Soundcard, Sample loading via USB Thumb Drives and Radiant 4.3-Inch Display

This machine certainly packs a punch! Packed with a powerful array of sounds, it is fully programmable with plenty of user slots available, yet somehow manages to remain easy to use. There are a ton of videos on YouTube giving an idiots guide to using the various functions so that even a non technical person like me can access the full array with relative ease. I use it as a standalone drum kit and have added a kick drum pedal to add a more authentic feel, although strictly speaking this is not needed as the nine pads give ample room for a kickdrum to be assigned to one.An extremely versatile instrument marketed to rival the more expensive Roland, it is definitely worth the price, and I would have no hesitation recommending it.

Love it. All of it. Easy to use and navigate. 7000 sounds. Looper and sampling too.

Great piece of kit. Glad I bought it. Only con was a missing code.

The strike pad its self is a awsome bit of kit but unfortunately mine came with a bust Power supply and I'm STILL awaiting a replacement (I got mine on the 31st of May 2023) been having to use a 3rd party one witch has a very short cable so its not ideal. I was in talks with the Alesis suport team but thay closed out my ticked claming my issue was "resulved" while wating on them to send me a replacement power supply.

I managed to pick this up for just £325 new from Amazon.co.ik as B stock, with a small 1” scratch / mark on the underside of the unit (and I really had to look hard to find it!)Obviously this made it Exceptionally good value for money as at the time I was o pay looking for a 4 pad trigger. The installed kits are pretty mediocre IMO great maybe for demo purposes but not for live use.However also included are over 7000 other sounds you can create your own kits with + and additional 20+GB of free storage to import you own samples. There are tons of pro features and also includes a sampler. Changing kits is I hear slower than say the Roland equivalent but only takes 5-10 seconds depending on the size of the samples being loaded. If your changing kits during or between every track and you have no way to fill 5 or 10 seconds while the kit changes, then this ‘might’ be an issue for you however for the vast majority of us it’s a ‘non’ issue.Great bit of kit and really well built.

Turned on, played for 20 minutes, turned off. turned back on again...frozen on start screen. Googled...seems to be a known issues (there are videos on YT) maybe with 1.3? Anyway- Returned.

So I received my multipad with great excitement, only to power it on and it be frozen on the Alesis Logo screen. I tried to power off and reboot it but it would not power off using the switch and only way to power off was to pull the power jack out the back of the unit.I have processed the return to Amazon and will purchase another one, which I will hopefully have more luck with.I'll try to update the review once I have a new unit that hopefully works and give my opinion on a working one!

Would not power on. Currently processing Amazon return. Will update this post.