Alesis SamplePad Pro – Percussion and Sample-Triggering Instrument With 8 Velocity Sensitive Drum Pads, 200+ Built-in Sounds
$349.00
Price: $349.00
(as of Jan 11, 2025 20:25:55 UTC – Details)
The Ultimate All In One Percussion Instrument Whether you’re looking to expand the capabilities of your existing acoustic kit or simply looking for a premium solution to payback samples and loops within a live performance – sample pad pro is the answer. With SamplePad Pro, there’s no limit to your sonic creativity. SamplePad Pro is the all in one percussion instrument that knows no bounds. It features 8 fully responsive and velocity sensitive pads with blue LED illumination. There are hundreds of professionally recorded in demand sounds on board, and a SD card slot for loading and storing your own custom sounds. In short, SamplePad Pro is everything you’re looking for in a multi pad—and more. Packed with in demand Sound Content With SamplePad Pro, there’s no limit to your sonic creativity. Over 200 carefully crafted drum, cymbal, and percussion sounds are built in—each created by the professional Alesis sound design team. These sounds are arranged into ten on board preset drum kits for instant access during performance. Load Your Own Don’t be limited to the factory library – make this instrument your own With SamplePad Pro, use an SD card (up to 32GB, not included) to store an additional 512 sounds and 89 custom kits. Plus, each sound offers individual access to key parameters such as pitch, panning, and reverb for customized control. Expanded Control Want more pads? No problem. SamplePad Pro has trigger inputs for two additional drum pads. Plus, there are Kick Drum and Hi Hat pedal inputs. The Kick Drum pedal jack provides both switch and trigger options; the Hi Hat pedal jack can be set for either switch or variable operation. It comes with eight isolated and responsive pads and hundreds of professionally recorded in demand sounds to get you going out of the box. But adding pads and pedals can transform your SamplePad Pro from a percussion powerhouse into a full blown electronic drum kit for the on the go performer. It maintains full compatibility with all MIDI equipped pads, triggers, sequencers, and instruments. Plus, a direct USB connection to your computer and an SD card slot allows you to load an endless amount of your own custom sounds. SamplePad Pro is everything you’re looking for in a pad based instrument—and more. Note: SD/SDHC card and computer not included.
Everything you need for Expressive Performances – 8 isolated rubber pads with Active blue LED pad illumination keeps your performance on point so you never miss a beat
Expanded Control – 2 additional drum pad inputs plus a Kick Pedal input (selectable switch or trigger mode) and a Hi-Hat pedal input (selectable switch or variable mode)
In-Demand Sound – 200 plus built-in drum, cymbal, and percussion sounds organised into 10 ready-to-play drum kits
Connectivity Covered – MIDI In / Out ports, USB port for computer connectivity, 1/4 inch stereo outputs (L, R), 1/4 inch headphone output with volume control and 1/8 inch stereo aux input with level control
Load Your Own Samples – Add new sounds via SD Card (SD Card not included); Save up to 512 sounds and 20 kits per 32GB SD card
Customers say
Customers find the audio midi controller offers good value for money and is a great sample pad. They appreciate its ease of use. However, some customers have issues with speed and pad sensitivity. There are mixed opinions on functionality, sound quality, and build quality.
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13 reviews for Alesis SamplePad Pro – Percussion and Sample-Triggering Instrument With 8 Velocity Sensitive Drum Pads, 200+ Built-in Sounds
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N. Mastalski –
Pretty decent
Although the on board sounds aren’t very good the pad does what it needs to do, just get some good samples, and your set
Wesley Williams –
Great controller for DAW’s at the low-ish price point.
For the price, this is a great sample pad. I purchased it mainly to use as a controller for Ableton Live which makes the user interface super appealing because of the ease in which you can change the midi note/velocity/sensitivity/etc. of each pad. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A STAND/MOUNT FOR THIS THE ROLAND PDS-10 WILL WORK!! The mounting bracket lines up perfectly BUT the Roland PDS-10 does NOT come with hardware. I brought the mounting bracket down to my local Lowes and sized it to M5 .80 phillips screws. The screws I got were 1″ long so I spaced them with 4 flat washers per screw to prevent the screws from digging into the guts of the pad. As you’ll find with any other review of this product there are some pretty bad crosstalk issues out of the box. Once I updated the firmware (CAN ONLY BE UPDATED VIA SD CARD) the crosstalk was minimized but still isn’t gone. Other than that the build quality is pretty good. I can’t comment on the internal sounds or uploading your own sounds because I haven’t used the unit in that way. If you’re looking for something to trigger sounds in a DAW like Ableton Live I would highly recommend this pad.
R. A. Head –
Great tool for working drummers that need a few samples along
I’ve had this for around a year now. Use it live exclusively. So far, I’ve had ZERO problems. IT’s been a very solid piece of gear. I downloaded all the Alesis sounds onto the card, but mostly I use the built in sounds. I don’t need a ton of samples these days, but I do need things like handclap. I could get tamborine/cowbell setups, but our mixer is out of inputs, so I use these electronic versions. Nice that it has built in reverb!I’ve yet to use an external trigger, but I”m thinking about it. I could use a small pad, right honey?Pros: good clean sounds, small size fits anywhere. Pads are nice. Solid construction and dependable performance. .Cons: I’d like a brighter view screen for outdoor shows. Not a big con, but I thought I’d mention it. Once in a while, the SD card pops loose, and I have to push it back in. This happens when casing / uncasing it, User error, but if it were inset somehow where one couldn’t accidentally hit it, it would be better.Wish list. Make the same item with two more bar shaped pads along the bottom with a couple of more inputs, and you could built an entire drum set with this. Would be cool if it came in a roundish shape.
brentranome –
Newer software, faster loading than the Samplepad Pro
I bought this to replace my Samplepad Pro (8 Pad) which was giving me serious issues with crackling, and eventually went into a full boot error. This little guy does the trick considering I only used 4 pads on the Pro.Easy to load from an SD card, and this one allows layering between on-board sounds and card-loaded samples, which the Samplepad Pro does not. Would highly recommend for anyone looking to add some pads to their acoustic kit.
dan170 –
too good to be true
maybe the loading the samples is the best feature of this. But the Pad especially the small bars are not sensitive enough even at highest setting. The pads are too small for live playing, and might hit the controls when playing, basically the whole thing is just small. The built in sounds are also not good. I scrolled to every one of them, and never find any sound that is usable.
kodiakkodiak –
Garbage. do not buy. get a kat or boppad
I really wanted this to work well. I like the compact form factor and the look. I like the light up pads. but the the pads are awful and not responsive enough. the two small pads do not trigger consistantly at all. in fact they dont trigger most of the time unless you really pound on it.i was very disappointed in this. The pads just arent sensitive enough. not playable at all with hands and you really have to whack it hard with the sticks. no light drumming.I honestly dont know how a product like this makes it to market.I also tried out the Kat ktmp1 – and LOVE it. the form factor isnt quite as nice looking, but it WORKS. you can tap with fingers or sticks. the pads all work. theyre easy to set up. you get a few stages of velocity with hands or sticks.I also tried the Keith McMillen Boppad. which is also really great. it feels very well made and i like that its usb bus powered so is plug and play with an ipad or daw. its advertised as having more layers of velocity and cc ‘zones’ on each pad, but in practice it wasnt very precise and that feature isnt really that usable for me. I went with the kat mostly bc of price.do not buy the alesis. those other are real drum pads. the alesis is total garbage. returned.
Amazon Customer –
Very bad
This work just a few daysI try to return itAmazon donât let meThey said to contact AlesisBut I tried and alesis never answer phone or emails
Tiki Tom –
Great Sounds
I really like this 4-pad percussion instrument. The sounds are great and the device navigation is straightforward. The two issues I have with the unit: 1) The thing shuts itself off after 1/2 hour of no activity. This is not good during a gig where you don’t use it on every song and it turns off right before you need it again. 2) It has a lot of built-in drum samples, but are fairly light on the percussion samples. Therefore, because I bought it mostly for percussion sounds, I had to go to other sample web sites and import and convert other’s samples to get what I wanted.
Fitzgerald R. –
Funciona bien y los presets que trae incluidos suenan bien, de repente falla un poco la sensibilidad en algunos pads pero acepto que no tiene que funcionar perfectamente ya que en este tipo de dispositivos digitales no se puede lograr la precisión al 100% que te brinda un instrumento acústico pero estoy muy conforme con el pad.
JannaVdp –
The sound quality on this is brilliant and my husband found it easy to use!
luigi saccani –
complicato da configurare e ha qualche ritardo su rullate veloci,ho una batteria a pad alesis ritardo zero affidabile LA SIMPLE PAD 4 E DISCRETA MA HA DEI RITARDI
Kate Munn –
I felt intimidated to use this, itâs my first piece of equipment that plugs in. I received a drum trigger for a gift and watched some YouTube videos and visited Alesisâ website and downloaded their many extra free loops and samples.When it came down to use I was blown away at the ease of use. For someone who can feel overwhelmed by tech I can say that I felt comfortable setting it up, adding and using a kick drum trigger. I have added some info my own loops I wrote on a synth. I use it on a snare stand to the left of my hats and am comfortable with that. Itâs opened up a whole new world of drumming for me, at, what I feel, to be a very reasonable price.Only purchase 32 gig SD cards as anything larger can not be read. Iâm very, very excited about this purchase!
BenOA –
le bouton marche stop ne réagit pas toujoursl interface est vraiment pauvreet il faut recharger les loops avant de pouvoir les jouer