Alesis Sample Pad 4 - Compact Percussion and Sample Triggering Instrument with 4 Velocity Sensitive Pads, 25 Drum Sounds and SD/SDHC Card Slot

This little item I've had for a week. Its great fun. Sounds great and looks very cool. You can create loops and have it played on this. You can expand your drumming with basically any sound. It's small and fits wherever you want and feels really tough to. I'm very Pleased.. (although one of the tabs didn't work but it's being Replaced.)

Excellent item and the functionality is great too

Out of the box, the samples are rather basic. This unit really comes into its own when you add your own acquired samples. The trigger input is a stereo connection (which allows two external pads to be added - a big bonus). The built in reverb effect is a bit rough and old-school sounding. Depending on how you mount it an where, vibrations can stop active pads, I have not yet found anyway to solve this unless the sensitivity of the pads is reduced to the point where it's borderline useless. It's disappointing that Alesis hasn't offered a firmware update for this sample pad, where they have done for the Sample Pad Pro. The main outputs are a little noisy, switching to the phones output yields a slightly better outcome, but there is evident mains hum which cannot be solved through either ferrite beads, or the use of a D.I as it is not external noise, but internal noise. That's a disappointment really. However, if you can overlook that, I don't know of any other way to add 4 extra pads, plus an SD sample-based playback, along with some quick pitch adjustments and two extra triggers..,... for a better price. So it does get a thumbs up from me.

As many reviews say, there is a very loud buzz/hum on the main audio outputs. Headphone output is fine if you connect to line level inputs.

The 2 main pads work very well and are very responsive I could play them on the lowest sensitivity and still find them useable, however the 2 upper pads are very unresponsive, even on the highest sensitivity, double hits rarely working, so no hats on these pads, the left upper pad is half as responsive as the right upper pad, for this reason I am thinking of returning the unit. There seems to be no option for a firmware update as the Alesis website specifies that the firmware is solely for the sample pad pro, so no options there to fix the unresponsive pads. I have enjoyed playing the unit but I have to play at almost full power to get the unit to work, this then makes the dual sample play, through velocity much harder as nuanced play is not possible. I have had to set the sample 1 velocity from 1 to 125 and sample 2 velocity from 126 to 127, even this setting is very hit and miss pun intended, this totally sums up the unit, if it worked properly it would be a huge hit but for me it’s a bit of a miss unfortunately.

I love banging this

Excellent

I purchased this item a year ago however I have only used it twice. The third time I try to use it, it wouldn't switch on. It has been stored in a cupboard and now doesn't work. I have contact Alesis but they have gone for the option of ignoring me. Complete waste of money and no help from Alesis.

Prodotto di qualità a buon prezzo, pienamente soddisfatto

Not using the sounds but mainly as a trigger. Using it for my drum station so I can get some real beats into my DAW. Part of my small simple and effective set up. Split the signal for the trigger inputs so I could add two ROLAND V pads. Six triggers is amazing for the price.

Produit très beau, petit adapté MAIS les pads du dessus font les sons du dessous la sortie JAck ne fonctionne pas = obligé de sortir par la sortie casque... dommage

You need to bang it with maximum force of Thors hammer to make it work. Otherwise good quality

Das Drum-Pad ist vielfältig einsetzbar. Es macht viel Spaß und bietet zahlreiche Soundmöglichkeiten inkl. Sampling.