The Octapad SPD-30 drum controller was one of the two new products for percussionists and drummers that Roland unveiled at the 2010 Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim (the other being the TD-12KX in the V-Drums V-Stage series). Roland’s original Octapad changed the landscape of electronic percussion. Now, decades later, a new chapter in Octapad history has begun.
Octapad SPD-30: reinvention of a classic controller
Unlike the original Octapad PAD-8, which was strictly a MIDI controller, the Octapad SPD-30 is a controller that’s packed with its own internal bank of sounds. Fifty kits and thirty effects - plus a master limiter, equaliser and \'ambience\' - are built into the SPD-30. And if you ever perform on hot, damp and dark stages, you wil like its rugged, road-worthy design.
The top surface of Roland\'s Octapad SPD-30 features the pad-sensing technology developed for V-Drums. Each pad is a separate, isolated unit, providing even and accurate pad triggering with all crosstalk eliminated between the eight trigger-pads.
In addition, you can connect four dual-trigger inputs plus a hi-hat controller (compatible with Roland FD-8, VH-11) to create a mini drum set with external pads or triggers from acoustic drums. You can record your playing in real time and overdub up to three layers with the Phrase Loop function.
USB and MIDI connectivity are provided to allow the backup of on-board sounds and the connection of samplers and other MIDI-enabled devices.
Price and shipping date are yet to be announced for the SPD-30.
About Roland\'s new TD-12KX V-Drums
Read and watch more about the TD-12KX in the V-Drums V-Stage series in our article: • Roland introduces Octapad SPD-30 and TD-12KX with videos of the official press conference at Winter NAMM 2010.
