Roland SPD-SX Sampling Percussion Pad

The LED lights on each pad illuminate to indicate the pad's status and audio-level activity. They remain lit when you trigger sample phrases to show which pads are in play and which are not. The LEDs also change illumination strength according to audio-level activity, similar to level meters on a mixing board.

The Multi-Pad Sampling feature on the Roland SPD-SX allows you to create multi-sampled phrases and pad maps easily. While audio streams in from an external audio player or computer, you simply strike each pad at the appropriate start/end points and the sample will be automatically truncated and assigned to that pad.

The Roland SPD-SX Sampling Percussion Pad has a generous internal memory of 2GB. This allows you to store and carry your entire sample library, housing approximately 360 minutes of audio (10,000 files) at 16-bit, 44.1 kHz, mono, with no external memory required.

The SPD-SX Wave Manager software app lets you import audio files directly from your computer via USB, assign the samples to each pad, and organize the thousands of samples efficiently.

The Roland SPD-SX has three onboard multi-effects units: one master unit and two units that are assignable per kit. The master effects engine enables real-time performance adjustments, similar to a DJ, using the dedicated front-panel controls.