Roland SPD-SX PRO Sampling Pad

Roland SPD-SX PRO Sampling Pad

The Flagship Sampling Sidekick

Flagship Roland sampling pad with nine playing surfaces, eight external trigger inputs, color display, customizable pad LEDs, onboard effects, and more.  

Overview

The SPD-SX PRO is the ultimate sampling pad for the most demanding gigs. With years of road testing and extensive user feedback from the SPD-S and SPD-SX, the top-tier SPD-SX PRO raises the bar again. Harnessing the advanced sample pad technology of its predecessors, the SPD-X-PRO boasts an array of requested professional enhancements and is built for life on the road. Illuminate dark stages with a large color display and customizable multi-color trigger lights. Expand your performance setup with more audio outputs, additional trigger inputs, and hi-hat and FX expression pedal control. And go further with a massive 32 GB memory, 48 kHz audio playback, increased pad sensitivity without crosstalk, and a dedicated SPD-SX PRO App for easier kit editing.  

Highlights

• Nine pads with Roland’s advanced trigger technology, including six large pads and three top-row shoulder pads
• High-visibility, horizontal and vertical LEDs with multi-color customization
• Increased shoulder pad sensitivity and improved crosstalk performance
• 4.3-inch color display for easy navigation and viewing during performance
• Import 48/44.1 kHz (16-/24-/32-bit) WAV/AIFF files and MP3s (32–320 kbps) with automatic conversion to 48 kHz/16-bit upon loading
• Stereo main output, four direct mono outputs, balanced for easy mixing on stage
• Connectivity for up to eight external individual triggers/pads (four stereo triggers or eight mono triggers with Y-cables)
• Dedicated SPD-SX PRO App for Windows/Mac for easy importing, managing samples, and deep kit editing
• 32 GB of internal storage for samples, backing tracks, and click tracks
• Input for hi-hat or footswitch expression control
• Connect hi-hats, kick, and snare for a ‘mini drum kit’ setup
• Up to 200 kit patches (43 erasable preset kits and 157 user kits)
• Over 1550 pre-loaded, high-quality samples and sounds
• 16-step pad sequencer function
• Onboard effects engine with up to four effects in parallel, plus side chain with output routing
• Built-in click/metronome
• Create in real time by recording performances as WAV files and assigning them to pads