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>guys, this thing would be a great addition to any studio.
I have an spd8 from about 13 years ago, and (even without it's built-in sounds)
it's >a fantastic controller, very flexible. lately we've been using it with
the pads themselves mic'd; this adds a bit of "real" impact to the start of
>sampled percussion sounds, and is especially effective on tymps and
snares.
I second that. I've had an SPD-6 for a while,
and it's finally getting some use, after a year or two as a 'studio
ornament'.
Note: You
won't get much worthwhile out of it until I put in some time
learning how to play percussion in the first place. However, this won't take
much time to get something useful out of it - just think how long it took you to
get good with your 'primary' instrument. This will take a lot
less.
To my ears, the built in sounds are just horrible -
you can practice with them, but that's about it. Noisy single samples, often
just pitched around to make different drums - such as the bass drum and toms in
the first couple of sound sets. Why does this sound bad? Because the reverb tail
is pitched too, and the whole sound is as grainy as hell. (Not in a good,
original way - in a cheesy, cheap ass way). And the engine keeps cutting itself
off due to polyphony.
Stick with it a while, if you've never hit a drum
before, and plug it into another sound source (preferably something that
uses velocity for more than just note volume), and you'll be happy.
bIz
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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 4:55
AM
Subject: RE: FS Roland SPD-6 MIDI
Percussion controller w/sounds
guys, this thing would be a great addition to any studio. I
have an spd8 from about 13 years ago, and (even without it's built-in sounds)
it's a fantastic controller, very flexible. lately we've been using it with
the pads themselves mic'd; this adds a bit of "real" impact to the start of
sampled percussion sounds, and is especially effective on tymps and
snares.
d.
-----Original Message-----
From: mark
[mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net]
Sent: 17 June 2003 02:08
To:
Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: FS Roland
SPD-6 MIDI Percussion controller w/sounds
What's that you say? You can't mic your tablas
well? Your gong is
feeding back?
Well, your troubles are over:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/
eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2539405954&ssPageName=ADME:B:LC:US:1
Bought to use in live situations, I never ended up using it
much.
Keyboard seems to be a better input
device for me. So here it goes.
It
has a bunch of drum and percussion sounds (I don't think it actually
has a tabla) but where it shines is in triggering
other devices. Trust
me, it's so much more
dramatic hitting something with a stick than it
is pressing a button or key. Imagine how cool you'll be when
your
changing the pitch of your Repeater with a
stick! (or hand, I never
used it in it's
stick setting)
Mark Sottilaro
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