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It's decent... I do recommend it.
I use these for finger drumming and MIDI input outside the studio. Personally I have owned two of them. Turns out they are not extremely robust. That's acceptable.
I put some decent effort into finger drumming, and I'll be honest, the pads are fine. The velocity response is good and quite useable. The haptic on them is better than expected for this budget. The sensitivity and feel does vary from pad to pad slightly. I think you won't even notice this unless you already invested enough time and attention into learning finger drumming.
The XY pad is a fun bonus and very useable for automations and instrument control. I use it to simulate opening the hihat with my custom programs.
By 2020 standards, the reprogramming software to rearrange the pad MIDI assignment is crude, but functional.
I put some decent effort into finger drumming, and I'll be honest, the pads are fine. The velocity response is good and quite useable. The haptic on them is better than expected for this budget. The sensitivity and feel does vary from pad to pad slightly. I think you won't even notice this unless you already invested enough time and attention into learning finger drumming.
The XY pad is a fun bonus and very useable for automations and instrument control. I use it to simulate opening the hihat with my custom programs.
By 2020 standards, the reprogramming software to rearrange the pad MIDI assignment is crude, but functional.
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Does what it promises
For the price, it is excellent. If playing fairly fast drums on it is your thing, you may have some issues with it skipping triggers (not due to the controller side of things, but rather the pads themselves). However it is highly unlikely that it will be a problem in the bigger scheme of things unless you really want to mimic George Kollias using just your fingers and this controller.
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Bargain
If you have desk space then you can never have enough pads around to hit whenever your session is taking unexpected turns.
Technically I don't need it anymore but always have it plugged in and near at hand to use the X-Y pad, arp, different scales etc. I don't have any others in the range but this one is a very useful device, always used.
Technically I don't need it anymore but always have it plugged in and near at hand to use the X-Y pad, arp, different scales etc. I don't have any others in the range but this one is a very useful device, always used.
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Samples or drums in a small, small pad
I really like this little thing. I don't use it as much as I intended to, but when I do it works very well. The pads/triggers feel solid and have good response, the control surface is good as well, and the banks function enables versatile usage scenarios.
I mainly tend to use it for triggering drum samples and beats, although it has many other uses and could probably be a big help for DJs or sample players in live situations - it might even be used as a proper instrument if one configures their software meticulously, which I have not yet done.
Still I am happy that I bought this and it sits nicely next to my nanoKEY and nanoKONTROL, and some day I might even expand my collection.
I mainly tend to use it for triggering drum samples and beats, although it has many other uses and could probably be a big help for DJs or sample players in live situations - it might even be used as a proper instrument if one configures their software meticulously, which I have not yet done.
Still I am happy that I bought this and it sits nicely next to my nanoKEY and nanoKONTROL, and some day I might even expand my collection.
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Cute and easy to use!
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Decent little controller.
Great little controller, my only issue is I want one of those sucker holder (you know the ones that hold your smartphone) so that I can use it live on the synth. Cool option to have to make live performances slick.
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Simple but effective
I bought this product to pair with a keyboard that had no pitch bend or mod wheel. This xy pad does the job. It’s smooth, light, small, and easy to carry. This should last me until I get the keyboard I really want. Oh, and the pads don’t hurt to have either.
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