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Good stompbox but design makes it less versatile that it could be
Most of the positive reviews come from guitarist or other musicians who just want to tap their foot on it in time.
OK… maybe that is the idea and it does that well enough. But the pedal boasts about ‘bass drum sounds’ and other samples that would work well with a bit more technique that just stomping, I play drums - I was hoping for a pedal to play unplugged acoustic sets where a real kit is too loud and I use a cajon or something. My problem is - I want to play bass drum patterns on it - and for me this just doesn’t work.
The shape, the angle, the height is all wrong and it isn’t adjustable. It has a post mounting bracket, so can it be mounted so you can use a pedal on it? No… because the bracket sticks out one side, meaning their is too much off centre leverage and the pad doesn’t line up with the pedal. An additional problem with the bracket is that, once screwed on, you can’t open the battery case without unscrewing it again. The pedal isn’t midi interface-able and it doesn’t have a remote trigger input, so you can’t use another widget which does fit a bass drum pedal to trigger it.
Playing my first gig with it was agony as my foot was in totally the wrong position. I ended up mounting it to a wooden board with a platform to get the angle and height correct, but the lack of spring was still uncomfortable.
It could have been so much better and more versatile with a bit of thought, just a percussion post bracket that was mounted centrally instead of off to one side would have transformed it - as would a remote trigger input or midi interface. It is solid and well made and the sounds are good and if all you want to do is stomp your foot on it for a few songs then it works fine, but it was frustrating for me that I couldn’t really make proper use of the samples provided.
OK… maybe that is the idea and it does that well enough. But the pedal boasts about ‘bass drum sounds’ and other samples that would work well with a bit more technique that just stomping, I play drums - I was hoping for a pedal to play unplugged acoustic sets where a real kit is too loud and I use a cajon or something. My problem is - I want to play bass drum patterns on it - and for me this just doesn’t work.
The shape, the angle, the height is all wrong and it isn’t adjustable. It has a post mounting bracket, so can it be mounted so you can use a pedal on it? No… because the bracket sticks out one side, meaning their is too much off centre leverage and the pad doesn’t line up with the pedal. An additional problem with the bracket is that, once screwed on, you can’t open the battery case without unscrewing it again. The pedal isn’t midi interface-able and it doesn’t have a remote trigger input, so you can’t use another widget which does fit a bass drum pedal to trigger it.
Playing my first gig with it was agony as my foot was in totally the wrong position. I ended up mounting it to a wooden board with a platform to get the angle and height correct, but the lack of spring was still uncomfortable.
It could have been so much better and more versatile with a bit of thought, just a percussion post bracket that was mounted centrally instead of off to one side would have transformed it - as would a remote trigger input or midi interface. It is solid and well made and the sounds are good and if all you want to do is stomp your foot on it for a few songs then it works fine, but it was frustrating for me that I couldn’t really make proper use of the samples provided.
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