Samplepad Pro : Does everything for the price

It's like GPS navigation - works perfectly if you know how to use it.

What I mean is it has options for each pad that can be set. First thing to do in my opinion would be setting pad sensitivity. I like max sensitivity on two top pads and three bottom pads, and one level less than max on a middle line of pads. Setting pad sensitivity to max allows to have nice dynamic range and natural feel of soft and hard hits.

Setting up patches saves a lot of time. This device works a bit slowly, changing sound patches takes few seconds, navigation is not perfect, so it is better to set up device at home or on rehearsals time because there won't be enough time to do it on stage. But it doesn't take forever... it's just slower than Roland similar devices.

You can load your own sound samples from sd card (you can convert your sound samples into alesis sound sample with a alesis software). Loading samples from sd card takes a bit longer that loading factory sounds but once it's loaded you can use it without a worry. This device allows you to sound unique.

It has 4 more inputs which allows you to have external kick, hi-hat and 2 pads more. So it can be used like a drums. It's useful for elektro music drummers or situations where stage and room is small.