Samplepad Pro : Great for sample playback - if that's all you need!

This is a very solidly built product - however, it doesn't come with any mounting screws to attach to a mounting clamp (bought separately) - I believe it uses the same screws as a Roland SPD set, or you can find some M5 screws. Pads light up when played, although this is clearly just to indicate which pad is 'active' in the editing section rather than for any cool on-stage effects - get some light up drumsticks for that! There is some (limited) cross-talk between the pads but I do not have the latest update yet.

There is only a very limited Reverb effect available to apply to your samples, and the rest of the editing involves velocities and sample locations. Loading samples is fine, just remember to convert them beforehand - Alesis have a downloadable converter for just this.

Having said the above, this is still excellent for triggering drum, vocal or FX samples - but don't expect the feature set of the equivalent Roland! Great for the price.