And remember this little tray takes the place of your drums, cymbals, most of the hardware, and the module. I would describe the rebound, or stick-feel, as being similar to that of the center of the head on a 14 inch snare drum. Even when you add the Roland FD-8 hat control pedal and a KD-7 reverse kick trigger and a kick pedal or the even smaller setup using the newer KT-10 kick trigger, plus a rubber floor mat in consideration of the neighbors, and a throne on which to sit, it takes up about as much floor footprint as two chairs. The SPD-30, once the manual has been studied, and it has been thoughtfully set up, can be a decent little set of drums.įirstly, it is tiny. But I was able to realize that this was partly due to the default settings. I had tried out the Roland SPD-30 Octapad in the local Guitar Center on three occasions over the last six years and walked away unimpressed, and I sat at one at NAMM for quite a while, and it still left a lot to be desired. I also once had a similarly sized setup centered around a DrumKAT, (with a sound module added). I was quite unproductive on that kit, but the newer SPD-30 has nicer pads and better onboard sounds. I had a mini kit based around the older SPD-20 with the exact same FD-8 and KD-7 foot triggers, eight years ago. I should mention at this point that I have tried it before. As real as any VST actually, with a great dynamic range. The silicone snare and three-zone ride cymbal were particularly wonderful using the default sounds in the module. I sold my Yamaha electronic drum set, built around a DTX-700 module, despite being very impressed at how real that sounded when playing jazz, and emulating acoustic drums, rims, bells, bows and all. I am now in a situation where having a big drum set around is not practical, and I needed to make a few compromises to get into a smaller footprint. Firstly it’s still the newest model, and secondly, I just bought one, for the following reason. Why would someone write a review of an SPD-30 now, when it came out in 2010? Good question.
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