The pads sit a good centimetre proud of the body of the unit and are spaced around 5mm apart, which reduces the likelihood of accidentally striking the casing or an adjacent pad.Ībove the pads, and spanning the entire width of the SPD‑20 Pro, is the control panel. With such a long history in electronic drums, I would imagine Roland use the same rubber formulation as the pads found on their older kits, which gives them a firm feel and a nice rebound. The new Pro incarnation has an almost identical physical form to the original unit, with the majority of its surface occupied by the eight cushioned rubber pads used to trigger the 900 internal instruments. Usually played with sticks, it can also be a great way of adding a huge range of drum and percussion sounds to an acoustic kit.
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In the unlikely event that you’re unaware of the SDP‑20, it could be described as a self‑contained portable electronic drum kit.
But with technology moving so fast, and hi‑tech products being superseded by the ‘next big thing’ almost daily, is there still a place for a product that was conceived 22 years ago? Great Eight The latter was first introduced in 1998 and (fun fact) became one of the most successful percussion products on the Indian market, due to its exceptional range of classic drum and world percussion sounds. November 2020 saw the introduction of their Octapad SPD‑20 Pro, a new twist on the SPD‑20. Many of their products have achieved iconic status and, like the original Octapad percussion controller, released in 1985, have set the design template for many more over the subsequent decades.
Roland certainly have an illustrious history in electronic percussion. Roland’s venerable SPD range just keeps getting better.