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Roland HPD-15 Handsonic

by cowboyplayindrummer on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 07:59

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The HPD-15 HandSonic™ is an electronic hand percussion multi-pad with triggering capabilities derived from breakthrough V-Drums® technology. Divided into 15 parts, the HPD-15 allows hand percussionists to play up to 600 realistic acoustic and electronic percussion sounds--15 simultaneously--with all the sensitivity that the Roland V-Drums® are famous for.

Electronic hand percussion pad with triggering based on V-Drums technology

10-inch rubber pad with 15 parts for triggering up to 15 sounds simultaneously

Built-in pressure sensor allows for realistic muting and pitch control of sounds

Main pad supports Positional Sensing for realistic timbre changes depending on area of pad hit

Built-in sequencer with 300 percussion and drum sounds from around the world

Onboard effects include reverb and multi-effects processors

Realtime control via D-Beam Controller, dual ribbon controllers, three control knobs

MIDI In/Out plus dual-trigger input and hi-hat control jack

I've had a chance to actually play this and was impressed! With so many possibilities you can literally be playing this pad for hours.

Guitar Center sells this for $$999.99 (List: $1,219.00)

http://www.guitarcenter.com/Roland-HPD-15-HandSonic-Percussion-Controller-100884329-i1136186.gc

4.5 out of 5 stars

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wooddjembe Says loops

Submitted On: Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 - 9:11 PM

are you able to trigger loops of actual songs and does it have a built in metronome?

cowboyplayindrummer Says Re: loops

Submitted On: Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - 9:21 AM

Hey wooddjembe,

The best answer I can give you is to have you look at the owners manual. You can find it here.

http://backstage.rolandus.com/product_manuals/?group=4

Then scroll down to the HPD-15, it opens as a .pdf file.

From what I've read in the manual, they refer to a metronome function as "click" for recording/playback of sequences although I imagine you could use a standard woodblock sound to create a metronome if needed. There are preset loops obviously and you can upload loops from another sequencer. But I haven't seen anything that allows you to trigger loops of actual songs. I haven't had a chance to read the full manual in depth yet. I wanted to get you a quick answer to your question.

~ cowboy

wooddjembe Says Re: Re: loops

Submitted On: Thursday, Apr 1, 2010 - 10:49 PM

Thank you, I was able to look at the manual a bit but could not find out anyting further than you have. Have you checked out the yamaha DTX multi 12, it has great sound qualities and is very new out on the market as far as this type of technology.

cowboyplayindrummer Says Re: Re: Re: loops

Submitted On: Friday, Apr 2, 2010 - 8:58 AM

Hey wooddjembe, I just reviewed the DTX-MUTLI 12. And I think it fits more with what you're doing or at least looking to do.

https://drummerconnection.com/news/2010/04/02/45939-yamaha-dtx-multi-12

~ cowboy

wooddjembe Says loops

Submitted On: Wednesday, Mar 31, 2010 - 9:11 PM

are you able to trigger loops of actual songs and does it have a built in metronome?

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