SPD-SX Sampling Pad The Professional’s Choice By Drew Armentrout Among a long history of innovative percussion products, Roland has the distinction of offering the only sampling percussion pads in the world. The all-new SPD-SX Sampling Pad—the successor to the popular SPD-S—is an intuitive, flexible instrument that lets you create, manipulate, and trigger drum and percussion sounds, sound effects, and even complete backing tracks and loops. The creative possibilities of a self-contained sampling percussion instrument are literally endless! The SPD-SX brings the percussion sampling pad to another level, adding Multi-Pad Sampling, 2 GB of internal memory, multi-effects, a separate click output, and USB connectivity. In addition, the included Wave Manager software makes it easy to import, assign, and organize SPD-SX samples from your computer. Like its predecessor, the SPD-SX has been embraced by noted professional drummers and percussionists, including Luis Conte, Peter Erskine, Richie Garcia, Roland Garcia, Omar Hakim, Gerald Heyward, Thomas Lang, Nate Morton, Tony Royster Jr., Kevin Ricard, and Chad Wackerman, just to name a few. These top musicians are already adding the SPD-SX to their setups, recognizing it as an essential tool for any musical style or situation. Whether it's for performing on international tours with major artists, on the sets of top-rated television shows, or in recording studios across the nation, Roland drum & percussion products are consistently the professional's choice. Luis Conte Kevin Ricard Gerald Heyward Peter Erskine Nate Morton Roland and Richie Garcia For more information on the SPD-SX Sampling Pad, visit RolandUS.com/SPDSX. Also check out our SPD-SX artist playlist on YouTube™.