Alesis Control Pad USB/MIDI Drum Pad Controller

- Category: Drums

-- Subcategory: One-Piece Electronic Drums

Producer: Alesis

Price: $199

Description:
The Alesis Control Pad USB/MIDI Percussion Controller is a compact (carry under one's arm) percussion pad controller that is equally at home as a performance instrument and as a MIDI programming tool for studio recording. The Control Pad features 8 velocity sensitive pads with gum rubber surfaces for excellent stick response as well as 2 trigger inputs for connecting external pads such as the Alesis Drum Pad and Cymbal Pad expansion kits. Includes FXpansion BFD Lite software drum instrument for Mac/PC.

Feature:
All-in-one USB bus powered solution. Presently, there is nothing on the market to compare. Expandable via MIDI I/O and additional pedal/ trigger ins. Makes sense and works as advertised.

Quality:
Mine is perfect. Lightweight (a personal preference) but not so light as to be a problem. Stays put confidently on a flat surface. Note: case is plastic, so you're not going to want to bash mercilessly on it as if it were a real a drum (or a DK10 for that matter).

Value:
2 bills for a single piece of gear that gets the job done. That says it all.

Desirability:
Wanted it from the day it was announced. (Needed it years ago.)

Sound:
n/a. This is not a sound module.

Ease of Use:
Makes sense and works as advertised. Simple, which is what I was looking for.

Support:
No experience with Alesis customer support as yet.

Overall:
There are few products that would quite replace this - none at this price point - so if it breaks, I'll replace it with the very same thing.

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