Roland SPD-11 Octapad with Stand Holder

Main features of the SPD-11 (from Roland's owner manual)

•The SPD-11 contains 255 high-quality, 16-bit digital sounds (Instruments). Volume or timbre (tone color) can be controlled by playing dynamics (the force with which a Pad is struck).

• Each sound can be edited using a wide variety of sound parameters including level, pitch, decay, Pan, Velocity Curve and effect send. 

•Using the Pad Bank Layer function, different Velocity Curves can be assigned to each of two sounds, and the two sounds mixed (or switched) by your playing dynamics. 

•The on-board digital effects unit (Reverb, Delay, Chorus and Flanger) allows you to set the effect depth independently for each sound assigned to a Pad.

•Four external trigger inputs (stereo) are provided, allowing you to connect Kick Trigger Units (KD-7s; sold separately) or Pads (PD-7s; sold separately), for playing in conjunction with the SPD-11's Pads. This allows you to use playing techniques such as rim shots and cymbal chokes.

•When a Hi-hat Control Pedal (FD-7; sold separately) is connected, you have continuous control (from closed to open) of the Hi-hat sounds.

• Settings for the SPD-11's 8 Pads, 4 external pads, Hi-hat Control Pedal, and the effects unit can be stored as one of 64 Patches. This means that a single SPD-11 is able to store and instantly recall 64 different percussion 'sets,' covering virtually any style of music you can imagine.

•Using the Patch Chain function, you can create and store a sequence of up to 16 Patches which can be selected in the predetermined order (convenient for use within a song). The SPD-11 can store four such Patch Chains. 

•For each Pad, you can set two independent MIDI transmit channels and Velocity Curves, so that your playing dynamics can control external and internal sound sources. 

•The SPD-11 is fully expandable via MIDI, and is especially powerful when used with a sequencer. For example, you might record SPD-11 settings as Bulk data at the beginning of sequencer song data, or allow the sequencer to take care of Patch selection so that you can concentrate on playing.