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Dennis Hetman

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016

great product no problems with item or seller, arrived as promised, works amazing compared to units twice the price

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Kyle

the audio files on here are garbage. Also

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2018

From a touring drummers standpoint, the audio files on here are garbage. Also, I could never figure out the SD card sounds. Tried changing the audio format to what was required, yet it would never work. But for a tour, but never ended up using it. Returned right away. I prefer the DM5

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Dennis Hetman

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016

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great product no problems with item or seller, arrived as promised, works amazing compared to units twice the price

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Ham Bergurhelper

Good, not great.

Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2017

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Tiny 1983 display. Arcane instructions. Most of the built-ins are not great, although I found a good kick drum here.

What would be great is if there was a Mac app that allowed controlling it from a desktop. There is MIDI control, but that's about all. It's puzzling that Alesis would release a product that is years out of date.

The real strength (and the reason I bought it) is because you can upload custom samples to it. They must be 16-bit wav, so it is a bit involved getting the new samples onto the memory card, but it seems to work well.

I wish the auto-off could be defeated. Not good when you are in the middle of recording a conga track and the thing just times out and shuts down. That is very 'home studio', and not professional. Still, it can be used to make very professional recordings once you upload some decent samples to it.

The built-in reverb is not good at all above the 1 or 2 setting.

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Kyle

the audio files on here are garbage. Also

Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2018

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Zach Lies

Versatile, cost-effective tool for adding sampled sounds to your setup.

Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2018

THIS IS NOT AN ELECTRONIC DRUM "BRAIN" MODULE. If you're looking to electronically emulate acoustic drum sounds for $200, you're already fighting a losing battle. HOWEVER, if you are looking for a versatile hardware (no computer needed...at the gig anyway) sample player, this thing rocks! Used it for performing "Humpty Dance" live;
2 samples taken from the Digital Underground hit (beats 1-2 and 3-4)
3 samples from P-Funk's "Let's Play House" used for intros and transitions
1 combo clap/snare/reverb sound, triggered by drummer's snare
That off-beat synth sound, sampled from the DU track

All these sounds triggered (midi or trigger input) by 2 Simmons single zone pads (beats 1-2 and 3-4), a Ddrum snare trigger (clap/snare/reverb combo), and an M-Audio Axiom 25's pads (P-Funk samples and offbeat sound), played by my drummer and myself.

Other things I did with this unit;
Sitar and vinyl scratch samples for Beck's "Loser"
Shaker loop, Trumpet stab fills, and synth-string samples for Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean"
5 Chromatic synth notes for bridge of A-ha's "Take On Me" (mapped to black keys for convenience of non-keyboardist singer)
Giant Taiko drum sound for "Radioactive" by Imagine Dragons, triggered by floor tom via Ddrum trigger
Various cowbells, snaps, and handclaps, triggered by various band members, for various songs, via midi

And all of the above occupied ONE DRUMKIT PATCH on the Sample Rack! Each 'kit/patch' with all it's fully midi-assignable inputs and layers has essentially OVER 20 SAMPLES, which, as an electronic drum brain is laughable, but as a standalone sample player is pretty amazing. Yes, you need to (know how to) edit/create your basic WAV samples on a computer (not rocket surgery, BTW), but you can also do a fair amount of tweaking on the Sample Rack itself. Pitch, Volume, Pan, and (useable but not great) Reverb are all configurable from the unit's front panel controls. Yes, being able to connect to a computer to edit (not just import) samples would be awesome, but...$200. I purchased mine after owning/using an Akai MPX8 for similar cover-band sample-playing. The Sample Rack gave me more than double the number of samples per patch/'kit', plus trigger inputs and basic parameter editing for them (MPX8 is strictly midi and does not show up as a card-reader/drive when plugged into your computer, so you have to shuttle the SD card back and forth). If I were an EDM/DJ-type, I'd probably skip this unit as I'd already be comfortable using/connecting a laptop (and all the hassle/hardware/know-how that entails), but for 'analog' bands looking for a cost-effective way to integrate samples and electronic/exotic percussion sounds into their repertoire, I highly recommend it!

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Music Man

Awesome unit

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2017

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This is an awesome unit for the price. Not sure why it is getting bad reviews I use it in a midi set up and it works perfect I load my own drum samples and it sounds great. My only complaint is the load time from the sd card is a little slow but this is a very much worth it product .

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Seanzy

I had to say something!

Reviewed in the United States on May 9, 2017

First of all, I'm glad I didn't listen to the other reviews I read and took a chance with this unit. All you idiots who thought this thing was a worthless waste of money and that I'd be better off spending 3 times as much on a Roland or something else must have the common "brand sparkle" disorder or don't know what you're doing, because I got this thing set up, firmware updated, custom sounds loaded, programmed with a double kick (yes two actual kick drums) drum 7 piece triggered kit, plus external 4 pad midi drum (Kat), and a Boss FS-6 foot switch to flip between kits and special effects on the Kat all in less than an hour. All you nay sayers should just stop writing reviews because you're screwing over a lot of musicians who could save money on this and still get pro sound. You should be ashamed of yourselves for dissing this thing. I went from using what everyone said was so awesome the Ddrum trigger interface and a laptop with EZdrummer2, and I could not get better than a 1.5ms lag, plus it crashed all the time! And my I7 6700k with 32GB ram and independent soundcard can run anything! This Sample rack has no lag, no crazy computer circuitry to run through, just simple high quality sound samples triggered by whatever I want with 0 latency! It's perfect! If you're looking to trigger your acoustic kit to get that baddass metal sound or just want to save your sound guy some time not having to EQ drums at every show or set up mics or fight feedback from the drum mics, and you can't justify spending you're entire refund check and a small loan to buy a Roland, this is what you want. Don't run it through an ipad or laptop. That's just more junk in the signal path that can go wrong and ruin a whole show! Save yourself the hassle, get this thing! It's so simple to use.

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Jross

Good idea, poor execution

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2015

For an acoustic drummer looking to add samples via drum triggers and electronic pads, this seemed perfect. However there are some key flaws that make this a bad choice for anything above amateur level recording or live performance. Bottom line, the Roland TM-2 is a far superior choice at the same price level to provide professional-quality sample triggering.
-Flimsy construction, cheap knobs.
-Poor quality electronics evident in the line output which is full of noise, causing it to sound terrible through a PA.
-Slow sample and kit load time and buggy firmware.
-Rack ears are too wide and do not fit in a standard rack case.
-Terrible user interface with only four buttons for parameter editing, and tiny screen.
-No software support or ability to edit kits and samples on a computer.

This could be useful for applications where all those problems don't matter, but for me this really makes the unit unusable for my needs. I can't imagine relying on this at a live show, do yourself a favor and avoid this.

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excelente producto y gran servicio de envió

Reviewed in Mexico on February 9, 2017

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el servicio de envió fue muy rápido y eficiente llego antes de lo esperado.... ademas quede satisfecho con este sistema electrónico... funciona correctamente al 100% no he tenido problema con el modulo en verdad lo recomiendo...!!!

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Pretty great!

Reviewed in Canada on January 26, 2017

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So far so good. It's my first drum module so I don't have a frame of reference, but it's been relatively easy to use. My biggest complaint would be how long it takes to switch patches. In a live setting this can be potentially disastrous. Any other issues I have with it right now could probably be solved by spending a little more time learning how to use it properly.

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