Roland SPD-SX Pro Sampling Pad

The SPD-SX PRO is the ultimate sampling pad for the most demanding gigs. With years of road testing and extensive user feedback from the SPD-S and SPD-SX, the top-tier SPD-SX PRO raises the bar again. Harnessing the advanced sample pad technology of its predecessors, the SPD-X-PRO boasts an array of requested professional enhancements and is built for life on the road. Illuminate dark stages with a large colour display and customizable multi-colour trigger lights. Expand your performance setup with more audio outputs, additional trigger inputs, and hi-hat and FX expression pedal control. And go further with a massive 32 GB memory, 48 kHz audio playback, increased pad sensitivity without crosstalk, and a dedicated SPD-SX PRO App for easier kit editing.

Features

• Nine pads with Roland’s advanced trigger technology, including six large pads and three top-row shoulder pads

• High-visibility, horizontal and vertical LEDs with multi-colour customization

• Increased shoulder pad sensitivity and improved crosstalk performance

• 4.3-inch colour display for easy navigation and viewing during the performance

• Import 48/44.1 kHz (16-/24-/32-bit) WAV/AIFF files and MP3s (32–320 kbps) with automatic conversion to 48 kHz/16-bit upon loading

• Stereo main output, four direct mono outputs, balanced for easy mixing on stage

• Connectivity for up to eight external individual triggers/pads (four stereo triggers or eight mono triggers with Y-cables)

• Dedicated SPD-SX PRO App for Windows/Mac for easy importing, managing samples, and deep kit editing

• 32 GB of internal storage for samples, backing tracks, and click tracks

• Input for hi-hat or footswitch expression control

• Connect hi-hats, kick, and snare for a ‘mini drum kit’ setup

• Up to 200 kit patches (43 erasable preset kits and 157 user kits)

• Over 1550 pre-loaded, high-quality samples and sounds

• 16-step pad sequencer function

• Onboard effects engine with up to four effects in parallel, plus side chain with output routing

• Built-in click/metronome

• Create in real-time by recording performances as WAV files and assigning them to pads

Specifications

Pads

Built-in pads: 9 (with PAD LED, Vertical LED)

* Four external trigger inputs are provided, allowing you to connect up to eight pads with a Y cable.

Maximum Polyphony

32 voices (included click voices)

Number of Recordable Wave Data

20,000

*Including preload data

Internal storage

Size: 32 GB

*Including preload data

Sampling Time

Sampling from AUDIO IN: 60 minutes per sample

Resampling: 10 minutes per sample

Data Format

16-bit linear

Sampling Frequency

48 kHz

Import Format

WAV, AIFF, MP3

Kits

200

Preload wave

Factory preloaded samples: 1,550 or more

Setlist

32 (32 steps per SET LIST)

Kit Effects

Layer Equalizer: each pad (Layer A/B independently)

Layer Transient: each pad (Layer A/B independently)

Multi-Effects (53 types) : 4 systems

Side Chain Compressor: 1 system

System Effects

Master Effects (53 types)

Master Compressor

Master Equalizer

Number of USB Audio Record/Playback Channels

Sampling Rate (Original): 48 kHz

Sampling Rate (with Sampling rate converter): 96 kHz, 44.1 kHz

Record: 8 channels

Playback: 12 channels

Display

Graphic colour LCD 4.3 inch

Connectors

PHONES jack: Stereo 1/4-inch phone type

MASTER OUT (L, R)jacks (BALANCED) : 1/4-inch TRS phone type

DIRECT OUT jack x 4 (BALANCED) : 1/4-inch TRS phone type

AUDIO IN jack : Stereo 1/4-inch phone type (with Volume control)

TRIG IN jack x 4 (1/2, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8) : 1/4-inch TRS phone type

FOOT SW jack x 1 (1/2) : 1/4-inch TRS phone type

HH CTRL/EXPRESSION jack x 1 : 1/4-inch TRS phone type

MIDI (IN, OUT/THRU) connectors

USB COMPUTER port : USB B (High-Speed USB, USB-AUDIO, USB-MIDI, App)

USB MEMORY port : USB A (High-Speed USB, Backup Save/Load, Sample Import/Export)

DC IN jack

Power Supply

DC 12V (AC Adaptor)

Current Draw

1,500 mA

Accessories

Quick Start

Leaflet "Read Me First"

Leaflet "USING THE UNIT SAFELY/IMPORTANT NOTES"

AC Adaptor

Options (sold separately)

Pads (PD series, PDX series, BT-1)

Cymbals (CY series)

Hi-Hat (VH-10, VH-11)

Kick Triggers (KD series, KT series)

Pad Stand (PDS-20, PDS-10)

All-Purpose Clamp (APC-33)

Acoustic Drum Trigger (RT-30K, RT-30HR, RT-30H)

Hi-Hat Pedal(FD-8, FD-9, VH-10, HV-11)

Expression Pedal(BOSS EV-30)

Pedal Switch(DP-2)

Foot Switch (BOSS FS-5U, FS-6, FS-7)

Y cable (PCS-31L)

USB Flash Memory

SIZE AND WEIGHT

Width

360 mm

14-3/16 inches

Depth

330.3 mm

13-1/16 inches

Height

92.9 mm

3-11/16 inches

Weight

3.0 kg

6 lbs 10 oz

(excluding AC Adaptor)