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Nice sounds, some more useful to me than others. I play sax in a trio, and used it for some percussion addition here and there, with it on the floor for my foot to tap. The foot pad is nice and responsive, once the sensitivity is turned up.
There's are specific instructions needed to load a single extra digitized percussion sample of your choice on this box - instructions that were NOT in my included user manual. I found the added page on the Roland website.
You'll need an ac-to-dc adapter, this box drains its 4 AA batteries in a few hours. Or maybe try rechargeable batteries. The recommended Roland/Boss 9VDC adapter is pricey, and non-standard (center pin is negative). I had an older 9VDC wall-wart that matched - the non-switching type with a transformer, full-wave rectifier, and capacitors) which works fine. I don't know if the generic inexpensive switching adapters are a good idea, they may not supply a smooth enough dc. The Roland adapter has an additional fob on it that I suspect contains a hum-smoothing capacitor.)
Using it as I do, it would have been nice to be able to put it on a stand and trigger it with an optional foot pedal, but there was no option to do that. Bending down to change the sound or settings was a nuisance during a live gig. So I opened the device and added an RCA-type connector (no room for a 1/4" jack), wired in parallel with the 2 wires to the SPD-1's piezo disk. I'm able to use a piezo foot trigger now, with the SPD-1 mounted on a stand so I can select different sounds easily.
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