LEKATO Percussion Sample Pad, Electric Drum Pad with 9 Velocity-Sensitive Drum Pad, 592+ Sounds, Electronic Drum Set Pad Multipad with MIDI out, USB MIDI, AUX, Looper, Metronome, Trigger inputs

I've been using an Alesis Sample Pad 4 for several years now and, although it got the job done, there were a few issues. The biggest problem was the display - it is completely unusable in bright sunlight, which happens a lot in outdoor gigs. I've also accidentally bumped the memory card and disengaged it, causing samples to fail to work. The Lekato pad is a bit larger than I would like, but so far, that's the only issue I can find. I've used it on a few gigs now, and it's a huge improvement over the Alesis unit. First of all, the display is easily readable under any lighting conditions. It is highly visible in bright sunlight, and nicely backlit in darker situations. Changing kits is instantaneous, whereas loading samples on the Alesis could take tens of seconds. The software that can be downloaded from Lekato works well to configure user kits. Samples can be easily imported into the app, and assigned to pads on a named user kit. The configurations are saved to a file so they can be easily recovered and edited. The file is copied to a USB memory stick which is loaded into the PD705. If modifications are made to the kits on the PD705, they can be saved to the USB stick, backed up on your PC, and edited in the app. I used a mount for the Alesis that bolted to the bottom of the unit and could be inserted into a general purpose clamp to hang it off of a cymbal stand. Surprisingly, the Lekato is completely compatible with this mount, making the transition easy. The Lekato PD705 is a great deal for the money, and the sound quality of the samples is excellent. The unit appears to be well made, and the pads have a nice touch. My only complaint is that the main output level control is on the rear panel, which isn't easy to reach on the fly. One other observation is that it's not obvious from the manual that you can set up a sample as a loop, so you can hit it to start and hit it again to stop. This is done by configuring the pad in the ADV2 advanced editing mode, by setting the pad to Infinite loop. There are many other features that I haven't tried out yet, but so far I'm very pleased with the operation and usability of the Lekato PD705. Recommended.

I had ordered this before but was rushing to use it in a live performance. I didn't have time to set up sensitivity and pad configurations. I thought I didn't like it then and rushed to send it back. Later I got the alesis strike pad. And it wasn't up to par for that much money. And sent that back to. So now a few months later I re ordered this lekato and sat down with to really program the sensitivity for playing congos with hands. And WOW👌 WOW WOW! This lekato percussion pad can play congo like playing real congos. The sensitivity can be adjusted to your liking. But it's amazing how I programed it. And it's really easy and intuitive, unlike the alesis strike pad. This is better than the Alesis strike and better than the Yamaha DTX. I play on the lakato like playing my real 4 congos. And I don't have to hit the pads hard at all. In fact I'm playing with my 3 fingers like I do on real congos. I'm faster playing that way. The yamaha dtx cost like $600. And they brag on their percussion mode. Well not all that. And still can't play without having to kind of hit the pads hard, even in hand mode. This Lekato percussion pad is well worth the $250.00. It's also light weight. Lighter than the Yamaha and Alesis. But I like how easy it is to use and manipulate/change pad locations, sensitivity and more stuff that's way easier than the other 2 percussion pads I had returned. And this is like half less the price of those others. Oh, and also with those others I mentioned they have like a hollow sound when you strike the pads. Like the inside of it is made of a box. So they are never really quiet like this lekato. I play in the middle of the night with headphones and by me only having to strike lightly to trigger sounds it's barely even heard from the room. Doesent sound like hitting a hollow box. Listen, for the price so low. This lekato percussion pad is well worth it. I've had no misstriggers ir cross talk and my finger and drum rolls registered just as fast as I'm playing. I do lots of rolls and solos with my hands in congo mode and sticks in drum modes. And as fast as I roll, the lekato rolls too. So I'm playing with confidence and comfort in the machine handling my style. Trust. I'm keeping this one. I was going to buy the $800 aleseis as a last try to find my style. But something said try the lekato again but take a few minutes this time to set it up. Once I did all the set ups. I'm so glad I didn't pay all that money for the alesis. Sure the alesis has lots more sounds. But really... who really uses 7000 sounds? I can create just as good sounds on lekato with a few tweaks in the settings. The lekato and avatar are basically the same in everyday, if your wondering. Exactly same, just different name. But the Avatar is just a tad more expensive than the lekato. Not much more, Like 30 or 40 bucks. So getting this Lekato is cheaper price wise but Exactly the same. So go with lekato. Plus lekato has better customer support if needed. That's my review. I'm satisfied

I used this for orchestra rehearsals when I didn't want to pack the whole drum-kit just to play the Phantom of the Opera medley. It works well enough for that. I had to adjust the trigger sensitivity of the pads a bit from the standard Rock Kit to get the responsiveness I wanted, but ultimately I'm pleased with it. Note that using the buttons to navigate the menus is not intuitive. After 20 minutes of constant adjusting I still press the wrong buttons to navigate up/down, select, back out, etc. It's just not like most other navigation systems you might find on an automobile, a TV remote, a smartspeaker, a digital effects pedal, etc. Get used to not being used to it and always making mistakes. One nice benefit though is that you can hit these pads with almost anything you have in your hand -- soft mallets that you just used to play a cymbal crescendo, triangle beater, the butt of a bass drum mallet, etc. The volume knob is ridiculous, though. It's a tiny knob on the back left side, and there is no visual indicator for volume so you have to remember to roll it backwards (since it's on the back and you're reaching around), and only move it a bit at a time for volume adjustments. Meanwhile there is a HUGE knob on the front left of the control panel that should definitely be the volume knob, but instead it controls the sensitivity of the footswitch, I think? I have used that knob exactly zero times, and have nervously adjusted the rear volume knob a hundred times. Switch the knob assignments! Final minor complaint -- I originally bought this so that I could trigger extra percussion sounds that our small community orchestra can't afford. Wind chimes, congas, gong, etc. It is very laborious to find additional sounds in its memory banks because they have very inconsistent naming (and the navigation is clumsy), and there are actually no good gong sounds built in. I have not gotten as far as grabbing a gong sample to store on it. I ended up downloading a free gong app on my phone and running that through the speaker for gong sounds in the concert. Swing and a miss for the drum pad, though it served as a basic kit in rehearsals well enough. Hopefully I can find other fun things for which to use it

Works and sounds great. Lots of adjustments available to the 30 drum kits supplied, plus you can load your own. Perfect for a beginner or someone who wants more advanced features. Play it right out of the box or enjoy lots of tweaking. Probably the best pad for the money. I recommend you buy a Lekato foot switch for a kick drum option. Buy two so you can control high hat in addition to kick drum. They are about 50 bucks each (same foot switch for either application). The Lekato appears to be the same as the Avatar.

I am just getting started in this. Its not super complicated to figure out but it is a little time consuming to get the hang of it, but WOW does it add thr sound that im looking for in our sets on Sunday morning...and ive only loaded one set of stems. The presets arent bad but I bought it to load my own ambient sounds and clicks, claps. Etc. Great tool to help set an atmosphere of reverence.

Just want to save somebody some time. This kit is relatively low quality and has been rebranded several time (AXS, NIO, etc). It's just.. not nice. The sounds are uninspiring and very plain, on the order of a 90's yamaha drum pad. There is no flexibility or anything "fun" about it. The unit is built cheap and feels easily breakable. The pads are poor quality. The unit I bought was glitchy but I suspect that all of them might be like this: when you hit a button it would sometimes register as two or many. You cannot change the Tx MIDI channel (it is always stuck at 10), and this is just one example of of inflexibility. As someone else wrote, and I should have paid better attention: you can't drum fast on this thing. No 1/16th notes for sure, meaning, the processing power is cheap too. Not worth your time.

It has 20+ drum kits; it’s a very competent piece of equipment. My only problem is that I have not figured out how to build a custom kit.

I would never pay 300 bucks for this, but it was on sale for a great price so I picked it up. I'm impressed with the build quality, the pad playability and response, the built-in sounds, etc. It's absolutely necessary, unless this will be an FX addition to an existing kit or simply a toy, to add the pedal that is compatible with this set, at least for a bass drum. Ideally, if using this to play "drum set", you would have a bass drum pedal/trigger plugged into one of the extra trigger ports (there are several, which is cool) - NOT the footswitch port, which is for the PDL-HH191 footswitch only. This switch is available for 30-50 bucks and is useful only for a high hat controller. So with a bass drum trigger and footswitch for the hat, you are set and also have an extra pad (the BD pad) to assign another sound to. The real PITA in all of this is that the menu system is aggravatingly confusing and non-intuitive. Sometimes the "Select" button moves the cursor, sometimes it "selects" something. Sometimes "OK" means "save" and sometimes it doesn't, it seems like it depends on which part of the menu you are in. And you must use this if you want to do any kind of customization - AND - if you add the aforementioned bass drum pedal and HH switch, you will need to edit every single one of the 30 kits, or at least the ones you intend on using. Also frustrating is that there are 30 preset kits, but no empty slots for user kits, so if you want to create a user kit, you have to overwrite an existing kit, losing it, at least until you do a "reset". Creating a new kit and naming it is also a long and frustrating process, due to the menu issues related above. Ultimately this is a fun little kit any drummer would love to play on. I'm a gigging drummer and I'll use it for sound effects and fun stuff, not for a replacement of my acoustic kit. But in a pinch I would have no problem using this for a quick practice session with the band or maybe even a gig where volume was a real issue, although playing it fluently as a drum set would take some getting used to. Hopefully they release a firmware upgrade that completely reworks the menu system, it would be a lot more user friendly.