Kat Percussion KTMP1 Electronic Drum and Percussion Pad Sound Module, Black

I have owned the Alesis Perc-Pad for several months now, I needed some fun sounds in our cover band and it did the trick for awhile. I saw that this had just come out so took a chance and ordered one. First off the sounds are great, every bit as good as the Alesis unit however there are 25 more here ! This pad has 50 vs the Alesis 25 and they are all usable and really open up the scope of color you can add to your drumming ! I use mine in combination and as an add on to my Acustic drums, its a lot of fun and really ads needed color and cool sounds to some of the disco and funk songs my band covers ! If your considering the Alesis parcpad..Don't, buy this instead, 50 sounds vs 25, the ability to trigger your kick drum which the aleis doesn't do, Midi control and USB hookup to trigger anything you want from a laptop ! All for the same price as the Alesis ! My Percpad is now on Ebay as this unit is built just as well but has twice the feature set for the same exact amount of money ! Great job KAT ! I love it ! By the way it uses the same mount as the alesis also so no issues there, its standard.

Very cool percussion piece. It has 50 presets, but really many more as you adjust the tuning. So although it lists only one Tom instrument, you can program all four pads to Tom and adjust the tuning to create four unique Tom sounds, or of course use it to trigger midi sounds on your computer. The preset sounds in this machine are excellent, they're not a 100% authentic acoustic drum sound, but no electronic drum ever will be. Still, the sounds in this machine are better than most low-end electronic kits, and you can really shape the sounds with tuning, sensitivity and reverb, plus even further if you are running it into an amp.

Good starter percussion device. I with there were more tones and options.

Works great but I wish the samples were of better sound quality and had more variety of the samples like cowbell, hand claps and bell tree chimes. Also some of the samples are too short, like the chimes.

These things dont hold up under heavy use. 2 units broken within 2 years plus the ac adapters dont hold up either. BUT This little drum did help me reinvent my little musical group. It is very simple and allows hand playing for novices or world percussionists looking to have a simple jam. The main problem is the sensitivity of the pad triggers. They require precise hits on the pad or else you wind up with missed hits and beats. Also the triggers occasionally bleed over into other pads which is annoying. The quality isn't pro-level , very plastic-y. My stand mount is cracked after less than a year of use. When using an external kick pedal ( the Kat or some other aftermarket ones) , the bass drum is very nice. Good thump. When patched into a PA , the drum sounds great and doesn't sound too fake or amateur. Some of the sounds aren't great but the basics are all there. And the world percussion sound is worth the price alone. Every acoustic drummer should have this in their arsenal.

Excelente

Great electronic practice drum pad for any level of drummer experience. I did the research and returned it for an Alesis nitro max kit to practice in my studio apartment. I definitely recommend this pad especially for the price

Very independent realistic sounds