This review is even better than the official alesis videos thanks

@MELVIN5201

3 жыл бұрын

And has the comment section available

@devinisabeastsmith

3 жыл бұрын

Ex fuckin actly him and 65 drums

@lechlerguttersllc9553

Жыл бұрын

@@devinisabeastsmith Dont buy it unless your satisfied with what they load on it. Mine will not take any exterior samples. Useless.

@lechlerguttersllc9553

4 ай бұрын

It’s a piece of junk don’t do it

Product update. I had mine for 47 days before it quit working. Fantastic product. It is for the features it has. The best multipad out there. I exchanged mine for the Yamaha multi 12. And am very happy. The Alesis reliability issues kept me from getting another one. I will wait a few years for them to work out the bugs before I consider another one. Hope yours is still working

@bengu1nn569

5 жыл бұрын

M G what exactly were the problems you had with it?

@MRG_88

4 жыл бұрын

Ben Pursehouse The sound cut in and out on my headphones and then it just cut out permanently. I tried connecting to the 1/4 output to a monitor and it also wouldn’t work. So like I said earlier in my comments months ago I went with the Yamaha dtx multi 12. The Alesis is the best out there for what it does but for reliability which Alesis has always had issues and I experienced it which confirms all the complaints and went with older but reliable Yamaha which is still a beast.

@Deech72

4 жыл бұрын

@@MRG_88 I would've returned it and got another one if it was within warranty. I had a loose connection in the back after only a couple months and got a new one delivered after one phone call.

@MRG_88

3 жыл бұрын

@@Deech72 yea i could have easily gotten another one as I had the pro-coverage but decided to go with the yamaha. I am happy have no regrets. I also have an akai mpc one and that thing alone is a beast especially with recent update so for sure have best of both worlds. Anyway enjoy yours

I used to really dislike Alesis products. I don't need another multipad, and I still prefer my Nord Drum 3p, although it's in a different niche, with different features. That said, I gotta hand it to Alesis, this Multi Pad screams quality and looks like a solid alternative to the latest SPDSX. They've really improved since the Strike Pro. Good stuff.

@keyworksurfer

5 жыл бұрын

the new alesis mesh kits are spectacular for the price. they're really pulling a Kia and turning around the brand's quality, while keeping the low price.

I like that the headphone jack is in the front.

@grajmahal

5 жыл бұрын

Not only that- but a 1/8" and 1/4" is kinda convenient as well.

@ambroulard

5 жыл бұрын

bryan macneil I know right!!! Some designer finally got a CLUE!!!

I'd like to see a vid of you sampling your drum set, triggering from the pads and then exporting it into Logic, in addition show the music notation for a super deep tutorial. A lot to ask for.. I'm so glad you're hip to the hybrid setup.

Great review man! That's a pretty sweet piece of tech! I have the SPD-SX but have always been bummed that I can't use it for live loops - it has no way to cut loops to a perfect loop length unless you cut them in your DAW and export! This seems like a good middle ground between the spd-30 and the SX - I might have to check it out... Cheers for the info!

dude... that intro ROCKED.... would LOVE to see you cover some Parallels era Mark Zonder Fates Warning tunes.... Especially the 11th hour....

I'm considering selling my Roland SPD SX to buy this one. The looping functionality is something that I really need, and also the extra storage (2GB spd vs 32GB alesis). I wish the SPD SX had those things. Thanks for the review!

@santiagorodriguez3999

5 жыл бұрын

what do you thinnk about this one vs the new version of the roland spd sx ? 16 gb and the price is higher

@Kik_Hat_Sne

5 жыл бұрын

You can check forums and some videos. You can upgrade the memory of the spd sx. The inbuilt memory is actually an sd card in it.

@sanmiazoe7049

5 жыл бұрын

How much

Way better and more informative than anything I found for this pad. Well done dude!

Got one this week, very powerfull and a lot of fun. So many samples (8000), plays all kinda genres from rock, jazz, world, electronic. The built in FX are very good, with my synths I use seperate pedals (except KingKorg) but Alesis did a great job on this too.

@lloydbastard7254

2 жыл бұрын

Is there a problem when you switch kits?

@lechlerguttersllc9553

Жыл бұрын

@@lloydbastard7254 Mine will not allow any uploaded samples.

The fact that you can sequence and loop is dope. The Roland SPD doesn't let you do that. I'm getting this.

Congratulations Austin!!! Awesome drummer and best drum pad..

Great overview. Thanks for putting it together. Just picked one up today and looking forward to creating with it.

So cool illustration! Makes me "wanna must get this for myself":) I'm really diggin' it too!

Best video I found about the Alesis strike multipad, thx!

Hybrid kits are freaking amazing. Thank you for the inspiration and reeducation...TABLA, 808...

Thanks Austin for this review! I'm waiting to see what Roland comes out with at NAMM. If nothing, I'm going to purchase the Alesis.

I’m buying this thanks for the demo .

I really love this new alesis product, looks great too.

Yeah nice Austin! Always enjoy your videos. Seems like they finally brought out a worthy opponent to the Roland SPD SX! Actually I don't like Alesis products that much, cause they often used to be quite cheesy. But this looks good!

My teacher had an acoustic Tama and an electronic Roland. I was never a huge fan of the Roland but this looks pretty good as you can use it as an accessory rather than alternative.

Finally an actually proper review and demo ! Well done 👍🏾

Congrats for hitting 60k!!

Interesting! I've been thinking about buying a Roland SPD SX, but I think I'll research this Alesis Strike Multipad further before making a final decision on that. We'll see what Roland announces at NAMM, if anything, for the SPD. This is very cool though.

@johnnycastrocastropardo7606

4 жыл бұрын

Porfavor en español

Great tutorial/review, Austin! Thanks!

On paper, this looks perfect to me. It sounds good. The design is player-centered. I just want to get a feel of the build quality. The Sample Pad felt like it would last 3 - 4 weeks. I'm hopeful about this one.

@savanaviolenta

3 жыл бұрын

This one is very well built

wow. im not a drummer but i'm very impressed with that device.

Wow! That thing is awesome. I would definitely like to get one one day

Nice demo, thanks for making it. I didn't know about this gear or your channel. Interested in both now.

It really looks great and I love the sounds, I feel that has more sounds or presets than the Roland. What about reliability? Thanks

Awesome video man!!! Really shows how one could add this in to an acoustic set up...or just make tunes as a stand alone unit... Now, just need to sell a kidney and I'm gonna order it.....

Lovely opening drumming! Well done😀👍

Great demonstration

Hi Austin ....Tony from London UK ....great practical user intro vid to using the Alesis multi-pad with an acoustic kit 👍👍 ....I have mine on order , as I'm travelling down the hybrid e-drum /acoustic kit path and am going to start using it in my live gigs 😀

Thanks for the video, very clear! So i guess one could sample an entire backing track for a song and assign to one of the pads...and then just trigger the pad and jam on top? Also when looping... could I assign different length loops to different pads? So for example, if I do a 1 bare drum loop and have it on pad 1, could I then do a 4 bare loop (for example a 4 bare guitar chord sequence) and have it on pad 2? Thanks again! :)

A great video ; after watching this i have just purchased one

@sesa1076

4 жыл бұрын

Purchase me one too!

That intro was sick!!

@rainbowmerlin1

5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was quite good myself...

Thanks for posting this! It definitely helped me decide on what to purchase.

@lechlerguttersllc9553

4 ай бұрын

The multi strike is junk I have one brand new and have never been able to load any sounds on it No support from Alesia 👎👎👎👎

@groovehog1

4 ай бұрын

@@lechlerguttersllc9553 sounds like you got a lemon. I did end up purchasing one three years ago and I’ve used it on 100+ gigs a year with my band. No problem uploading samples, no functionality issues. The one big criticism I have of it is that the interface is not user friendly. For something produced in 2020ish, the workflow used to program banks of pads, rename banks and samples, etc is 1980 Atari level suck.

Your snare sounds great!

4:44 .. we all played this beat on Ham&Beans hahahaha

Makes me think of Mass Effect

Thanks for the informative video. A couple questions about the looper (which is not covered as much by reviews): - Can you have the click exclusively on headphones so it won't be heard on audio outs? - Can you save a loop in a file and assign it to a pad so that you can switch between loops, all this while doing a live performance?

Great review Austin. Looks great and I'm definitely interested. You're doing a great job with everything. Your vids are great, and your series on drum recording is fantastic. That helped me so much. Where do you get your samples from?

@abbdrums

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I just got the one snare drum sample from a random website, I forget the name haha

Great review. You convinced me to place an order :)

Hi austin, can you tell us if it’s possible to sync the built in metronom with the different pads ? Actually i made loops with music on left and click on right with my SPD-SX 🤷🏻‍♂️ Or may be is it possible to route to different out the two samples on the same pad? Thanks a lot and keep going 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

@dmdtmdmdtm

5 жыл бұрын

Are you there?!?! I send an email to Alesis from the Strike Multipad page, no answer...

Great video. Sample editing seams a bit awkward, but like you say, edit in logic... Is it possible to trigger a loop beforehand, like in novation launchpad where you can trigger a loop just before the beat and it will start playing on cue. Thanks for the upload!

@MikeErickson

4 жыл бұрын

That would be great - you could definitely do this in interface mode as a MIDI controller for ableton. I'mm interested to hear the answer to this.

I dig that funky little hihat and that snare

Excellent review, great groove at the beginning, your snare sounds KILLER, Tune-Bot? Settings?

@abbdrums

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I just tune the snare by instinct and feel, but I go pretty dang tight on both top and bottom. I go into it in depth in the tuning course on my website if you wanted to check that out.

How accurate are the pads? Can you play rolls and diddles? What about flam drags? Thanks

Excellent review. Thank you!

Made up to see a review of this with some actual playing of the kit with it. Seems like a great tool, particularly good for buskers too. I think I'm going to try merging my Roland TD11K with my acoustic kit to see how i get on with that. Then in October hopefully test this out at the UK Drum Show, then figure out if I could justify spending the cash on one of these. As someone who's never used a product like this, if anyone has any advice or input to help me make a more informed decision, I'd very much welcome that :)

Austin, thank you so much for this video. This is exactly what I needed and I'm so gonna buy this thing now. I have one question though, is it possible to connect a midi keyboard for example and record/loop stuff from that into the Alesis?

@firstarsch2221

2 жыл бұрын

Did you find an answer to this?

was digging that jam at the beginning. trippy

Did you just go from the main outs on the Alesis into inputs on your audio interface? Unsure how you would link this in to an audio interface. Thanks!

there should be a trigger record setting no? instead of having to hit record then hit a sample followed by having to truncate? if not they should def include that in a software update

Thanks for this Review! Is it possible to play this Pad with Hands or even fingers?

YOU sir are a beast. In a very good and musical way.

Excellent video man. Thank you.

You are really gifted. I will acquire this beast in about two weeks as I am a percussionist and this is very mobile. I dont want to play percussion on my keyboard even though it will give similar sounds. I have a good keyboard (Yamaha PSR SX 900). Can I plug this straight into an amp and start using or do I need a laptop? Finally does this have African drums on it such as the talking drum which is a specialist sounding hand played drum from Nigeria? Thanks.

can we adjust the loop tempo ..on board or while playing ??????

@TheDigitalMD

5 жыл бұрын

Nope, you can't adjust the tempo at all on anything.

This slaps so hard. Tool vibes for sure

Awesome video - best of all I've seen!

Do you know if this multipad allows us to play the loop at different tempo on the fly (based on how I trigger it)? Any suggestion on sample pads which has this feature?

Great tutorial dude. Awesome

I just ordered mine I am super excited

I've found one of these on Craig's list in excellent condition for $500. Should I get it?

Austin, could you PLEASE release a full solo of that opening part??

Damn Austin. Loved that groove to kick off the video. Have an extended cut? :)

@abbdrums

5 жыл бұрын

A FF Nah that’s about as far as I’ve developed it lol

@6meanstrings

4 жыл бұрын

Me to... Def has a zep kind of No Quarter vibe to it... need a 10 min version!! lol

great review! is there a way to change the velocities on the pads so you trigger more silent closed hi hats that open up as you hit harder for example? I think on the site it says a max of 2 sounds per layer, but are these sounds all velocity sensitive?

Thanks for a great review. Can you tell us why you are using an 1/8 to 1/4 adapter for your ears when there's and 1/8 input on the unit?

Are we still taking questions here? I cant seem to get the tap tempo to work...

I’ve been interested in this piece of gear for quite some time now. I was just about to order an Alesis Strike MultiPad Percussion Pad but I need a very important question answered first. I know the Alesis Strike MultiPad Percussion Pad is capable of so much more, but I plan to use it only as a drum kit. I’m now in a situation where there is a physcial space and volume limitation. There’s not enough space for an electronic drum kit. It would be great to just walk in with this pad, a stand, and a foot and hi hat controller. QUESTION: When the Alesis Strike MultiPad Percussion Pad is used as/like a drum kit, is the hi hat able to be played/controlled closed, half open and sloshy? Or is it just closed or fully open? Thank you!

Cool video thanks for taking the time to share.

Wowww melody and drums ?! Incredible 👍

I've got a question which hasn't been covered by any of these videos on KZread so I'm really hoping you guys will read this :-). Let's suppose I want to load up the Alesis Strike with my own snare sample and I want it to have it's own velocity range depending on how hard I hit a pad with said sample on it. Would I need to upload 127 samples for each velocity or can I just upload one sample at a "normal" volume and the Multipad will do the rest for me? Does the Pad Work with the strike editor software? Thanks in advance! :-)

@Deech72

4 жыл бұрын

You can change all the threshold and velocity parameters from the SMP!

I want know that how many Indin Instrument in this pad

Very informative - thanks!

cool stuff i just got the pro 8 my self

nice demo,can you please tell the what kind of ozone HH that you use next to the traditional one?

Nice snare sound!

Nice video! Do you think this is better than the Roland SPD-SX? I want to buy one but I dont kno which one

@abbdrums

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure, never used the Roland!

I can't play on it at home my family get so nervous cause the pads are solid and making big loud noise even when I play with headset and then when I go to the next page there's delay waiting for loading

Thanks for very good review and informations . Please make more videos.

I had a Yamaha multi 12 and it was great .. But it's internal memory was too small. The user interface really difficult to use , too many sub menus, and not enough information on the internet. This looks a lot more easy to use with that great display. Can you do multi samples, layers ABC and velocity triggers? Greets from Germany :)

@abbdrums

5 жыл бұрын

Not sure! I'm still trying to learn how to use this thing haha

@daletajfrederick9235

5 жыл бұрын

I also have the m12 I love it. But I will like to have other gears.

@Deech72

4 жыл бұрын

That's why I bought this one!

Great review !!

Is this suited to hand drumming? Wondered if the pads are sensitive enough for that kind of playing

@danielruizmunoz

3 жыл бұрын

Upper ones are a bit hard to be used with hands in my opinion...

Good morning! Does anybody knows if Alesis strike pad have tempo synch, in order to change tempo to the internal loop and layer functions also, in order to have two sounds sample in one pad? Please let me know cause I'm interested to buy this instrument! Thanks a lot in advance! Cheers from Italy!

How is the Pad feeling? rebound-wise ? can i play detailed ghostnotes?

Nice Snare sound you imported via USB. Where did you get those samples from ? Looking for good drum sounds

Best drum pad in the world better then peanut butter

Great review! Thanks. I'm wondering If having some type of cover or guard over the display would be a good idea. I can imagine hitting the screen by mistake.

@keyworksurfer

5 жыл бұрын

It's built pretty durable as is

Thanks for the nice video. I have a question. If I want to control the kits with a foot switch, i.e. back and forth. How can you set that. There are Fs1-Fs3. But I don't know how to do that. Maybe there is already a video. thank you very much Greetings Fredi

Excellent video. Your drum mix has certainly gotten better, even though I dislike your preference for snare sound xD. The cymbals sound gorgeous - i hate the stupid squashed overhead sound

can the loops be automatically quantised while performing?? and can you move to a new set of pads during a loop? like start with a set of pads acting like a bass guitar, loop it, then move to a set of pads that are drums...?

I wonder does it have some 808's??

Can this also be used as a USB audio interface with logic for my Roland AE30 wind synth .

Damn man i thought he's Benny Greb lol

amazing vid mate, good info

Really enjoyed this. Nice job. Period

Have Alesis abandoned this thing? They haven’t updated it in forever!