+dan grimm Thanks for the feedback! That's really encouraging to us! Glad we could help you out. Godbless

Hi Braian, while it is something that we've often thought of trying out, we've never actually done it! If we were to do it though, I'd probably try a TR808 or TR909 type snare sound - something very 'electric' sounding to mix with the acoustic sound.

Hi James, great stuff, thanks! Unfortunately we haven't had any experience with anything other than the SPD. The SPD is pretty expensive but totally worth it.

+yetixcoreRVA Hi there, yeah those top 3 pads can be a bit of a pain. We've found that it's about the angle that you hit them out, rather than how hard you hit them. Try setting it up at various angles to find the easiest for you. We've found you need to hit it at about 45 degrees, with the shoulder of the stick. Once you get used to it, it is fine!

+Birmingham Vineyard awesome! I'll give it a little bit of time for me to get acclimated with it! Thanks for your help!

Hi Alex, sorry, I can't say that I have ever seen Michael Schack, so can't offer any advice there! Thanks for watching and for your kind words.

Hi Jazmin, we've made most of the loops ourselves in house with programs like Cubase & Pro Tools. Alternatively, you can download tracks from www.multitracks.com or loopcommunity.com - and if you want to split up the full tracks into individual sections, just do it in something like Audacity or GarageBand (means you don't have to pay for full Digital Audio Workstations!). Hope that helps, Godbless.

Hi Daniel, there is a click built into the SPD. You can change the bpm for each kit and then just scroll through your kits. However, that obviously won't let you have the band cues for any tracks. We normally use a Boss DB90 for all our clicks, but if we use the SPD for clicks (ie with a track), we'll always import it separately. Hope that helps!

+Jesse Lee Hi! Thanks for the idea, just recorded & finalised. You should be able to find it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ab9gasip09PRo5c.html Godbless

+Birmingham Vineyard bro thank u so much! Really appreciate it. God bless u man

+Spocku Grass and do you have any tips on you mix your own samples?

+Spocku Grass Hi! To be honest, the ones on the link above are the only ones we use. Since the video, we've also started using a reverse cymbal sample which is included with the SPD (SE_RevCym), as a noise sweep into big bits of songs. Other than that, we've basically got a whole load of free samples that we just search through to find the sound we want for a particular song. We downloaded a load of samples from here: www.dave40.co.uk/1/VwSlAr.php?id=11 But there are loads of other free samples on the internet. Some samples we use a lot are those that emulate the Roland TR909 & TR808. Mixing your own samples: this just comes down to practice, and having a good ear. In the past, we've used multitracks.com as a basis for our sounds, and then created samples and loops which are similar/work better in our context. So we use multitracks as a reference point. Check out people like kzfaq.info or other people on youtube for tips on mixing generally, to help develop your ear. Hope that this helps!!

Hi Jake, yes you can, through using the inputs on the back of the SPD. It's not something we've done a lot - we've found that it tends to be a lot more reliable & in time if you make samples in a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) - that way you can perfectly line up all percussion parts, samples and everything. Hope that's helpful, thanks for watching & Godbless.

Hi Curtis, we made the loops in Cubase using virtual instruments. You can also download tracks from www.multitracks.com or loopcommunity.com. For the percussion sounds, I can't remember exactly, I think we either used the stock (included) tom sounds, or found some free samples online and imported them. If you want to use our samples, they're all here: drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6l0VIWVgW_eazYtVVp0cjIwcW8&usp=sharing Hope that helps! Godbless

thank you brother ! I start worship school playing percussion at Morning Star in Charlotte NC next week. I just ordered the spdx... can't wait!

Hi there, I really have no idea! Sorry that I can't be of more help!

Hi there, here's a link to those samples! Hope you find them helpful. drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6l0VIWVgW_eazYtVVp0cjIwcW8&usp=sharing

Hi Benjamin, thanks for your question. You can either use a computer with a USB cable (using SPD-SX Wave Manager or the SPD-SX-Editor), or you can just transfer the tracks to a USB memory stick, plug it into the back of the SPD, and transfer them through the menu on the SPD itself. Hope that helps!

Birmingham Vineyard Alright thanks! Where do you get backing tracks with click?

We've got ours from all over! We've made quite a few (follow this link for downloadable samples: drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B4GPJhG9xP3qZTlISkl1UFF5VUE?usp=sharing ). You can also buy them from multitracks.com or loopcommunity.com. Hope that helps!

+Lionel Saulx Hi Lionel, thanks for your message! If you follow this link, you should be able to access the files just fine. If not, just message us! Godbless drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6l0VIWVgW_eazYtVVp0cjIwcW8&usp=sharing

Thanks a lot! GBU We need more tuto like this.

Hi Sam, we've got a number of different vocalists - all of whom have different vocal ranges and so sing the songs in different keys. We try and facilitate them feeling as comfortable and confident as possible when leading, and so provide samples in different keys. Hope that helps!

78 :)

Dude! Thank you so much!!

Hi Steve! Thanks for your comment. Unlike with audio, you obviously can't load in video tracks into the SPD (and there is no HDMI out so you wouldn't be able to see any video!). However, you can use this to trigger video in another program (such as ProPresenter) through midi. It's a little complicated to explain here, but if you search for videos on 'triggering videos in ProPresenter with midi', you'll see how to do it from the ProPresenter side. Then just connect your SPD to ProPresenter via a midi interface, or USB cable, and setup a particular pad to send a particular midi message - search for 'Spd midi setup' to find how to do that. Sorry for the vagueness, but the simple answer is yes, this is possible, by triggering a separate piece of video software from your SPD, through midi. Hope that helps!

Hi Damian, here's a link to download for all of the kits you see in the video! drive.google.com/open?id=0B4GPJhG9xP3qZTlISkl1UFF5VUE

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+Jesús Rey De Naciones Hi. We don''t use Ableton at all. We created the sounds in Cubase and loaded them in. All the sounds are stored in the SPD-SX and therefore doesn't need to be linked to ableton. God bless.

but I can put sounds ableton?

You can use ableton to create sounds for the SPD, yes. Godbless

Hi there, this wouldn't make sense - both work only at 44100 Hz, 16 bit. Really the quality of sound depends on the samples you load into it.

Birmingham Vineyard I never had a sampler pad and thinking of getting one. thank you for clarifying.

We'd recommend it! They're very useful and extremely flexible. Godbless!