

Johnny is a great presenter and can be very funny but effective in how he presents Roland percussion. I'd highly recommend you check out some online video clips of Johnny Rabb demonstrating the SPD-S. Don't know what the exchange rate in pounds would be or whether you have better deals where you are at. and got my SPD-S for about $415 shipped a few years ago. I believe the SPD-S is the more popular of the two but I have heard others claiming some superior features in the SPD-20 such as MIDI implementation. Once the sounds or loops are in the SPD-S, I can use onboard features to tailor the sound even more.


I'll create WAV files, copy them to my CF card via USB card reader and then transfer them to my SPD-S for playing live. The latter is especially recommended since the built-in memory is limited.Īs an example, I'm creating loops using Stylus RMX as well as acoustic drums with my DAW software (Digital Performer). The card then stays in the unit to add storage space for sounds and loops. or by using a compact flash memory card and reader to copy from a computer to the unit. That's accomplished by either by attaching a microphone, instrument, CD player, iPod, etc. That means that although the SPD-S has on board sounds, you can add your own. The main difference is that the SPD-S is a sampling pad and the SPD-20 is not. They both have on board sounds, trigger pads, effects, can be triggered from pads or acoustic triggers have MIDI in and out and share some other features. The quick answer is that both units will do what you want. However I know a litlle bit about the 20 from reading up. I own an SPD-S so I can speak more to that model than the SPD-20.
