How to Import Samples to the Alesis SamplePad 4
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
- The Alesis SamplePad 4 is a handy-dandy sample pad, but it's surprisingly difficult to import samples onto it! You'll need to buy an SD as it doesn't have any internal memory. Make sure you buy one that isn't more than 32gbs! Here's a full video on how to import samples to the Alesis SamplePad 4.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:07 - Step One: Get an SD Card
00:48 - Step Two: Put Samples on It
01:09 - Sample Converter
01:27 - Step Three: Insert SD Card
01:36 - Step Four: Choose Where You Want the Sample
02:06 - Step Five: Fine Tuning the Sample
02:16 - Step Six: The SD Card
02:32 - Need Help? Book in!
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I had a question if it says sound too large. Does that mean we cannot use the backing track ?
Very well done I may be contacting you. I’m thinking of getting a drum pad soon. Do you know anything about the Lecato PD 705? I think it’s got nine pads on it and they only go for about 300 bucks but I’ve seen them for like 50 bucks$200 even
Thank you for your nice Video.
Can you tell me, can I use the Pad with my Acustic Singer Boss Amp? I Want to connect the Phones out to the Guitar input channel.
Does it work? Thank you :)
Hey mate - great vid - only thing I struggle with is having more than 4 samples you want to play from the SD card means you have to switch Kits and there is a horrific processing time - doing this mid gig is quite frustrating - any ideas on either copying them to internal memory or how to get more than 4 SD card samples on a single kit? Thanks
You've nailed one of my big gripes with the Sample pad. I have no idea why there doesn't seem to be a way to access the internal memory (that I know of anyway!). In terms of more than 4 samples, unfortunately not on one kit. There's only the 4 pads, so the limit is annoyingly four. If you find a way, let me know! And if I find a way, I'll be sure to create a video!
Hi Harry, how do I configure the inbuilt sounds and store them in the 10 presets, or can I do it with a formatted SD card, in the front...it's a pain having to program in my sounds every time I want to take the sp4 out ..cheers man..
So from my knowledge, you’d just replace the the sounds in the 10 presets with that in the SD card. I’m yet to find a way to actually store anything in the Alesis without the SD card annoyingly
Hey brotha, dumb question but is there a way we can just download drum samples onto the sample pad alone without the use of SD Card?
Not a dumb question at all! From my knowledge, no. Which is one of my biggest issues with the pad
hey Harry, are you haveing any problem with buzzing on the outputs ? or any triggering problems with the edge triggers ?
there are some old reviews here that have me worried i am going to get a lemon.
So far I’ve not had any noticeable buzzing on the outputs. But, I haven’t put it through a full PA yet. Happy to check though!
Triggering on the edge triggers, yes, haha! I’m not a fan of the position of them, so I have gone to hit them and they’ve not fired. That being said, the only sample pad I’ve used where this hasn’t been an issue so far is the SPD-SX Pro which is a substantial price difference. All other sample pads I’ve had some sort of issue firing off the top edge triggers
thank you for the pre-purchase insight, Harry; appreciated@@DrumElectric
Hi do you know of a link I can go to find sounds on that will work with this pad unit? I have a Simmons emit with no dual zone capability so I need to find some cool rimshot sounds. I realize this pad unit is mainly for adding accessory sounds to non dual zone or small emits with minimal capabilities. So where can I go to find compatible alesis sounds to download?
Fortunately the Alesis website has a full pack to download for free! It’s a little hidden away on their website, but I made a video on it called “Where to Download Samples”
I've made a long sample shorter on Reaper and rendered the file with the correct settings/I've also used the Alesis converter but I'm still getting an error message on the sample pad. Any ideas?
How strange. What error is it saying? My first thought is that either the file size might be too big, or you’ve hit the sample length limit. If it’s the latter, I don’t know what the limit is!
I have copy .wav to SD card but my Alesis Samplepad Pro does't see any samples on the card. Only files automaticly craded when I do my set-up on this device. Nothing else 😪
Is the .wav in the right format?
Can I play a loop on it Sample pad
Yep!
Mine read the file but it kept giving me a "processing" thing and then a sound error???
Interesting! I’ve not had that yet, but definitely something I’ve heard of. I wonder if the file is either in the right format, or it’s struggling to read it somehow so you might need to experiment with re-exporting
@@DrumElectric Yes i figured out! Had to be sure to convert it to 16 Bit Wav in audacity!
Amazing!!
what's wrong with 32GB ? holly cow dude, that's a lot of cymbals and hats ... MIDI out to a couple of those 80HP Behringer SY-1 clones when they come out, or load up Softube Heatbeat in your DAW, for an endless pallet of everything else
Hey I’m having a problem when I load my sounds it says invalid format. Can you help me out pls
Is the audio you’re importing definitely a .WAV, 16bit, 44.1kHz? The Alesis Sample Pad is annoyingly fussy!
Yes definitely all three
How strange! How long is the audio file?