Roland HandSonic HPD-20 Review

I forgot about this device, about 10 years old now. It does seem pretty useful for a band, stage or studio, that wants a versatile percussionist on a budget. The trickier thing, finding a percussionist who can make it sing. :-)

I just bought it full price I'm loving it
I'm using on my DJ gigs
I am still studying though
Thanks for great video

I am suffering for body touch problem. Sounds catch side acto pad also when on stage

Hi, it's funny because i want to buy some new electronic percussion instr. But there is not. The best way is still 10 years old HPD 20. If you want use your hands and not sticks

Great review! Got mine about 6 yrs ago, and use it similarly to how you’ve described. Wide range of projects & sound textures; VST MIDI kits - I use hi-hat & kick drum triggers; AND it provides a LOT of percussion toys in comparatively little physical space. (I’ve got a pretty small project studio.) Some sounds are a bit cheesy; but layered in a mix, with maybe some reverb, eq, or room plug-ins, you can get things to sound pretty good. Especially if you’re just mocking up a demo for a client. (?) Keep up the good work!

you'd think by now there would be an updated version with more inputs etc

Beautiful 💐 😍

Hi yall! Can anyone tell me what level of portable powerbank I would need to power this for a couple of hours please? 🙂

Great review , May I ask you if I can use a snare stand with this on live gigs ?
Also would 2 guitar lead cables for stereo out ?

Hi there! My music partner and I just bought a Handsonic 20. We LOVE it, BUT, can you please answer one question for us? We have talked to Roland, Sweetwater, and everyone we can find, but NO ONE can tell us how to create a loop using OUR OWN RHYTHMS.. Know what I mean? We see people doing it on the internet, but can't tell if they are using another looper to do that. The Boss 505 when paired with a Handsonic will do it, but I'm almost certain that we see people do it using only the Handsonic itself. We are desperate! Can you help us? Thanks!!!

Musicians who talk too much are bad musicians

I'm wondering what the settings are inside the menu so I can get a normal hi hat response with the FD-8 pedal.
It does a few weird things but I can't figure out how get it to just go to the middle circle pad and be a normal hi hat.
I tried a ton of things.
With the pedal all the way down, it still does open hi hat if I hit it hard.
It ignors that the pedal is all the way closed.
I just want a mini drum set and at this point, I don't know if that's possible...
I've tried Soooo many things and failed...
If anyone knows what to do in the menu so it's just a normal hi hat, I'd greatly appreciate it !!!
Thanks !

Thanks man!

Can you use drum sticks on it?

Nice clip, question, is it possible to connect my keyboard to the HS 20 to control or download voices? Thanks

Super review.

You can get the Roland Multipad for that much jack.

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You did a great review thank you! I do have one question...Are the pads also configurable? Specifically can I interchange the snare on one pad with the bass kick on another pad?

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Alex...Seems like the D-Beam might be able to emulate a Theremin...Like in the 1951 version of ''The Day The Earth Stood Still''? What do you think!

Hi Alex, I picked up a djembe a few months ago because there was a drum circle locally that I could just go and bang around for an hour or two a week. I can see in your video that you have some kind of drumming experience, and so do I. I started with pipe band snare, and moved on to full kit in a few rock bands over many years. Now I have a Roland SPD 20 PRO that is a lot of fun to play with, but I find that just when sitting at my desk I tend to bang around in what is now known as "finger drumming" So I want to explore that. One of the most popular devices for that is the Maschine line of products, but I'm not sure that I like the 4 X 4 layout of small pads and it's not a standalone device. But you can get a used Mashine Mikro 2 these days for cheap. There is also the Yamaha finger drums, but they seem rather toy like. I think my preference would be the HPD 20 but it's expensive. Have you tried either of these other devices? What do you think?