A powerhouse percussion pad poised to service the working professional’s needs…and then some.   Alesis’s Strike line of electronic drums is reserved for professional-grade products, such as the eleven-piece Strike Pro and eight-piece Strike mesh-head drumsets. In the multipad category, the company has previously focused on simplicity and affordability with the SamplePad Pro and SamplePad 4. With the introduction of the Strike MultiPad, Alesis pulls no punches, delivering a knockout product packed with unprecedented power, performance, and creative potential. And yet somehow Alesis has positioned this pad at an ultra-competitive price point ($699). Let’s see how it fares. The Specs The Strike MultiPad features six 4″ square pads and three 1″x4″ pads that run across the top edge. Each pad is velocity sensitive and has an animated RGB light below it that can be assigned to different colors, and illumination functions to help you customize the visual organization of the […]

November 2019 Issue