HPD-15

Q.What are the main differences between the HandSonic 10 and HandSonic 15?

A.

HPD-15

The HPD-15 is the flagship of the HandSonic line. It's equipped with 15 pads of various sizes and two ribbon controllers (located to the left and right of the main panel), allowing you to express every performance nuance. There's also a D Beam controller, and three knobs to modify your sounds in real time.

The built-in sequencer lets you record your performance, and then play it back while adding additional performance elements. This allows you to build a rich percussion performance without the need for any other equipment.

HPD-10

With a large dedicated LCD, ten pads, and a D Beam controller, the HPD-10 functions in the same manner as the HPD-15, but reduces the number of buttons and knobs to simplify operation. Five dedicated buttons are located in the center of the operating panel, allowing you to recall the desired instrument sounds with a single touch.

The HPD-10 also provides a Coach function that helps you to practice rhythms or pad operations, and a Metronome function with a wide range of metronome patterns (including rhythm patterns with various percussion instrument sounds). These features make the HPD-10 an ideal tool for studying percussion and rhythm.

Note:
The following core capabilities for serious percussion performance are common to both the HPD-10 and the HPD-15.

• Pad size ( pad section diameter 10 inch / 25.4 cm )
• Pressure sensing
• Position sensing
• D Beam controller

The following table shows the main differences between the HPD-15 and HPD-10.

	HPD-15	HPD-10
Number of pads	15	10
Number of tones	600	400
Number of preset kits	160	64
External trigger input	Dual x 1	Dual x 1
Mix input	Yes	Yes
Pressure sensing	Yes	Yes
Position sensing	Yes	Yes
D beam controller	Yes	Yes
Ribbon controller	Yes	No
Number of modify knobs	3	1
Display	16 characters 2lines w/backlit	Large LCD w/backlit
Rhythm coach	No	Yes
Style guide metronome	No	Yes
Sequencer	Yes	No

(2006/03/30)

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