Create Custom Click Tracks for the Roland SDP-SX PRO! WITH AND WITHOUT TEMPO CHANGES!!

[@davidnace1959]

Great job man, this is very helpful in a real world setting for sure. A little late to your party, thanks for posting this!

[@ChadxD]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@keithrobinson992]

definetly do more videos , this was very helpful !!!!!

[@ChadxD]

Thank you so much! I’ve had a few people looking for more about pad link. Any specific info you’re interested in? One of these days I’m going to get another one done around these songs I’m working on! I appreciate you! xD

[@vennsung]

Great video thanks man

[@ChadxD]

Thank you so much! xD 🙏

[@MirocaParis]

Thanks a lot, the best video explanation i really got it.

[@ChadxD]

You’re welcome! I don’t do a lot of these but I sure am glad I did this one. Seems to have helped a lot of people and I love that! Appreciate you! xD 🙏

[@bryanbestill]

Extremely helpful video! Just picked up my first SPD SX PRO and excited to get things set up! Would also love to see another video on the pad linking feature you mentioned at the end of this video and even an explanation on setting this all up for live performance with in ear monitors and all if possible. Thanks again for the great information!

[@ChadxD]

That’s awesome bro! Im just getting done with a busy work week on live events and studio time but going to be planning on shooting more videos just like that after next week! (Vacation 😝) I’m stoked this was helpful for you! Appreciate your support 🙏

[@joebisbey4521]

I just ordered my SPD SX PRO, and so I’m watching and learning while I wait for it to arrive. This is exactly the kind of functions I was hoping to learn about. This was very concise, helpful content. Thank you, and I’ll be watching you for more ^_^

[@ChadxD]

That’s so awesome! You’re gonna love that pad bro it’s amazing. I appreciate you! xD

[@candidomendoza360]

Thank you Chad. I just got my sx pro. I will be looking for more info soon. I will be sampling and playing recorded percussion loops live soon.

[@ChadxD]

I love it! I’ve been thinking about getting some more stuff done on it I’ve been just SO BUSY working SO HARD on my music every day. But I love to help and bring value with videos like this too! Thanks for coming through and dropping a comment!! xD 🙌

[@andreasplum5485]

Thanks Chad for these great ideas of using the new spd-sx pro. The possibility to use the mute groups (pad links, too) in combination with 'click tracks' are great and it will help me a lot!!!! in the future. Greetings from Germany, thanks again and good luck for the future !! Andi

[@ChadxD]

I love it! You’re welcome and I’m stoked it was useful! I appreciate the time you took to drop this comment! 🙌 xD

[@garyclement2888]

Very interesting, and you covered this pretty good. I've learned more just listening and watching you here. Keep up the good work.

[@ChadxD]

Hey I really appreciate that! Thank you so much! xD

[@ddanced371]

Hi, great video and good explanation. Can you give me advice how to play Guide, Back tracks and klick in one???

[@ChadxD]

Hey thanks so much! Are you familiar with pad link? You can assign the tracks to pads and activate at the same time with pad link or you can layer the two sounds on a single pad. I’d you need more info let me know I’ll do my best to help! xD

[@caseyhodgin7287]

This was SUPER helpful.. thx for the vid, pls do more !!

[@ChadxD]

I’m glad it helped! One of these days I’ll get some more cool info up that will be helpful! xD 🙌🙏

[@ChrisStanforthDrums]

Keep making these vids on the spd sx pro please!

[@ChadxD]

I swear I have it on my list of things to do haha! I’m working so deep on my music right now I’ve just not made the time yet to create one. This is my first ever solo music project, still finding myself on a few things you know? I’m promise another one will come soon! Should be 2024 fasho lol xD 🙌💚

[@reginaldwheatley5610]

Great stuff! I really need to know how to start the click track when I start my backing track.

[@ChadxD]

You can do this with the pad link function! Its very similar to the mute group that I talk about in this video. Hmmm maybe a pad link video is coming up too! 😁. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions it’s a pretty easy task once you know what you’re looking for.

[@kurtdeninger]

Can't you bypass the USB drive by going straight from computer via USB cable? Or is there a reason that the USB drive is easier?

[@ChadxD]

The usb cable won’t transfer the files into the internal memory of the pad as far as I know. You use the cable to use the app on the computer to move sounds around and create custom kits or you can use it for midi. Best of my knowledge! Let me know if you find out something I don’t! 🙏

[@edgars9854]

@@ChadxDNo, actually that is not true. I thought the same, since I could not find any information about this. But I gave a shot and just drag and dropped the files from folder in Mac to file list in the app and they transfered. I thought no way in 2023 there would be so archaic method of file transfer just with USB flash. Only time I used flash was for firmware update.

[@ChadxD]

@@edgars9854 yup they added the feature on a recent update! It made me SO HAPPY!!! You’re spot on thanks for jumping in!

[@Kaedes8140]

Following for the part where you set up backing tracks WITH click track.Just got mine and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to do it. Should I pan my tracks left/right to do so?

[@ChadxD]

Yo I appreciate you so much! So I’ve not panned them left and right I’ve kept them center. When I’m playing with an instrumental backing track I use the internal metronome. I start my metronome first then smack the pad that has the backing track on it after a bar or two. And, I use the re trigger method. Does that make sense? It’s been a day, but I think that made sense xD thanks so much 🙏

[@drewnicoll625]

Thanks for making this video Really helpful 🙏🏻

[@ChadxD]

I’m glad! Thank you so much for your support! 🙌🙏 xD

[@elderlybrothers-lakedistri3650]

Outstanding explanation - so kind of you to share 😊 Many thanks!

[@ChadxD]

Im so happy that it was helpful! Trying to bring some other types of value other than just jamming, so this helps me know it’s worth the efforts! Seriously appreciate it and thanks for taking the time to comment. I appreciate you 💚🙏

[@m1bennett]

Awesome! yes dude make more videos on the Spd sx Pro, esp w click and backing track

[@ChadxD]

Awesome I’m getting great feedback on these. I’ll start planning out some more stuff for this in the coming weeks! 😁🙏🙏I appreciate you!

[@johntdoherty7469]

Love to see how you do backing tracks in the SPD SX Pro please

[@ChadxD]

Yo! Just a little clarification for me, Do you mean create the backing track from scratch using only the SDPSXP in lieu of a DAW? Thanks for checking this one out!

[@villimagg]

I like this. Do you have the second video about linking pads? One more question: I want to be able to create custom backingtracks for each bandmember to the same song plus a clicktrack. Let's say that I, the drummer, need click + guitar + my own memo notes as reminders for upcoming fills or breaks. So I decide that I'm gonna create my personal backingtrack where I have click+recorded guitars, and my own voice to count in whenever there a need for reminders. And my guitarist wants a backingtrack with click and his own reminders and whatnot, the bass player wants his own, and the vocalist needs his own special backingtrack plus click. Can I upload all these custom backingtracks and assign them to its own pads which I trigger with one pad when the concert starts? So that each member receives their own personal backingtrack with click for the same song? Because if I understand correctly, there are multiple out-channels, right? How would that be done if possible?

[@ChadxD]

Yo thanks for the comment! I’m going to be doing a video on the pad link function one of these days! So there’s a number of ways to get done what you want with this pad. Either a combo of layering the sounds on the pads and using pad link and multiple outputs, or you could create the stacks for each member in your DAW and bounce 1 sound file for each member and assign to the pads. Pad link can trigger sounds on multiple pads with one pad strike! It can certainly be done!

[@villimagg]

@@ChadxD awesome! It's such a relief to know it's possible. Looking forward to your video, and thank you so so much!!!

[@tomas_8149]

Super helpful. Any chance you could make a video about your live setup and sending tracks to FOH and yourself? Just getting into the hybrid setup in a live setting.

[@ChadxD]

Im going to put this on my list 100%! I’ll need a bit of time for planning but I like that idea. Thank you! 💚🙏

[@andreasplum5485]

Hi Chad and thanks again a lot for your very helpful tutorial around the spd sx pro !!! I have one question and I hope you can help me out with that problem. The last 8 years I used the spd sx and I need it especially to run back a lot of backing tracks and LOOPS !!! With the spd sx it was no prob to adjust the pads that way, that when you hit one pad than the other stop playing. That worked withe 'mute group 1' perfectly. BUT with the new spd sx pro you have tons of adjustments in the mute group BUT you can just define which pad (only one!!!) should stop when hitting another pad...... that doesn't work for my kind of work I need that machine.... Do you have any solution for that item ????????? Looking forward to your answer, thank you very much and greetings from Germany. Andi

[@ChadxD]

Let me re read this in the am when I’ve got a fresh mind! Happy to see if I can help you in any way xD 🙌🙌

[@andreasplum5485]

Just Imagine you have a loop on each of the 9 pads and you want to flip from the first pad to 7 back to 5, then 3, the first again and then number 9 and you always want the others to stop when hit the next pad…… that was no prop with the SPSX, but with the new pro version. I cannot find that in the adjustments of the mute group section in the app…..

[@ChadxD]

It’s a tricky one I’ve not performed this way before! I’m with ya working this out, I see what you’re trying to do. I’ll keep ya posted!

[@ChadxD]

@andreasplum5485 Broo 😵‍💫🤯🤯haha I’m trying so hard over here 😂

[@andreasplum5485]

@@ChadxD ​​⁠😂😂😂 that means, you also found a solution for that prob??😩😩😩 That was a standard setting in the older SPD-SX……. How could they don’t think about that in the new ‚PRO‘ version??????????? But THANK YOU so much for trying to help me, Chad 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Josh-ke8pv]

Man such a great and useful content, thank you! 🙏🏼

[@ChadxD]

Thank you SO much. It means a lot to let me know. 🙌🙏xD

[@xprophet9]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

[@ChadxD]

Thank you so much for letting me know! xD

[@TrueArcadio]

Hey dude! Great video, it would be great if you made that pad link video

[@ChadxD]

Im thinking I’ll get a few more of these videos up to help out for sure, ive had a few requests on that! I’ll work towards getting a few done in the coming couple weeks! It’s that time of year! And thanks so much!! xD 🙏

[@TrueArcadio]

@@ChadxD awesome, I’m using the TM6 Pro, creating a single backing track and corresponding click track in my DAW, and in the TM6 Pro if you name the click WAV “backingtrackname_click” it will play at the same time as the backing track and can be routed through phones and/or direct outs. Unfortunately, I’m pretty sure I can only play one single backing track with one corresponding click on the TM6 Pro, even though there are 4 direct outs on the module. I was hoping with “pad link” on the SPD SX Pro, I could link multiple WAV tracks to play simultaneously which can be separately routed through the outs. Sometimes our bass player is unreliable and we need to track bass for live shows. It would be nice to be able to send a separate bass track to FoH which is independent from the backing track for appropriate mixing.

[@joemac7214]

the click via direct out to band mates, is this being heard by them via stage monitors?

[@ChadxD]

Yup! - direct the outputs for the click track source to specific outputs for your band! xD

[@imJMB]

Hey Chad. Found your video while trying to help my drummer with his SPD-SX Pro. We're trying to do something similar to what you demonstrate here, but the method you displayed here isn't working for us, and we don't get the opportunity to get together often, so that leaves me without a chance to experiment on my own to try and figure this out. We're in a local cover band, and we utilize original studio tracks for several songs. Unfortunately, most of those songs seem to have not been recorded to a click, and so we use Moises to create a click track that stays in time with the song. We originally exported these as stereo tracks with the click panned hard to one side and the backing track panned hard to the other, but we're ultimately hoping to be able to keep these backing tracks in stereo, and export a secondary wav as the click to both be triggered at the same time, with the click being sent out to Direct 1. I've seen talk of linking 2 pads to do this, which I suppose is an option, but isn't ideal for us, since it would result in a second required 'page' for tracks. Is there a way to do this from a single pad? I'd love to see a video of it!

[@ChadxD]

Pad link is really the best way to go for that I think. Not perfect, but this stuff never is 🫠😂

[@TrueArcadio]

Hey Chad, thanks for your video. Do you know how to "fast forward" a linked-pad SPD SX backing track? I create a single backing track for my live shows with click (usually around 40 minutes). Recently a show I played, the venue lost power half-way through the set. I couldn't figure out how to restart the backing track and fast forward the linked pads to where we left off. I can figure out how to fast forward a single pad (ie. the click track, or the bass drops backing track) but it doesn't seem to be fast-forwarding all linked pads at the same time.

[@ChadxD]

Oh that’s a good one. I haven’t even tried to fast forward or rewind a track on the pads. What did yall end up doing? Sometimes ya just gotta wing it! Haha

[@TrueArcadio]

​@ChadxD haha we just winged it without click or backing tracks for the rest of the set. I don't think you can fast forward linked tracks on the SPD SX Pro. I'm just going to break up the set into several tracks so if we lose power again I don't need to start from the very beginning.

[@ChadxD]

Sounds smart to me!!

[@jakelewis3782]

Please do more tutorials for the spd, that was a fantastic tutorial! Thanks

[@ChadxD]

Awesome! Thank you so much! I’m starting to plan the next one! Injured my back so I’ve been a bit slow on things the past couple weeks, but it wont keep me down! Thanks so much I appreciate you! xD

[@jakelewis3782]

Hey Chad, have you tried using the SPD to send midi to a daw? I'm wondering if the way you set it up using "PLAY WAVE as CLICK-TRACK" resets the internal click each time you retrigger, then the daw would resync as the new time code is sent over midi.. Theoretically. Haha I don't have my own SPD yet, trying to learn before I have the funds to get my own!

[@ChadxD]

Yo! I do use it as a midi controller sometimes but haven’t used it while utilizing the internal click of the SDP while recording to a daw. I use the DAW metronome when I’m using the pad as a midi device vs wav samples being sent through the 1/4 audio jacks. In fact, I still use the daw click..LOL. I use click tracks in the pad for playing live vs recording. That said I’d be more than happy to test out what your interesting in doing for you and follow up! Im out of state at the moment but will be back after this week!

[@jakelewis3782]

Right on, yeah I think having the spd be able to be the master of the time through a daw would really open up a world of opportunity for live performances :D

[@ChadxD]

Jake Lewis I’ll look into this bro, I’ve got a few things I’m going to put together on this drum pad after my vacation, I’ll jot a note down about this!

[@OMFGrant]

Great info dude!

[@ChadxD]

I’m super stoked on the feedback I’m getting on this! Thanks so much!

[@arturofernandez6088]

Informative 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@ChadxD]

I’m glad it was helpful thank you!! xD 🙏

[@johntdoherty7469]

Great video btw

[@ChadxD]

Thank you that means a lot! xD

[@EnDoubleEwe]

Thank you so much, Chad!

[@ChadxD]

You’re welcome! So happy it helped! xD

[@cross-hairz800]

How's it holding up? Also are you using an kick pedal and anyway we can get a review of sounds live?

[@ChadxD]

Yo! Getting better every day almost ready to start playing again! Yes I have a Roland KT10 I use with it, it’s a great pedal. What types of sounds are you interested in? Also, Are you wanting to be able to hear the sounds played as if it were live? Or are you looking for a review video of how I feel it sounds when playing live through a mixer and PA? More than happy to explore anything that’s helpful!

[@cross-hairz800]

@ChadxD acoustic drums presets live through PA or with a band and then some live samples imported if possible please can't find a good demo as if some1 was playing a classic rock/variety live band with this and that's what we play so I Wanna make sure also can the snare do rim shots?? Appreciate it!

[@ChadxD]

@cross-hairz800 I got you! I’ll do a little jam video with acoustic set samples! Should get it done this week!

[@cross-hairz800]

@ChadxD thanks man! Does the snare have rim shot?

[@ChadxD]

@cross-hairz800 so there are numerous ways to get a rim shot sound. You can either assign it to a specific pad or you can set a single pad to fade or transition to the sound at a desired force. Simple answer is yes you can do rimshots lol.

[@michamyniec238]

Hello, I have an issue with back track and clicktrack pad linked. My click track starts with silence, because of intro at beginning of backtrack. Problem is, that SPD SX Pro cuts this silence at beginning :/ when I play clicktrack pad without pad link, the silence plays accordingly. Any ideas to stop SPD SX Pro from cutting this silence at beginning of sample? Thanks and cheers :)

[@ChadxD]

It’s only when you have a pad with the click track linked to another pad? Such as click track pad linked to backing track pad to play simultaneously? But when they aren’t linked together it’s all good?

[@turtlefeet7722]

Nice,thanks

[@ChadxD]

You’re welcome! And thank you for watching and leaving a comment! 🙌🙏

[@lamontpeoples]

How do you create a 2 bar count in. Thx

[@ChadxD]

When I’m creating the click track inside my daw, I create an empty midi region to fill in two bars at the beginning. Either starting at 1 or -1, doesn’t matter much. Then when I bounce I have two bars of click before the actual “song” starts! Let me know if that helps!!! Thanks for checking out my video!

[@brookdelnista]

Great video!

[@ChadxD]

I hope it helps someone like me! Trying to add value to the channel in addition to entertainment. 💚✌️😁

[@stefvb2032]

Huge THX’s !

[@ChadxD]

You’re welcome! I’m happy this turned out to be so helpful! I appreciate you! xD 🙏

[@jeanjacquestrichard1568]

Bonjour Pouvez vous me dire comment on mes une piste clic , avec une séquence svp. Merci 😊

[@ChadxD]

Hello! If you create a midi sequence, and then mute the midi notes, you can bounce the track with the metronome on and get a click track for that sequence length. Does that make sense? Hope it helps!! Have an amazing day!

[@jzwicewi]

Good tutorial thanks

[@ChadxD]

Hey thank you so much for that! It means a lot! Let me know if I can help with anything! 🙏

[@joeChimienti-wn5zl]

hi im having problems connecting my app on spuds pro

[@ChadxD]

Hi! I’m not familiar with spuds. Sorry bro!

[@jodyeyre9840]

❤

[@ChadxD]

🫶🙌xD

[@blackman63774]

Great tutorial, just to much to do

[@ChadxD]

Thank you! There really is a TON to do it’s crazy!