I feel it is overpriced for what it does but it seems unique in what it offers. I rectified both issues by building a wooden block with floor grips that supports my heel and sets the pedal face horizontal - so it's like tapping on the floor. Its soundly made - although suffered from usual slippage and footangle problem. Its got many different sounds but around 3 are good for me, - a nice solid thump but with a realistic 'shhh' to it & a touch of reverb. This pedal is exactly what I was looking for - a simple but realistic squelchy bass thump thru the PA. My application, by the way, is to accompany my guitar/mic/sometime harp for solo performance. Theyve all had varying degrees of success, but theyve all had misgivings. I've used Trio's, Sdrums, Finhols, a cajon with backbeater. I've made & bought stomp boxes based on wood & microphonic devices. Over the years I've tried all kinds of drum devices from Alesis, Korg, Beatbuddy. Its a bit pricey, but for me it really works. Still though I really like the product other than the few cons. They should have wrapped the rubber around the front of the device which I think would worked better.
* It's hard to know where to put your heel as if you have it on the ground you can't really get as good a sound out of it compared to if you hit it full on. * I at times amn't that accurate with my foot placing and end up hitting the knobs at the top therefore changing the sound/effects mid song which is a hassle. Also it slides up towards my mic-stand too which triggers the sound which is annoying. * I find it hasn't got good grip on the ground therefore it slides away from me mid-playing at times which will need to be sorted out. The sounds you get are very effective however I may have been better with just a regular stomp-box as my partner has one and it actually sounds better than this (obviously you don't have the variation options with a stomp box but you're splitting hairs with the variations any way). Used in an acoustic/live setting: It's good. I think it's quite expensive so I hope it will last awhile. This product has no competition as far as I am concerned. These pedals all tend to slide away as you stomp on them by the way. HHC input (hi-hat control) Trigger compatibility: All except PD-140DS, CY-18DR & VH12/VH13, VH-14D. Trigger inputs: 4x Head and Rim triggers (Dual Zone) or splittable using an insert cable. Expanding the OCTAPAD SPD-20PRO Percussion Controller. I find that for stomping kick drums with my food less sensitivity (less dynamic range) is way better and easier on the foot. ROLAND SPD-SX SAMPLING PAD VS ROLAND OCTAPAD SPD-30. This one has the EQ and reverb (even distortion), and you can even adjust the sensitivity so there's no need for a compressor. The others I always had to EQ a lot to make them sound decent, then add reverb, compressor.
I love that unlike the others that I've had, this one you can just plug and play. For a long time I was hoping someone would make something like this. This pedal feels very solid and is the best kick stomp box I've had by a very long mile. I use the kick drum sound when I play gigs. I play guitar and sing and this is my third and so far final stomp box (sorry drummers and percussionists!).