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Roland FD-8 Hi-Hat Control Pedal

Get more realistic hi-hat sounds with smooth transitions between open and closed.

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"Good pedal, bad brain!" submitted October 6, 2007

By a customer from aol.com
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Musical Background: lifetime hobbyist
Music Style: oldie rock
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Sound: Sound is realistic, except barely audible when you just press the pedal. I thought it was my setup, but seems like it's a flaw in the Roland brain. Unable to increase volume of closing hi-hat. Feature: no features Ease of Use: Has good feel. Only complaint is the lack of volume on pedal alone. Problem would have to be in the brain, not the pedal. Quality: I've had it a while. It takes a lot of punishment, but works good as new. Value: Fair price for a good pedal Manufacturer Support: no support requested The Wow Factor: I love my Roland equipment. Only flaw is the hi-hat down sound... Overall: I will be buying an upgrade set (I have a TD6V and will be buying a 12 and using existing equipment to beef up the 12). If I did have a pedal failure, I would replace it with this model.
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"Not recommended" submitted February 8, 2006

By a customer from att.net
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Musical Background: non-professional musician
Music Style: rock, jazz, classical
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Sound: I experienced problem with low volume with this hi hat pedal using a Roland TD-3. Even when set to max you could barely hear it when playing. Several other owners also experienced this problem. Feature: Control pedal felt very much like an acoustic hi hat. Quality: Roalnd could have done better. Value: For over $100 to purchase it does not sound very convincing. Manufacturer Support: Roland support does not recognized that there is a problem with this hi hat control pedal where other owners had also called with the same proble, The Wow Factor: Looks good if it works. Overall: Overall Roland FD-8 should be recalled and replacement should be offered to owners with defective one.
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"Rolands Defective FD8 HihatPedal!" submitted June 26, 2006

By a customer from yahoo.co.uk
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Musical Background: Drummer
Music Style: Jazz Funk
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Sound: The pedal retriggers closed hiaht sounds even when going through the manual settings. It is not refined enough to be labeled 'realsitic' Ease of Use: I have experienced the same low volume even when set to max as other people have also experienced. Again the other chap who has mentioned this in a review above is bang on. ROLAND WILL NOT ACCEPT THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM!!! If many people are saying this then they should have the damn decency to admit it let alone address it! Quality: Roland have let a duff pedal on the market, probably becuase they were working so hard on perfecting the costlier model. Roland should be ashamed of themselves for this. Value: If it does not work smoothly then..... Manufacturer Support: They just will not recognise that there is a problem despite so many peole complaining with the same problems! The Wow Factor: It looks ok. Overall: I am going to check out a Harts hihat epdal but this is going back or...
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"Fix for Roland FD8" submitted September 14, 2009

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Sound: Gets a low score because of what appears to be a design flaw (as noted by others). But I have found there seems to be a fix http://www.vdrums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=275659 that involves applying some grease. Ease of Use: Relatively low score for the same reason above Quality: Have had it for a year and haven't had a problem. Manufacturer Support: Haven't had any problems to need support.
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