Shake up your practice pad routine. Say goodbye to monotonous portable practice. The meinl 12 anika nilles split tone practice pad offers a variety of sounds to keep your portable practice interesting. Unlike other pad types with a single tone the split tone practice pad features three distinct tone areas responding with unique sounds when struck. The main area provides regular tones while the red secondary pads are higher pitched. Both the soft oval and underside offer muted tones. Played together the combination is designed to train the user further than elementary rudiments. Allowing you to work on your accuracy consistency muscle strength while training your ears to better understand rhythm. Whether youre on the road on in your bedroom the split tone practice pad will change your routine forever.