Alesis DM5Pro Kit Specifications download pdf (Page 42)

Programming Drumkits

4 2 DM PRO REFERENCE MANUAL

There are 13 Internal Drum Groups from which to choose. Some abbreviations are

obvious and others are less obvious. Here is a listing of the 13 Internal Drum Groups:

AKk Acoustic Kicks

EKk Electronic Kicks

ASn Acoustic Snares

ESn Electronic Snares

Tom Toms

Hat Hi-hats

Cym Cymbals

AP1 Acoustic Percussion 1

AP2 Acoustic Percussion 2

EPc Electronic Percussion

SFx Sound Effects

Chr Chromatic (pitched percussion)

USR User Bank

The final “User” Drum Group contains 128 Drums of varying types that may be

overwritten in order to store your own original or edited Drums.

Once you have selected your desired Drum Group, move the cursor beneath the

Drum Number. Using the Value encoder, scroll through the contents of the Drum

Group to find the Drum of your choice. A Drum Group can contain up to 128 Drums,

and many of the Preset Drums offer multiple subsequent variations on a specific

timbre (i.e., wood snares, floppy kicks, china cymbals, etc.).

If you are not satisfied with the choices in the current Drum Group, move the cursor

back beneath the Drum Group and try auditioning a different Drum Group.

Sometimes, depending on the track, an acoustic drum can sound electronic, or vice -

versa, an electronic drum can sound acoustic. Don’t let the Drum Group names limit

your options. Always let your ear be the final judge.

A NOTE ABOUT USING THE PREVIEW BUTTON

The [PREVIEW] button is a very handy tool for hearing the edit you’ve made

without having to turn away from the front panel of the DM Pro. It will play the

currently selected Drum at a MIDI velocity of 127 (maximum). Since this is the case,

keep in mind that you will not hear any components of the Drum which were

programmed using a velocity curve of 1 of 2, 1 of 3, 1 of 4, 2 of 3, 2 of 4, 3 of 4,

INVERTED or MINIMUM. Each of these velocity curves is set up to be completely

silent (or nearly so) when a velocity value of 127 is received.

For more information on the aforementioned velocity curves, see “Chapter 6:

Programming Drums.”

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