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Triggers

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At the moment the Switch is depressed (stepped on), Trigger 15 will sound a Drum

of its own. Trigger 15 is intended to have a “Foot Down” Hi-hat assigned to it. With

this Drum assigned, when the Open Hi-hat is ringing, stepping on the Switch will

both mute the Open Hi-hat Drum and sound the Foot Down Hi-hat Drum,

generating a convincing overall Hi-hat effect.

If you step on the Hat Pedal and then let it up again right away, Trigger 16 will also

trigger a Drum. It is intended to have a “Pedal Up” Hi-hat assigned to it for extra

realism. This simulates the sound made by a set of Hi-hat cymbals scraping together

when you release the Hi-hat pedal. To further aid the realism, the velocity of the

“Pedal Up” sound will diminish over time. So the longer you keep the Hat Pedal

down, the softer the “Pedal Up” sound will be. If you hold the Pedal down long

enough, the “Pedal Up” sound will not be triggered at all. The length of time it takes

for the “Pedal Up” sound Trigger to decay to nothing is determined by the Retrigger

Function on Page 5 of Trigger 16.

Triggers 15 and 16 derive their velocity from the last signal the DM Pro received

from either Trigger 13 or 14. This is important to know, because if the Hat Pedal Type

is set to

Switch when you first turn on the DM Pro, Triggers 15 and 16 will make no

sound until they have received a velocity value from one of those two Triggers. In

other words, you can stomp on the Hat Pedal all you want but it won’t give you the

“Foot Pedal Down/Up” sounds unless you first strike the Hi-Hat pad to give

Triggers 15 and 16 a reference velocity value. If the Hat Pedal Type is set to

Pedal,

Triggers 15 and 16 are assigned a velocity value based on the velocity of the CV

Pedal.

HAT PEDAL TYPE: PEDAL

With the Hat Pedal Type set to Pedal, the DM Pro behaves the same as when the Hat

Pedal Type is set to

Switch, but with some additional features. Triggers 15 and 16 still

sound their respective “Foot Down” and “Foot Up” Hi-hat sounds when the

Pedal is

opened and closed. But to make the performance as dynamic and realistic as

possible, the DM Pro tracks the velocity of the Pedal when moving down or up and

then sends that velocity value along with the respective Trigger commands.

Remember also that the Hat Threshold Function (Page 4 on Triggers 15 and 16)

determines the point at which the Hat Pedal switches from the “Foot Down” to the

“Foot Up” Hi-hat sound. This will not only affect the response of these two sounds

but also the crossover point of the open and closed “Stick-hit” sounds.

The DM Pro tracks the position of the CV Pedal and can use the Pedal’s position as

an input to the Modulation Matrix (discussed in “Chapter 6: Programming Drums”).

The Sound Designers at Alesis have taken advantage of this to create Hi-hats which

open gradually from closed to full open, for even more realistic Hi-hat performance.

To find the Drums which support the CV Pedal, select from the Open Hats in the

Hat

category inside Drumkit Edit Mode (see “Chapter 4: Programming Drumkits” for

more information). Look for the word “Open” in the Hi-Hat name. Drumkits 00-51

all support this functionality on MIDI Note Numbers 46 and 95.

To assign the above recommended Drums to Triggers 13 - 16, use the Trigger Note

Assign Function which is described at the beginning of this chapter and in “Chapter

4: Programming Drumkits".

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