MIDI drums - live/programming....

[Adzzz]

I'm wanting to play electronic drum pads with live drum samples rather than simply programming, to get the feel of a real drummer, but I've struck a problem...

I've hooked up my drum pads to my Alesisi D4 - works great - but the D4 internal sounds aren't so great, so...

I connected the MIDI out of the D4 to my EMU sampler hoping that I could use the drum pads via the D4 to trigger some great drum samples I've got in the EMU sampler, but....

when I hit the drum pads, it only triggers the first part of the sample for a mini millisecond (as long as the duration of the hit on the pads).

What am I doing wrong? Some of the samples are 0.5 secs or longer with room ambience, etc.

Anyone please help!!

[AlChuck]

Sounds like the pads are sending a Note Off message after being struck which the Alesis ignores but the Emu doesn't.

There's probably an option to turn this on or off on the pads or to ignore them on the Emu...