Alesis DM5 as a midi trigger in ableton. help

donaldgillies

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Hi all,

Im trying to arrange it so i can use my Alesis DM5 drum kit to trigger kick and snare noises i have made in ableton. So far i have put the sounds in to a Drum rack and i can trigger them with the macs keyboard using the keyboard midi option. How do i set it up so i can trigger these noises with my kit? i HAVE PLUG IT IN to the MIDI OUT FROM THE kit and to the midi in on the sound card. I get a signal from the kit when i hit it but only only the wee volume bar at the side of the drum rack. it doesn't trigger any of the drum rack cells though so i can't just drag and drop the sound in to the right cell. Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks folks.
 
Have you checked that the kit and the sounds are on the same midi channel? Drums are usually set to channel 10 as standard.

You also need to ensure that the midi note from the drums is set to the same midi note as the sound.

I hope I understood the question correctly.

Alan.
 
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