Alesis DM Pro

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How many drummers out there are using the DM Pro? I am using a DM pro for the drum and cymbal sounds and I'm using a D4 for the extra trigger inputs because my drum kit is huge lol... anyone have a similar setup?
 

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My wife and I use a DM5 along with her Yamaha DTXplorer drum kit.
Mostly because the DTX only has one extra trigger in and she has 4 extra pads. :)

-Blaze
 
I use the DM Pro kit...I think Hart Dynamics made the pads, Gibraltor the rack, and of course Alesis the DM Pro. I love the sounds of the DM Pro. Not right out of the box by ANY means, but once you learn to tweak them to your liking, man they are nice.
 
I used a DM5 and a DM4 the DM4 was for a set of Tama's with triggered cymbal's and real cymbal's and roto toms exactly like yours and the DM5 was used on conga's bongo's and a octipad for FX also everthing was miced and triggered then mixed together sounded pretty awsome.Only beef I have is I wish they would add a output jack for every trigger input that way I could add diffrent effects to each trigger.I heard you could do it through midi but hey I rather jam and record then program but it would be cool when you hit your crash it plays backwards but anyhow I love both my units really helps on recording good drums. Peace out
 
I hear that. With the DM Pro you can actually make reversed cymbal sounds... and they sound very realistic. I think the DMpro trumps the other alesis drum processors due to the fact that it has the best cymbal sounds with the most realistic decay of all the processors alesis makes... If you program your kit properly and tweak the sounds, its very difficult to tell the difference between those and well-recorded acoustic drums... I do use an acoustic snare when I record or play live though. It makes the whole kit sound more realistic... plus, DM pro snare sounds are atrocious.
 
Kind of cool with the DM Pro also are the six outputs. Not one for each trigger, but enough that I have all six out into my board and can apply different effects to the six groups (kick, snare, toms, cymbals, hi hat). The DM Pro is an excellent piece of equipment.
 
I used the D4 when I started my home studio (12 years ago). I did not have any triggers at the time, but I did use a mic to trigger the kick drum on one project. Years later I upgraded to the DM5 and got a set of Drum-Tech pads, which work great since I lived in an apartment; I recorded the bass and guitars direct. Once I moved into a house, people wanted to record accoustic drums, so I built a drum booth. At first I used the electronic kit with live cymbals and sometimes a live snare. But now that I have my own accoustic drum set, the triggers just sit in a bin unused for the most part. When ever I move, I plan to have more studio space where I can set up the electronic set for use with midi recording.
 
Fishmed_Returns said:
That is an impressive DIY kit. What is the feedback you get from the drummers who use it?
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Not great... My choice of piezo may not have been the best because they tend to max out too soon which means that the toms and snare can sometimes sound like the old machine gun... ta ta ta ta ta...

That can be helped a little by playing with much lighter sticks.

The worse thing though is the hi-hat and that is mainly down to limitations of the DM5. There are no dynamics on the H/H pedal as such and any variation in velocity is derived from the velocity at which the H/H trigger is hit. Makes it real awkward to play. A "proper" electronic hi-hat set-up costs upward of £400 over here (UK) and I don't think that includes the brain.


Other than that, I think that the three drummers who have played on it up to now are quite impressed with it... especially as it was a DIY job ;)

I even e-mailed a guy over at alesis cos I was having a little bit of a problem with setting up the triggers and he said it looked like a cool set :D

The latest band that have used this kit just to get a cheap demo out have posted two songs on their MySpace site... if you want, I could leave you a link :)


thanks for dropping by

andy
 
Synkrotron said:
Not great... My choice of piezo may not have been the best because they tend to max out too soon which means that the toms and snare can sometimes sound like the old machine gun... ta ta ta ta ta...
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Have you tried adjusting the velosity setup in the DM5 for the trigger?
 
yep... tried all that and I've taken it about as far as I can.

Mind you... there is one thing I haven't tried... mainly because I can't get my head around the concept...

On page 44 of the DM5 manual it mentions a "special case" for velocity curve setting which, in conjunction with not using trigger 1 as a sample trigger, can at least avoid false trigger (one other thing I have a small prblem with). One day, I might try to suss it all out...


andy
 
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