Comments on: Alesis DM10, 57 Trigger Zones Total!

By: Mauricio

Mauricio — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:09:00 +0000

Hi, I have an Alesis DM5 and surge cymbals with choke (13″ and 16″) but it can’t reproduce the choke effect, can I expand it with an Alesis Trigger I/O and get the choke effect?

By: david pritchard

david pritchard — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 01:17:45 +0000

heloe im using the dm 10 with the alesis io can i run two hi hats from this using the same hi hat slave pedal pedal? so i have two pads that work on the same note both controled by the same hi hat slave pedal being the alesis real hat pedal.
many thanks to the people who know e drums, n give pricless help.davidx

By: Boosh

Boosh — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:05:02 +0000

Phil,

I found the answer on dmdrums.com…thanks for pointing me in that direction!

../Mark

By: Boosh

Boosh — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:18:28 +0000

Thanks Phil!

I currently have a Trigger I/O that I have recently retired…but I just may get one of these kits and press it back into service.

My burning question about the DM10 is about the outputs actually. Can you assign the sounds to Main L/R and Aux L/R to create 4 discrete outputs as you could do with the DMPro?

thanks in advance!

By: C J Boland

C J Boland — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 14:43:09 +0000

Great Article Phil.
The expansion possibilities with the DM10 was one of the reasons why I bought it.
I have a DM10 studio kit, and I’m going to connect up my Roland Handsonic (10 zones) via MIDI, to trigger some additional sounds in the DM10. My daughter who’s 1, can now accompany her Dad.

By the way, nice to know another drumming Boland!
Best,
C.J

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 17:13:31 +0000

1) Yes you can and here is a link to DMdrummer.com that describes just how to use the Trigger I/O with the DM10.

DM10 Expansion with Trigger I/O & ControlPad

3) I think it is but, that is just my opinion. Be sure to check out DMdrummer.com. It is the largest community of DM10 users on the net. Let us know how it all works for you.

By: Filo

Filo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 08:31:11 +0000

1. I want to buy an alesis dm10 studio kit with alesis trigger I/O. Can I plug all the pads of my dd602 to the dm10 module only by using the I/O trigger?

2. Got it

3. I hope that the dm10 module is better than the dd602 one..

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:20:12 +0000

1) You should be able to but, keep in mind you are limited to how many inputs are used on the Alesis DM10 studio kit. If you buy an Alesis DM10 studio kit, most of the inputs will be used for the triggers that come with the kit but, your pad (or triggers) should be compatible. If you mean you just want to upgrade the dd602 module to an Alesis DM10 module (and not the whole kit) then yes your triggers pads should work just fine with the DM10 module.

2) The directions are included with the download from Alesis. If you have any problems after reading the directions, be sure to contact Alesis support.

3) The module seems to recognize all of my strokes just fine. I don’t use a double bass but, I see no reason why it would not recognize all of those strokes. Keep in mind that you may have to adjust settings in the module to get it to recognize all of your strokes. A lot of times people have problems with dropped notes because they have their cross talk setting too high so, you may have to spend sometime adjusting all the settings. I hope that helps.

By: Filo

Filo — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:29:04 +0000

Hi, i have a medeli dd602 and i’m not very happy of the purchase, so i want to buy an alesis dm10 studio kit.

1) Can i plug all the stuff of medeli dd602 to the dm10 module with this method?
2) (not very relevant with the topic) How do i download and install the alesis upgrade pack?
3) how about the sensitivity of the pads: does the drum module recognize all of the strokes, also with double bass pedal?

that’s all, if you reply i would be very happy