Alesis DM8 Drums User Manual


 
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SELECTING AND EDITING KITS
The DM8 Module has 100 Preset Kits and 100 User Kits, which you can select from the Main Screen. You can adjust
the sounds, tuning, volume, panning, etc. for each Kit as well as their individual pad sounds. In addition, you may
choose a different Accompaniment for each Kit.
To select a Kit:
1. Press the DRUM KIT button to bring up the Main Screen.
2. Use the VALUE UP / DOWN buttons or the VALUE DIAL to select
a Kit.
3. Hit the triggers to try out the sounds of the Kit.
To edit the drum Instruments (trigger voices) in a Kit:
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1. Press DRUM KIT to go to the Main Screen.
2. Press EDIT INST. The top of the screen will show the number and name of the Kit whose Instruments (drum
voices) you will be editing.
3. Press INST (F1). The new screen will show:
a. the trigger you are editing (the Kit number and name of the trigger)
b. the Layer (each trigger sound consists of two layers, each with its own Instrument)
c. the Category (the type or "class" of drum voice currently assigned to that Layer)
d. the Instrument (the drum voice for that Layer)
4. Select the trigger input whose Instrument you want to change by pressing NOTE CHASE then striking the
trigger. Alternatively, you can highlight the trigger (next to the Kit number) using the CURSOR UP / DOWN
buttons and use the VALUE UP / DOWN buttons or VALUE DIAL to select a trigger to edit.
5. Select which Layer of that trigger you will edit by pressing EDIT INST.
It will toggle between Layer A and B.
6. Select the Category you want to assign to that trigger by pressing
CURSOR UP / DOWN to highlight the Category field, then use the
VALUE UP / DOWN buttons or VALUE DIAL to change it.
7. Select the Instrument for that Layer by pressing CURSOR UP /
DOWN to highlight the Instrument field, then use the VALUE UP /
DOWN buttons or VALUE DIAL to change it. To hear the currently
selected sound, strike the trigger or press PREVIEW on the module.
8. To edit other trigger settings, use the other F-BUTTONS (F2, F3, etc.)
to access additional tabs and adjust their parameters with the VALUE UP / DOWN buttons or VALUE DIAL.
For more information, please see the Reference Manual.
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d
Note
:
For Layer A of the hi-hat and ride
cymbal triggers, you can not select a
different Category. Also, the available
Instruments for that Category are a pre-
defined set of sounds designed to work
together (since the hi-hat and ride can
trigger a variety of different sounds).
However, you can assign Layer B to a
Category or Instrument you like for
those triggers.