REFERENCE MANUAL Alesis DM Pro Reference Manual by Erik Norlander TM Additional documentation by Randy Lee © Copyright 1998, Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited. "DM Pro", "DM5", "QS8" and "QS6.1" are trademarks of Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. Selected material for this manual was imported from the Alesis DM5 and QS8 Reference Manuals by Geoff Ryle. TM TM Additional material imported from the QS6.1 Reference Manual by Connor Freff Cochran and Randy Lee. TM The illustration on page 50 is from EmagicTM Sound DiverTM, © Michael Haydn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to Robert Rampley, David Bryce, Connor Freff Cochran, Taiho Yamada, Mike Peake, Mark McCrite, Ed Burzycki, Chris Asmus, David Cadmus, Julie Yarbrough, David Seaton, Jim Mack, Danna Teal, David Bertovic, Geoff Ryle, Grant Kraus, Marcus Ryle and Michel Doidic for invaluable information, support and guidance. ALESIS CONTACT INFORMATION Alesis Studio Electronics, Inc. 1633 26th Street Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA Telephone: E-Mail: Website: 800-5-ALESIS (800-525-3747) alecorp@alesis1.usa.com http://www.alesis.com Contents Important Safety Instructions ................................................................................ 7 Safety symbols used in this product............................................................................................7 Please follow these precautions when using this product: ..................................................... 7 Instructions de Sécurité Importantes (French) .......................................................................... 9 Symboles utilisés dans ce produit................................................................................................ 9 Veuillez suivre ces précautions lors de l'utilisation de l'appareil:......................................... 9 Beim Benutzen dieses Produktes beachten Sie bitte die folgenden Sicherheitshinweise: (German) ..................................................................................................... 11 CE Declaration of Conformity ...................................................................................................... 12 Chapter 1: Welcome to the DM Pro ....................................................................... 13 Packing List ...................................................................................................................................... 13 DM Pro Front Panel ........................................................................................................................ 14 DM Pro Display ............................................................................................................................... 16 AC Power Hookup.......................................................................................................................... 17 Line Conditioners and Protectors ................................................................................. 17 About Audio Cables ....................................................................................................................... 17 Audio Connections .......................................................................................................... 18 Connections Chart........................................................................................................................... 20 MIDI Connections ............................................................................................................ 20 External Trigger Connections ........................................................................................ 21 Chapter 2: A Brief Hands-On Tutorial ................................................................... 23 Playing The Demos ......................................................................................................................... 23 Basic MIDI Setup ............................................................................................................................. 24 Selecting and Auditioning Drumkits .......................................................................................... 25 Selecting Individual Drums Within a Drumkit .......................................................... 25 Saving Changes to a Drumkit ........................................................................................ 29 Programming Effects ...................................................................................................................... 30 Setting the Effects Buss Assignments and Send Levels ............................................ 30 Editing the Effects Themselves...................................................................................... 31 Chapter 3: System Architecture ............................................................................. 35 Organizational Hierarchy.............................................................................................................. 35 Programming Hierarchy................................................................................................................ 36 Other Programming Terms You Should Know.......................................................... 37 The Three Modes of the DM Pro ..................................................................................................38 The DM Pro Signal Path................................................................................................................. 38 Chapter 4: Programming Drumkits ....................................................................... 41 The DRUM ASSIGN Function ...................................................................................................... 41 A Note About Using the PREVIEW Button ................................................................ 42 The TUNE Function........................................................................................................................ 43 The MIX Function............................................................................................................................ 43 The NOTE CHASE Function......................................................................................................... 48 The TRIGGER NOTE ASSIGN Function .................................................................................... 50 The TRIGGER SEQUENCE Function .......................................................................................... 52 The MIDI Function.......................................................................................................................... 55 The DRUMKIT NAME Function.................................................................................................. 57 The EFFECTS Function .................................................................................................................. 57 Contents Chapter 5: Programming Effects ........................................................................... 59 The REVERB EFFECTS Function ................................................................................................. 61 The OVERDRIVE EFFECTS Function ......................................................................................... 66 The DELAY EFFECTS Function ................................................................................................... 67 The PITCH EFFECTS Function.....................................................................................................71 Pitch Type: CHORUS or FLANGER............................................................................. 72 Pitch Type: RESONATOR .............................................................................................. 74 The EQUALIZER EFFECTS Function ......................................................................................... 75 Chapter 6: Programming Drums............................................................................ 79 The SOUND SELECT Function .................................................................................................... 79 The VOICE SELECT Function ......................................................................................................80 The LEVEL Function....................................................................................................................... 81 The PITCH Function....................................................................................................................... 82 The FILTER Function...................................................................................................................... 84 The AMPLITUDE Function........................................................................................................... 87 A Note About the PREVIEW Button and VELOCITY CURVES............................. 89 The Three ENVELOPE GENERATOR Functions ..................................................................... 90 About the Individual Envelopes ................................................................................... 95 The PITCH ENVELOPE Function................................................................................................ 95 The FILTER ENVELOPE Function .............................................................................................. 95 The AMPLITUDE ENVELOPE Function.................................................................................... 96 The MODULATION MATRIX Function .................................................................................... 97 The DRUM NAME Function......................................................................................................... 100 Chapter 7: Triggers.................................................................................................. 103 P1 The TRIGGER NOTE ASSIGN Function................................................................ 104 P2 The TRIGGER GAIN Function................................................................................. 104 P3 The VELOCITY CURVE Function........................................................................... 105 Trigger Velocity Curve Settings .................................................................................... 106 P4 The THRESHOLD Function ..................................................................................... 107 P4 The HAT THRESHOLD Function ........................................................................... 107 P5 The RETRIGGER Function........................................................................................ 107 P6 The CROSSTALK Function....................................................................................... 108 P7 The NOISE SUPPRESSION Function ..................................................................... 109 P8 The TRIGGER SETUP SELECT Function............................................................... 110 P11 AUX PEDAL TYPE SELECT Function ................................................................. 112 P6 HAT PEDAL TYPE SELECT Function.................................................................... 112 The Interactive Hi-Hat Performance ........................................................................................... 113 Hat Pedal Type: SWITCH............................................................................................... 113 Hat Pedal Type: PEDAL ................................................................................................. 115 P12 The AUX TRIGGER NOTE SELECT Function.................................................... 116 P13 The AUX TRIGGER GAIN Function..................................................................... 116 Tips for Triggering from Acoustic Drums.................................................................................. 117 Output Sensitivity ............................................................................................................ 117 Mounting ........................................................................................................................... 117 Trigger Placement ............................................................................................................ 118 Muffling ............................................................................................................................. 119 Mounting Hardware and Configuration ..................................................................... 119 Chapter 8: Global Functions ................................................................................... 121 The GLOBAL MIDI Function........................................................................................................ 121 The GLOBAL STORE Function .................................................................................... ...