Alesis DM8 USB Kit Operation Manual - Page 2

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...3 GETTING STARTED...4 RESETTING THE MODULE TO FACTORY DEFAULTS 4 CHECK FOR UPDATES ...4 CALIBRATE YOUR HI-HAT PEDAL...4 DEACTIVATE WRITE PROTECTION ...4 THE BASICS...5 NAVIGATING MENUS & ADJUSTING SETTINGS 5 KITS ...5 VOICES: LAYERS & INSTRUMENTS...6 VOLUME ...6 SEQUENCES ...6 STORING DATA ...7 UTILITY ...7 REAR PANEL FEATURES ...8 TOP PANEL FEATURES...8 KITS, VOICES, ACCOMPANIMENT & INSTRUMENTS 10 SELECTING A KIT ...10 EDITING INSTRUMENTS IN A KIT...10 EDITING ACCOMPANIMENT IN A KIT 11 EDITING VOICE & ACCOMPANIMENT PARAMETERS 12 EDITING MIDI PARAMETERS...14 EDITING EFFECTS PARAMETERS ...15 DRUM KIT SETUP ...18 SEQUENCES ...19 PLAYING SEQUENCES ...19 RECORDING SEQUENCES ...20 EDITING SEQUENCES (DRUMS) ...20 EDITING SEQUENCES (ACCOMPANIMENT 21 SETTING UP THE CLICK TRACK ...22 EDITING QUANTIZATION SETTINGS...23 STORING & COPYING DATA ...24 NAMING ...24 STORING & COPYING KITS ...24 COPYING INSTRUMENTS ...25 STORING SEQUENCES...25 STORING TRIGGER SETTINGS ...25 EXT. TRIG MENU ...26 TRIGGER INPUT PARAMETERS ...26 TRIGGERING PARAMETERS ...27 VELOCITY CURVE ...28 MODE (RIDE BOW & BELL) ...28 HI-HAT CALIBRATION...29 STORING EXT. TRIG SETTINGS...29 EXPLORING OPTIMAL SENSITIVITY AND THRESHOLD SETTINGS 29 UTILITY MENU ...30 GENERAL ...30 METRONOME (F1) ...30 MIDI (F2) ...32 TRIG (F3) ...33 SYS (F4) ...33 UPDATING THE MODULE ...34 MIDI SETUP...35 RESTORING BACKUP SYSEX FILES ...36 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART ...37 DM8 KITS ...38 DM8 SEQUENCES ...39 DM8 INSTRUMENTS ...40