Tuesday 2 June 2020

Alesis DM5 - Pioneer Squid

qUITE  a handy drum rack.
The 1U module can be triggered with MIDI & analogue triggers.


How to recall Drumsets
The DM5 has 21 Drumsets available, each of which has 61 programmable drum sounds.
To recall a Drumset on the DM5:
1. Press DRUMSET
2. Turn the VALUE encoder to select a Drumset



Editing The Triggers
The DM5 has over 500 drum sounds arranged into 8 Families.
These consist of Kick, Snare, Toms, Hi-Hats, Cymbals, Percussion, Effects and Random Samples.
To assign a new Voice to a MIDI Note or External Trigger Pad:





1. Press VOICE, then press NOTE CHASE
2. Play a note on your MIDI controller or a Drum Pad
3. Press the CURSOR> button until you have selected the Voice Family parameter on the top left corner of the display. Choose one of the families listed above using the VALUE wheel
4. By pressing the CURSOR> button one more time you can then select one of the Voices in that Family using the VALUE wheel


Triggering with MIDI
Using the Pioneer Toraiz Squid

Looks like there are 12 triggers.
Set up midi channel (using channel 1 in this case)


To choose the Drumset, press group then  voice on the Alesis drum.
You scroll through the sounds with the pitch /cc knob on the squid

KIK 36 C1 (C2 on the Toraiz)
Snare 40 E1 (E2 on the Toraiz)
Tom 41 F1 (F2 on the Toraiz)
Clap D#1   (D#2 on the Toraiz)
Hat F# 1 (F#2 on the Toraiz)
Cymbal C#2 (c#3 on the Toraiz)
Tambourine F#2 (F#3 on the Toraiz)
Cow Bell G#2 (G#3 on the Toraiz)
Vibrslap A#2 (A#3 on the Toraiz)
Ping Ride B2 (B3 on the Toraiz)
Cym SternDark A2 (A3 on the Toraiz)
Bongo Hi C3 (C4 on the Toraiz)
Cym Splash G2 (G3 on the Toraiz)
Anvil C#1 (C#2 on the Toraiz)
Clank G#5 (G#6 on the Toraiz)
Cuica Lo G4 (G5 on the Toraiz)

The main out is the left out at the back.



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