Table Of Contents - Alesis DM Pro Reference Manual

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
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