The Midi Function - Alesis DM Pro Reference Manual

This is the Sequence Select page. Move the cursor beneath the Value, and then turn
the Value encoder to select the sequence number that you wish to control from the
current Trigger. You may set each Trigger to control a different Sequence Number,
which gives you the possibility of controlling up to 16 sequences via the Trigger
Inputs.
Note that with both the Sequence Command and Sequence Select
Functions, the bottom line of the display reads "Drumkit". This is t o
remind you that the Trigger Sequence Function, like the Trigger
Note Assign Function, is stored with Drumkits and not with Trigger
Setups.
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There are two types of MIDI Functions: the Drumkit MIDI Function and the Global
MIDI Function. This passage will explain the Drumkit MIDI Function. For
information on the Global MIDI Function, see "Chapter 8: Global Functions".
The Drumkit MIDI Function contains three Parameters that are displayed beginning
on Page 14 of the MIDI Function (Pages 1 - 13 of the display refer to the Global MIDI
Function). These three Drumkit MIDI Functions contain unique Values for each
Drumkit that are stored with that Drumkit. The three Drumkit MIDI Functions are
Drum Channel Override, MIDI In Enable and MIDI Out Enable.
P14 The DRUM CHANNEL OVERRIDE Parameter
This Parameter allows the DM Pro to respond to or transmit on up to sixteen MIDI
Channels simultaneously. The Parameter is called "Drum Channel Override"
because it has the ability to override the setting for the MIDI Basic Channel (which is
a Global MIDI Parameter) for each Drum assigned to a MIDI Note. For example, if
the MIDI Basic Channel is set to 10, you can assign only the toms to MIDI Channel
11, which will allow the toms to receive controller commands such as Pitch Bend,
MIDI Volume or MIDI Panning without affecting the rest of the Drumkit. Similarly,
you could assign the snare to MIDI Channel 1, the cymbals to MIDI Channel 4, and
then have independent, specific MIDI control over these instruments because they
are assigned to unique MIDI Channels.
The default value for the Drum Channel Override is BASIC, which means that the
Drum assigned to that MIDI Note will respond to the MIDI Basic Channel (set in the
Global MIDI Function):
Drum Chan: BASIC
Note:72 C4
To set a Drum to respond to a Channel other than the MIDI Basic Channel, move the
cursor beneath the word BASIC and turn the Value encoder to select your desired
Drum Channel Override:
Drum Chan: 01
Note:72 C4
To make the Drum conform to the same Channel as the rest of the Drums in the
Drumkit, turn the Value encoder back so that the display shows a Drum Channel
Override Value of BASIC again.
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Programming Drumkits
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