Alesis DM Pro Reference Manual page 164

Glossary
DRUMKIT MODE
DRY
EFFECTS
EFFECTS BUSS
EFFECTS MIX LEVEL
EFFECTS SEND LEVEL
ENVELOPE
ENVELOPE STAGE
EQ
FILTER
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One of three Modes and the "top level" of the DM Pro.
Drumkit Mode is where you select individual Drums,
change their volumes, their panning, their tuning and
their MIDI and output assignments. Drumkit Mode also
contains all of the Effects Functions including EQ. To
return to Drumkit Mode at any time, press [KIT].
No effects.
In the DM Pro, Effects refers to any or all of the DSP
Functions contained in the Effects Function, which
include Reverb, Overdrive, Delay, Chorus, Flanger,
Resonator and EQ.
The path or route that sends a Drum into the Effects
Processor of the DM Pro. There are two Effects Busses
in the DM Pro: a Reverb Buss and a Multi-Effects Buss.
The Multi-Effects Buss contains three digital effects:
Overdrive, Delay and Pitch (Chorus, Flanger or
Resonator). Within a Drumkit, each of the 64 Drums can
individually be sent to either the Reverb Buss or the
Multi-Effects Buss.
The output volume of an Effects Function such as
Reverb, Delay or Pitch. A Drum will sound wet (lots of
effects) or dry (no effects) depending on both the Values
set for the Effects Mix Level and Effects Send Level.
Higher Values will increase the effect.
The amount of Drum signal that is sent through the
Effect Buss into the Effects processor. A Drum will
sound wet (lots of effects) or dry (no effects) depending
on the Values set for the Effects Send Level and Effects
Mix Level. Higher Values will increase the effect.
A scaleable variation over time that is used to adjust, or
modulate the Pitch, Frequency and / or Amplitude of a
Drum Voice. There are three Envelopes per Drum Voice
in the DM Pro.
One of the six components of a DM Pro Drum Voice
Envelope: Delay, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Sustain Decay
and Release.
Equalizer. In the DM Pro, each Drumkit has a master EQ
consisting of a high frequency shelf and a low frequency
shelf. The EQ is additive only – EQ cannot be cut in the
DM Pro. Use the Filter Function to reduce high
frequencies.
In the DM Pro, a signal processing device that reduces
high frequencies by 6dB per octave. Think of it like a
variable frequency high shelving EQ on a mixing board
that can only cut.
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