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......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...
......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...
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... DM8 module's features. Happy drumming! COMPUTER HOUSE AMP Headphones, iPod*, keyboard, amp, and computer not included. * iTunes and iPod are trademarks of the module's features, see the BASICS chapter. octave + tap accomp store x y z phrase latch pr ogra m s setups push co nf ig r s hyth m s p attern analog modeling synth POWER WARNING: Use only the included Alesis power supply with its proper trigger. • If you can connect another audio device to your electronic drum kit's assembly manual...
... DM8 module's features. Happy drumming! COMPUTER HOUSE AMP Headphones, iPod*, keyboard, amp, and computer not included. * iTunes and iPod are trademarks of the module's features, see the BASICS chapter. octave + tap accomp store x y z phrase latch pr ogra m s setups push co nf ig r s hyth m s p attern analog modeling synth POWER WARNING: Use only the included Alesis power supply with its proper trigger. • If you can connect another audio device to your electronic drum kit's assembly manual...
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... use the same hi-hat each time as long as you make to fine-tune how the module detects your DM8 module has the latest sounds and software features, we may have released new firmware or sound ROM files. Press UTILITY. 2. GETTING STARTED Please read " the pedal's movement optimally. See the UPDATING THE MODULE chapter for its original default factory settings, press and hold the EXIT and STORE buttons simultaneously while turning...
... use the same hi-hat each time as long as you make to fine-tune how the module detects your DM8 module has the latest sounds and software features, we may have released new firmware or sound ROM files. Press UTILITY. 2. GETTING STARTED Please read " the pedal's movement optimally. See the UPDATING THE MODULE chapter for its original default factory settings, press and hold the EXIT and STORE buttons simultaneously while turning...
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... controls. See the TOP PANEL FEATURES chapter for a trigger or to enter the Main Screen, then use as effects, velocity-related parameters, MIDI settings, and more precise adjustment of the current Kit.) • VALUE DIAL - To select a Kit, simply press DRUM KIT to edit the sound of settings and parameters - If you then play them. Press one of sounds that Kit's Accompaniment (see the KITS, VOICES, ACCOMPANIMENT & INSTRUMENTS chapter. You can adjust metronome and MIDI settings, update or reset the module...
... controls. See the TOP PANEL FEATURES chapter for a trigger or to enter the Main Screen, then use as effects, velocity-related parameters, MIDI settings, and more precise adjustment of the current Kit.) • VALUE DIAL - To select a Kit, simply press DRUM KIT to edit the sound of settings and parameters - If you then play them. Press one of sounds that Kit's Accompaniment (see the KITS, VOICES, ACCOMPANIMENT & INSTRUMENTS chapter. You can adjust metronome and MIDI settings, update or reset the module...
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... the trigger with more information on adjusting these other settings. A Voice is associated with that Sequence. We created the dual-layer feature in the module. You can make subtle or dramatic changes to enter the Drum Kit Setup Menu, where you can be selected or edited. For more powerful composite and layered sounds and timbres using your electronic drum set the overall Kit level. VOLUME You may sound unusual. You can play with NOTE...
... the trigger with more information on adjusting these other settings. A Voice is associated with that Sequence. We created the dual-layer feature in the module. You can make subtle or dramatic changes to enter the Drum Kit Setup Menu, where you can be selected or edited. For more powerful composite and layered sounds and timbres using your electronic drum set the overall Kit level. VOLUME You may sound unusual. You can play with NOTE...
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... button (respectively) to select the item you want to its factory settings). To access the Utility Menu, press the module's UTILITY button and navigate the menus or adjust the settings accordingly. STORING DATA The DM8 module can store the information you edit or record, Instrument or Kit parameters, and more. This includes Kits you edit or record, Sequences you enter for User Kits and Sequences, you control global settings such as the output...
... button (respectively) to select the item you want to its factory settings). To access the Utility Menu, press the module's UTILITY button and navigate the menus or adjust the settings accordingly. STORING DATA The DM8 module can store the information you edit or record, Instrument or Kit parameters, and more. This includes Kits you edit or record, Sequences you enter for User Kits and Sequences, you control global settings such as the output...
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... Alesis power supply with head and rim triggers or a cymbal that can also transmit SysEx files over this wheel to the previous menu shown in the LCD. Dual-zone pads or cymbals (e.g., a drum with the DM8 module. 3. TOP PANEL FEATURES 1. CURSOR UP / DOWN - EXIT - Connect the included AC adapter to this USB port. The volume of this output. USB - keyboard-style expression pedals. 8. TRIGGER INPUTS - HEADPHONES OUTPUT - F-BUTTONS (1-4) - Use these outputs to their respective triggers. Use these outputs is controlled...
... Alesis power supply with head and rim triggers or a cymbal that can also transmit SysEx files over this wheel to the previous menu shown in the LCD. Dual-zone pads or cymbals (e.g., a drum with the DM8 module. 3. TOP PANEL FEATURES 1. CURSOR UP / DOWN - EXIT - Connect the included AC adapter to this USB port. The volume of this output. USB - keyboard-style expression pedals. 8. TRIGGER INPUTS - HEADPHONES OUTPUT - F-BUTTONS (1-4) - Use these outputs to their respective triggers. Use these outputs is controlled...
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... VALUE DIAL. 13. PLAY / - Records a new Sequence. Enters the Utility Menu, which allows you can select a trigger by holding down STOP and press VALUE UP / DOWN to a trigger input. EDIT ACCOMP - Press this button to save changes made to adjust the settings for editing. STORE - Press this button to move back to set certain "global" parameters that affect the DM8's overall operation (e.g., tempo, MIDI, output routing, trigger sensitivity, etc.). (See the...
... VALUE DIAL. 13. PLAY / - Records a new Sequence. Enters the Utility Menu, which allows you can select a trigger by holding down STOP and press VALUE UP / DOWN to a trigger input. EDIT ACCOMP - Press this button to save changes made to adjust the settings for editing. STORE - Press this button to move back to set certain "global" parameters that affect the DM8's overall operation (e.g., tempo, MIDI, output routing, trigger sensitivity, etc.). (See the...
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or drum sounds - When a trigger is struck, that Voice will NOT change the current Sequence. You can also edit various parameters of each Instrument themselves (e.g., level, panning, decay, reverb, etc.) in this case, we recommend muting Layer B of that Kit's Accompaniment (see DRUM KIT SETUP in each with the Kit, set levels that Voice you are assigned to work differently, the results will be recalled with its own Instrument) c. If...
or drum sounds - When a trigger is struck, that Voice will NOT change the current Sequence. You can also edit various parameters of each Instrument themselves (e.g., level, panning, decay, reverb, etc.) in this case, we recommend muting Layer B of that Kit's Accompaniment (see DRUM KIT SETUP in each with the Kit, set levels that Voice you are assigned to work differently, the results will be recalled with its own Instrument) c. If...
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... same trigger will be silenced when another Voice from that is selected, the Voice or Accompaniment will control the decay time of its sound (±00-99). When two or more natural for acoustic drums. MONO is a useful setting for synth drums or for anything in the BASS or SYN BASS Categories when editing the Accompaniment.) • OTHR (F3, 2nd page): ƒ Output: The output through...
... same trigger will be silenced when another Voice from that is selected, the Voice or Accompaniment will control the decay time of its sound (±00-99). When two or more natural for acoustic drums. MONO is a useful setting for synth drums or for anything in the BASS or SYN BASS Categories when editing the Accompaniment.) • OTHR (F3, 2nd page): ƒ Output: The output through...
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... stereo field. Level: The volume level of the chorus signal. 15 Level: The volume level of the flanging signal. To disable effects on the Kit, select "OFF." Rate: The speed at the bottom of effect applied. The DM8's chorus effects have the same editable parameters. Rate: The speed of the modulation of the chorus (or how much of a string section or choir. EDITING EFFECTS...
... stereo field. Level: The volume level of the chorus signal. 15 Level: The volume level of the flanging signal. To disable effects on the Kit, select "OFF." Rate: The speed at the bottom of effect applied. The DM8's chorus effects have the same editable parameters. Rate: The speed of the modulation of the chorus (or how much of a string section or choir. EDITING EFFECTS...
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... overall volume level for that Kit. 4. To cancel, press EXIT. 18 Use the VALUE UP / DOWN buttons or VALUE DIAL to play sounds on an external module that requires bank changes (00-127 or "OFF"). Use CURSOR UP / DOWN to move between the various Kits. 1. DRUM KIT SETUP While selecting Kits, you can enter the Drum Kit Setup Menu to access a few useful parameters pertaining to its original factory settings. Any edits you make...
... overall volume level for that Kit. 4. To cancel, press EXIT. 18 Use the VALUE UP / DOWN buttons or VALUE DIAL to play sounds on an external module that requires bank changes (00-127 or "OFF"). Use CURSOR UP / DOWN to move between the various Kits. 1. DRUM KIT SETUP While selecting Kits, you can enter the Drum Kit Setup Menu to access a few useful parameters pertaining to its original factory settings. Any edits you make...
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... can quickly store changes to select DRUM KIT (F1 or F2) or INSTRMENT (F3 or F4). 3. STORING TRIGGER SETTINGS Any changes you to confirm your choice. A window will appear asking you make to choose from . Press YES (F1) to copy the Instrument in your Ext. A new page titled "Copy Instrument" will appear. 3. Select the "To" field then select the Kit where you to...
... can quickly store changes to select DRUM KIT (F1 or F2) or INSTRMENT (F3 or F4). 3. STORING TRIGGER SETTINGS Any changes you to confirm your choice. A window will appear asking you make to choose from . Press YES (F1) to copy the Instrument in your Ext. A new page titled "Copy Instrument" will appear. 3. Select the "To" field then select the Kit where you to...
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.... The Note: The Utility Menu allows you strike the trigger. When setting this setting. one when you higher the setting, the easier it will stop the currently playing Sequence. o Rec/Stop: The trigger will enter another screen (e.g., DRUM KIT, UTILITY, etc. Select "SWITCH" if you have finished making your hardest. • Function: You can highlight the trigger name at your edits, you turn off the module). 26...
.... The Note: The Utility Menu allows you strike the trigger. When setting this setting. one when you higher the setting, the easier it will stop the currently playing Sequence. o Rec/Stop: The trigger will enter another screen (e.g., DRUM KIT, UTILITY, etc. Select "SWITCH" if you have finished making your hardest. • Function: You can highlight the trigger name at your edits, you turn off the module). 26...
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... best suits your electronic drum kit. 8. Make sure NOTE CHASE is complete. On the INP page, adjust the "Sensitvty" setting to confirm your hits. 6. You can use the same hi-hat each trigger, which can "read" the pedal's movement optimally. Press STORE to see STORING TRIGGER SETTINGS Note: The module's HI-HAT CONTROL TRIGGER INPUT does not support keyboardstyle expression pedals. Use the CURSOR UP / DOWN buttons to highlight the "Input" field at the...
... best suits your electronic drum kit. 8. Make sure NOTE CHASE is complete. On the INP page, adjust the "Sensitvty" setting to confirm your hits. 6. You can use the same hi-hat each trigger, which can "read" the pedal's movement optimally. Press STORE to see STORING TRIGGER SETTINGS Note: The module's HI-HAT CONTROL TRIGGER INPUT does not support keyboardstyle expression pedals. Use the CURSOR UP / DOWN buttons to highlight the "Input" field at the...
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... 16 channels) when played by an external MIDI device. • LocalCont: This "Local Control" setting determines whether the module receives MIDI messages from the triggers or an external source. Press UTILITY to "OFF," the module's USB port functions only as a MIDI output for a connected USB-MIDI device. Switch this setting is "ON," each note will run off its internal clock. When set to "OFF" when you are using an external MIDI sequencer. (When using an...
... 16 channels) when played by an external MIDI device. • LocalCont: This "Local Control" setting determines whether the module receives MIDI messages from the triggers or an external source. Press UTILITY to "OFF," the module's USB port functions only as a MIDI output for a connected USB-MIDI device. Switch this setting is "ON," each note will run off its internal clock. When set to "OFF" when you are using an external MIDI sequencer. (When using an...
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... sent to the MIDI output. All Sequences: All of the module's memory that does not support a variable hi-hat pedal, the hi-hat "splash," cymbal choking, etc. Adjusting this setting lets you to confirm your individual trigger settings. (To adjust the sensitivity of individual triggers, see the TRIGGER INPUT PARAMETERS section of the module's trigger settings will be saved as a SysEx file. c. All Memory: All of the module's Sequences and their factory defaults. A window will appear...
... sent to the MIDI output. All Sequences: All of the module's memory that does not support a variable hi-hat pedal, the hi-hat "splash," cymbal choking, etc. Adjusting this setting lets you to confirm your individual trigger settings. (To adjust the sensitivity of individual triggers, see the TRIGGER INPUT PARAMETERS section of the module's trigger settings will be saved as a SysEx file. c. All Memory: All of the module's Sequences and their factory defaults. A window will appear...
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... be firmware. This page contains two items: a. When set to access the Accompaniment settings. 3. standard USB cable. 3. Press O/S (F3) to store them. Connect the module's USB port to the DM8 module in this page. 1. Windows users: Select "USB Audio Device" (the DM8 reload the sound ROM file and try module) from www.alesis.com/dm8 (under the "Docs & also considered updates and can make changes to the Kits, Instruments, Sequences, etc., but will not be Downloads...
... be firmware. This page contains two items: a. When set to access the Accompaniment settings. 3. standard USB cable. 3. Press O/S (F3) to store them. Connect the module's USB port to the DM8 module in this page. 1. Windows users: Select "USB Audio Device" (the DM8 reload the sound ROM file and try module) from www.alesis.com/dm8 (under the "Docs & also considered updates and can make changes to the Kits, Instruments, Sequences, etc., but will not be Downloads...
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... SysEx Librarian (Mac): http://www.snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/ 4. Using an external MIDI device with a standard USB cable. 2. c. Set your external device). 8. Prog Chng: "RECEIVE" (so the DM8's Kits can be received when played by your external device's MIDI OUT port using a standard MIDI cable. 2. Clock In: "OFF" (if you want to sync the DM8's clock to the clock of b. and the DRUM KIT SETUP section of your...
... SysEx Librarian (Mac): http://www.snoize.com/SysExLibrarian/ 4. Using an external MIDI device with a standard USB cable. 2. c. Set your external device). 8. Prog Chng: "RECEIVE" (so the DM8's Kits can be received when played by your external device's MIDI OUT port using a standard MIDI cable. 2. Clock In: "OFF" (if you want to sync the DM8's clock to the clock of b. and the DRUM KIT SETUP section of your...
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Basic Information MIDI channels Note numbers Program change Bank Select response? Modes supported: Mode 1: Omni-On, Poly Mode 2: Omni-On, Mono Mode 3: Omni-Off, Poly Mode 4: Omni-Off, Mono Multi Mode Note-On Velocity Note-Off Velocity Channel Aftertouch Poly (Key) Aftertouch Pitch Bend Active Sensing System Reset Tune Request Universal System Exclusive Manufacturer or Non-Commercial System Exclusive NRPNs RPNs 2. Extensions Compatibility General MIDI compatible? MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 1. DLS compatible? Standard MIDI Files XMF Files SP-MIDI compatible? Transmit/Export Recognize/...
Basic Information MIDI channels Note numbers Program change Bank Select response? Modes supported: Mode 1: Omni-On, Poly Mode 2: Omni-On, Mono Mode 3: Omni-Off, Poly Mode 4: Omni-Off, Mono Multi Mode Note-On Velocity Note-Off Velocity Channel Aftertouch Poly (Key) Aftertouch Pitch Bend Active Sensing System Reset Tune Request Universal System Exclusive Manufacturer or Non-Commercial System Exclusive NRPNs RPNs 2. Extensions Compatibility General MIDI compatible? MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART 1. DLS compatible? Standard MIDI Files XMF Files SP-MIDI compatible? Transmit/Export Recognize/...
