Author Topic: New Alesis DMPad assembly - ?  (Read 1173 times)

New Alesis DMPad assembly - ?
« on: March 12, 2016, 06:30:11 PM »
Attached (scaled down) image shows something that doesn't look like the marketing materials, or indeed any other images on the internet.

The pads shown have simply a small disc with 4 foam towers, and a thin layer of foam to cover up the bottom.

As you can see, these (new?) pads have two distinct sensors. The rim (body) sensor is attached to the bottom of the assembly, thus the device has 3 piezo devices. I'm just curious if anyone here knows about this assembly or how it works compared to the "original" mesh pads?

Thanks

Re: New Alesis DMPad assembly - ?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2016, 10:38:05 AM »
Very interesting. For some kind of positional sensing maybe? Maybe it's setup Yamaha style with a resistor for the center platform or the edge/middle platform?
Yamaha DTXtreme III with DIY drum pads