Just recycling some useful info from Chaser about possible hihat setup with the Strike multipad:
http://community.alesis.com/alesis/topics/how-to-connect-a-pro-x-hi-hat-to-a-strike-pro-multipad
The TRIN1 was setup mainly with kick samples ..the Preset kits have kicks and sub booms assigned to it..there was also a crash/cymbal assigned to it in some,also some percussion.
When set to velocity you can use a pad..or kick drum...or a single zone cymbal it looks like.
when set to switch you use a pedal..the DMHat works well..a little sensitive
Setting it up as I posted in the link,using the 2 piece hi hat(I used the Strike even tho it's dual zone) and the TRIN1 (HH top) set for velocity and the HH pedal input( controller/bottom) for variable and 0-127.I was able with some trickery to simulate a hi hat that would splash as the sensitivity of top would fire the trigger/sample when you step off the pedal.No bark or anything like that.I haven't tried with the RealHat pedal yet or a different trigger other than the Strike HH top.
I need to spend more time learning the settings and with the sample pool and see what I can get away with.
The HH pedal input is also pre-assigned as a control or on/off to selected pads for loops/tempos in some kits which is driving me crazy.When the pedal is pressed all the way down to close it will also start a loop/tempo on a pad somewhere and you have to press back down to stop it while you have different samples assigned to the HH pedal and trying to hear what happens going through the 0-127 range.
The LED's came in handy to point out point out which pad is the culprit.
I believe I could construct a hi hat sample set with a multi-velocity wave for each layer and put a combined wav with semi and full open in one range and closed/semi open in the other with the data base I have..do this for the trigger and the pedal.
I did found some samples in the preset kits to be barely audible even at max settings.
So I have a (possibly) unusual question...
This may not be something that everyone would do, but if my thinking is correct, this thing would have come in really handy for me a few weeks ago.
Could you essentially connect, say, Strike pads to this and build a small drum kit with the MultiPad in place of the Strike module? I know it's not something someone would probably do regularly, seeing as how if you had Strike pads, chances are you have the kit and module also.
My reason for thinking this way is this: We had a benefit gig back on Veterans Day, and the space we were playing in was really small. I took a modified version of my Strike kit, consisting of the snare, 10" tom, 12" tom, hi-hat and one crash. I used snare stands to mount all the pads, and (obviously) a cymbal stand for the crash. I also grabbed two of my Roland PD-8's and connected them to the L-arms that I placed in the mounting brackets on the pads.
The setup itself was fairly easy, but I had to build custom kits in my module that I likely won't use much, and just getting the cabling in the right places was a tad more of a hassle than normal. It wasn't a huge inconvenience, but I thought that if the MultiPad could be used in this manner, it could keep me from having to do it from the Strike module, and I could even have a full array of kit sounds using the MultiPads plus the externals.
In all honesty, I could have used the MultiPad by itself, and I would have had basically the same-sized kit all in a box. However, the kit itself gives off such a good stage presence.
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Shawn
Thats exactly what I am doing with it right now..figuring out a configuration......kind of like the Ultimate cocktail setup.
The external triggers (5) can be setup as 4 single zone toms and a kick
TRIN1..single zone.. velocity or switch
TRIN2–5 There are 2 settings that determine the type of trigger control.
1)
2 Trigger:A TRS to dual-TS splitter is used to connect two drum triggers.
Drum input2 would have A+B layers...Drum input3.. A+B layers
2)
Head+Rim:The connected trigger is a dual-zone drum trigger.
Head= input2 A+B layers...Rim = input3 A+B layers
The 1st setting separates into 2 separate triggers , while the 2nd setting adds a Rim gain to the settings list.
I did notice that in the 2nd setting you could still set both 2/3 or 4/5 for Head and rim each...which makes no sense as 2/3 and 4/5 are a dual zone and not 4 zones in a TRS input.
I need to spend some time and learn my way around the multipad and how to construct a user kit and pad groups.