I have acquired a DM6 8" dual zone rubber pad for use as an alternate ride cymbal for my StrikePro--with the center (zone 1) as the bow and rim (bell) as the edge. I was able to do this, eventually, with a borrowed Roland PD-7. I purchased the Alesis pad because it was larger as well as assuming it was "plug and play" . The issues is that no matter where I strike the Alesis pad in the center zone 1, 50% (or more) of the time it triggers the Zone 2. Striking zone 2 (the edge) ONLY results in a zone 2 sound, but the main pad can be struck anywhere and half the time zone 2 will trigger instead of the intended. I have reduced sensitivity in Zone 2 to the max as well as increased threshold to the max. I have increased Cross talk on both zones--no impact. what next?
Alesis (Medeli) drum pads are P/P...Piezo for the Head and Piezo for the rim.
The
Roland PD7 is P/S..Piezo for the Head ..Switch for the rim and was advertized as more of a Universal trigger that even worked with other manufacturers modules
The
original DM6 had the "DMPads" ..8"...
DMPad 8" Dual Zone and
DMPad 8" Single Zone ...attached pics.The more recent DM6 Nitro I believe was the same kit except had the newer
Medeli DD512 module which was a rebranded
DM7X Session Kit when Alesis dropped "DM"Recently All references to the more recent Nitro kit's and others have been removed from the Alesis site except for the Mesh kit.
The STRIKE module has 2 Ride cymbal inputs that are a circuit ..the Piezo is tied in with the switches(2) on the cymbal.
On a drum pad the Piezos are separate signals..In the Ride 1 input you'll get Bow and Bell...Ride 2 input will not function separately at all with any other pad/cymbal and the STRIKE module does not have the option to change the Ride from Triple (3) zone to Dual (2) zone as the original DM10 could so there would be 2 separate (Dual Zone) circuits ....the circuit in the STRIKE module remains open without anything in the Ride 2 module input.
If you do have the dual zone try and switch trigger type for the ride bell in the STRIKE module to Piezo..it probably won't do muchbecause the Bell and the edge are normally switch type if you strike the center of the pad with velocity or a sharp strike it is probably going to fire the bell..and the rim on lighter velocities is going to trigger the bow until you also give it a sharp strike..
That is the result I got testing 9" and 11" Dual Zone rubber pads from a
Command Kit.
This is also why users try to add a cymbal to Tom 4 expansion inputs available on some modules and it also doesn't work as the input was designed for Piezo/Piezo not Piezo/Switch..or choke function..the module can't interpret the signal correctly.
EDIT:Completely Rebuilt Command Kit post...
added images , information and User Guide as Alesis has removed all links information/images etc including Legacy from website.