What's going on with the Alesis Strata Prime Electronic Drum Kit

Prime vs. Core module reliability

Started by rxoxbx71, May 21, 2026, 01:32:15 PM

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rxoxbx71

Although the two above modules contain the same 75 kits, there are obviously differences between them...albeit some subtle ones. What has been the more 'reliable' module? I have used both and although I had the initial humming/buzz with the initial Core modules, the replaced Core has been somewhat good. The loading times for kits seem decent and there has been little to no issues with triggering. When I had the Prime, the loading times were ridiculously long. Every kit I would load, would have a hihat delay of loading it no matter which kit it was. I am not sure if this is due to the Prime having more instruments/kit pieces or not (440 vs. 370)?  Anyway, maybe I got a bad Prime module...
Anyone else have issues with the Prime vs. Core module?

Rob

rxoxbx71

I ended up sending back the Alesis Strata Prime due to the module delaying loading the presets...notably the hihats. I had ordered another one...same result. The presets would load fine, but the hihats would load 4-5 seconds after the rest of the drums had already loaded. Not a deal breaker, but very frustrating. The Core definitely loaded everything at once. People would probably disagree with me, but I ended up sending back the Prime again...kept the Core.