Thanks Chaser,
I have a DMPad 12" Crash Cymbal so I shall use that for the single Hi Hat cymbal.
I have ordered a Strike module, cable snake and mount and shall firstly connect it via midi to my DM10 MKII Pro to see how I get on with it in terms of user kits and SD card use with user voices. Then if all OK I'll connect its cable snake to my DM10 MKII Pro pads and cymbals and then either connect the DM10 MKII Pro module to it using MIDI or sell the MKII Pro module.
There is one other thing you could help me with.
I have a SampleRack module and use an SD Card with that for user voices and user kits but it seems to read through the whole card when changing user kits. This takes a fair amount of time. Does the Strike module do the same (hopefully faster) or does it load the whole card and then read kit changes from internal memory making it quicker?
Den
The Sample rack loads into Ram and scans through each time loading.From what I remember all the files had to be on the root drive.
This means scanning the entire root drive instead of an individual folder
It also depends on which firmware version the Samplerack has...last/final version was 1.07.
Unfortunately for those didn't upgrade the firmware download was only available by email/account login.
The biggest attraction was the price point ($200.00) for being able to load/trigger your own samples
The Samplerack disappeared from the Alesis website including Legacy and the Get Satisfaction Forum was abruptly shut down so most information will probably be here.
Check under Samplerack in the search and under the users ChrisK and rhysT.They used the Samplerack extensively and posted a lot of info on the pro's/cons.
The STRIKE Module scans both SD Cards on initial startup.The kits when changed initially load without all the velocity layers so you can access/play almost instantly while the remainder of the velocities/articulations load in the background with FX loading last.
The module rescans the entire SD Card after each instrument/kit is created when constructing instruments and kits in the STRIKE Editor.
Times will vary depending on the size of SD Card and number of files.I can confirm the STRIKE will support a 128GB card.
I have one setup to test a database with over 12,000 instruments and around a half million samples...but it defeats the purpose.
If you have 1,000's upon 1,000's of samples it's best to have on a separate card/drive with just the samples you plan on using then transfer to the SD Card you use for performing.
The smaller the SD Card the better.If you do sets just use a card with the sets on it and separate cards when you use the STRIKE Editor for constructing Instruments/Kits.This is where you need to have good organization/file folder structure on the card.
32GB cards are the best value.I have been using Samsung EVO micro SDXC..
LOOPS FOLDER..You can go 10 folders deep for a Folder structure on the SD Card and the STRIKE module will still read them.For example if you use Multitracks you can create a folder with Artist name...then a song sub folder...then an instrument sub folder, and so on..the module will not show the folder structure and display every file so if your file in separate instrument folders is labeled "bass"...then you would have a list of "bass" showing and would not be able to distinguish the difference.
The module will display up to
40 characters in the Menu screen , but transpose on the top and the side column
DO NOT GO PAST 10 FOLDERS.You will see a nasty screen "Task 2 stack corruption" error in Red and the module will freeze and you have to disconnect the power to it...pull the card and remove any sub folder over 10 in depth.
10 folder structure is more than enough for anyone..
The rest of the module you can go to 5 sub folders on the SD Card before lockup..but the module will still only show the main folders on the main display
so kind of redundant unless you want more organization away from the module.