Alesis dm5 with roland pd7 heads questions

**buconine** · 12-22-2010, 10:05 PM

Hi guys,

My son was wanting something to do bass drops with and i bought a alesis dm5 module and a couple roland pd7 heads.

Can i use the dual zone heads with the dm5? They guy i got them from said i needed y cables or something to do it but he wasn't sure as he had never tried it. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Buc

**Drumbledore** · 12-23-2010, 06:42 AM

I'm having problems triggering 2 sounds from the DM-5 with a Roland PDX-8 pad that I bought a while ago. Might have to look at MIDI-ing up an Alesis I/O Unit to the module so that I can "dual trigger"....won't know until I can get the chance to borrow one!

I think we both need to do this:

Part 1

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEvIHrsNgI8"]YouTube - Pintech with Alesis I/O and DM5 1 of 2[/ame]

Part 2:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9doOLtYWkdM"]YouTube - Pintech with Alesis I/O and DM5 2 of 2[/ame]

My problem is that the one store in Sydney where I can get these have to wait until after Christmas for the orders to come up....they ran out about a week or two back. Everyone else just stocks up on mainly Roland and Yamaha's.....grrr!

**buconine** · 12-23-2010, 10:33 AM

Thanks for the info. We should be able to do what he wants with the current setup. With as many things that these pads will do, i was thinking towards the future. Looks like an i/o box will be in the future purchase list along with a descent amp. Now i just have to wait for xmas to start playing with this stuff!

**Drumbledore** · 12-23-2010, 11:44 AM

Oh you'll have a whole heap of fun Buconine, that's for sure! Merry Christmas to you, your son and the family! Cheers, Drumbledore.

**buconine** · 12-25-2010, 03:05 PM

Merry Christmas to you and yours as well!

Man, this thing is kickin my butt! lol I didn't realize such a steep learning curve was coming. Got the dual zones to work but the cross talk is false triggering the other trigger. Also have this all mounted on a rack and the cymbals are triggering the pads as well. Have xtalk at 99 for all the pads, need to play with the noise filter as well. Doesn't help that i am missing 25 pages of the manual too... I think i am going to get it going as a single zone and work from there...