Alesis DM10 Pro Kit Professional Electronic Drumset Review
Alesis DM10 Pro Kit Professional Electronic Drumset Feature
- Brand-new DM10 drum-sound module with 12 trigger inputs
- Premium sound set built from real samples of real drums and cymbals
- Dynamic Articulation(TM) changes sounds' timbre along with dynamics for realism
- RealHead acoustic-feel 8" and 10" dual-zone drum pads with real heads
- 12" SURGE Hi-Hat, 13" SURGE Crash with choke, 16" SURGE Ride with choke
Alesis DM10 Pro Kit Professional Electronic Drumset Overview
The DM10 Pro Kit is the product of extensive research and development efforts. Based around the completely new DM10 sound module, the DM10 Pro Kit features Alesis’ RealHead drum pads, SURGE Cymbals made of real cymbal alloy and an ErgoRack mounting system
Alesis DM10 Pro Kit Professional Electronic Drumset Specifications
With lightning-fast, highly accurate tracking, the widest dynamic range of any module, and incredibly drummer-friendly operation, the Alesis DM10 drum module has the most realistic, natural sound set available in any drum module. And now with this Pro Kit, it's been paired with Alesis' RealHead drum pads, SURGE Cymbals made of real cymbal alloy, and an ErgoRack mounting system--perfect for getting a live performance feel to your recordings.
The DM10 drum sound module contains true drum, cymbal and percussion sounds, built from real samples of classic studio drums and prized cymbals. Drummers will find some of the most in-demand acoustic drum sounds from legendary drum brands, a huge arsenal of top producers' go-to snare drums, real American, Canadian, Chinese, and Turkish cymbals, and a choice selection of classic drum machine and electronic percussion sounds that have fueled the biggest hit records. You can also load new sound sets via USB connection from your computer, so that your drumming sounds never go stale.
Alesis DM10 Pro Kit combines the DM10 drum module with RealHead drum pads, SURGE Cymbals, and an ErgoRack mounting system (see larger image). |
The Alesis DM10 drum module. |
The back ports of the DM10 (see larger image). |
Key Features
- DM10 drum module with 12 trigger inputs and mixer
- RealHead acoustic-feel 8-inch and 10-inch dual-zone drum pads with real heads
- SURGE Cymbals are alloy acoustic cymbals with triggers
- 12-inch SURGE Hi-Hat, 13-inch SURGE Crash with choke, 16-inch SURGE Ride with choke
- Ergonomically curved, chrome-plated ErgoRack
- Premium instrument library sampled from real drums and cymbals
- Dynamic Articulation changes sounds' timbre along with dynamics for realism
- Sound-set loading and use with software drum modules, both via USB
- Play along and record yourself with the sequencer
- Mix input for practicing with CD and MP3 players
RealHead Drum Pads
This Pro Kit includes acoustic-feeling RealHead pads in eight and 10-inch sizes, and these dual-zone pads feature real mylar drumheads and real triple-flanged counterhoops for an excellent drumming feel. The snare and tom pads are dual zone, enabling you to perform rimshots, rim clicks, or assign other sounds such as wind chimes, cymbals, gongs and cowbells on the tom rims. You can use virtually any single or double kick pedal with the RealHead Kick Pad, or split the DM10's kick input with a Y-cable and connect an optional second kick pad for the pedal feel you prefer.
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Surge Cymbals
The best choice in electronic cymbals, the Pro Kit includes the following SURGE cymbals: a 12-inch SURGE Hi-Hat, a 13-inch SURGE Crash with choke, and a 16-inch SURGE triple-zone Ride Cymbal with choke. Comprised of a genuine alloy cymbal coated with a clear sound-dampening layer, SURGE Cymbals feel like acoustic cymbals because they begin life as just that. The Crash and Ride cymbals feature large choke strips on the undersides for even more attention to accurate cymbal control. The SURGE Ride also features multiple-zone triggering on the bell, face and edge. The SURGE Hi-Hat Cymbal offers continuously variable control using the included pedal.
ErgoRack
Putting it all together is the Pro Kit's ergonomically curved, chrome-plated ErgoRack, which is large enough to enable you to add on additional drum pads and SURGE Cymbals. You can even mount acoustic drums, cymbals, and percussion instruments on this roadworthy system.
The ErgoRack employs standard one and one-half-inch tubing for compatibility with virtually all drum manufacturers' rack hardware. The rack features quick-release, metal clamps for fast setup and tear down. The Crash and Ride cymbals mount on large, knurled boom cymbal arms that are height adjustable right in the rack down tubes. The DM10 Pro Kit comes with tom mounts that enable freely adjustable mounting. Drummer-friendly wing-screws are present on all important rack clamps and pads for ease of adjustment without reaching for a drum key.
DM10 Inputs and Outputs
The DM10 module has 12 trigger inputs, perfect for creating custom configurations. You can use it with virtually all drum and cymbal pads and acoustic drum triggers thanks to easy-to-configure trigger settings. The DM10 also has full MIDI implementation so if 12 trigger inputs aren't enough to accommodate your giant setup, just add the optional Trigger I/O.
The DM10 accommodates both continuous and switch (open/closed) hi-hat control pedals. You get full MIDI implementation including both MIDI In and Out for working with traditional MIDI gear along with the USB jack, which can also send MIDI to your Mac or PC. The DM10 also has a stereo Auxiliary input for connecting line-level devices like a CD player or iPod so you can play along.
The DM10 has two stereo pairs of 1/4-inch outputs for main and auxiliary feeds, so you can send separate mixes to the house and monitor systems. This enables you to send the metronome or a loop to the monitor mix and not to the audience mix. There's also a high-powered headphone output with its own volume knob. For managing everything easily, there's also a top-panel mixer.
Dynamic Articulation
Discerning ears will notice that each sound is actually a series of different samples; multiple dynamic-level samples and articulations are all built in so as you play harder and softer, the drum or cymbal changes its timbre, not just its volume. This engineered realism is known as Dynamic Articulation, an Alesis exclusive.
This results in sounds that respond accurately not only to dynamic changes, but also with the appropriate timbral and color changes you'd expect from their acoustic counterparts. You can play with or without reverb for different room sounds and enjoy a wide variety of rimshots, rim clicks and different stick-placement sounds on the cymbals. The Random Sample feature also ensures you don't get the same sound twice for further creative realism.
What's in the Box
- One DM10 drum module
- Two 8-inch RealHead Drum Pads
- Two 10-inch RealHead Drum Pads
- One 8-inch RealHead Kick Pad with tower
- One 12-inch SURGE Hi-Hat Cymbal
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- One 16-inch SURGE Ride Cymbal
- One ErgoRack with mounting clamps and arms
- One Hi-Hat pedal
- One set of interconnection cables
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Specifications
Playback
- Polyphony: 64 voices
- Memory: 128 MB, linear
Audio and Trigger I/O
- Audio inputs: stereo (2x RCA)
- Trigger inputs: 12x 1/4-inch TRS
- Hi-hat controller input: continuous compatible (1x 1/4-inch)
- MIDI: In, Out (2x DIN MIDI)
- Audio outputs: stereo Main (2x 1/4-inch balanced), stereo Aux assignable (2x 1/4-inch balanced)
- Headphone output: stereo (1x 1/4-inch TRS)
- Computer: High-speed USB for MIDI and computer transfer (1x USB slave)
| Sound Set and Sequences
- Preset sounds: 1,047
- Preset sound type: 16-bit uncompressed samples
- Preset kits: 100 (all kits can be overwritten)
- Sequencer patterns: 75 preset, 25 user (all patterns can be overwritten)
Sound Types
- Basses: 55
- Beatbox: 55
- Beat/drum machine: 59
- Chinas: 13
- Crashes: 36
- Hi-hats: 25
- One-hits: 349
- Kicks: 91
- Percussion: 151
- Rides: 28
- SFX: 31
- Snares: 85
- Toms: 69
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