Alesis DM5 Drum Module

High sample rate, 18-bit.

Item: ALEDM5

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51 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

7 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

"Great Drum Mod. for the Price"

Feature:
Ok

Quality:
Like I said I've used this same unit for 10 years and we play everything from clus to fairs and shows and a lot of them and knock on wood its still working five. I have it mounted in a rack and it is taken care of.

Value:
Yes I also have a Roland PD 7 and it is quite hard to operate.

Sound:
I think the sounds in the DM 5 for the money spent are pretty darn good. Have had this unit for almost 10 years and it still works fine.

Ease of Use:
Its ok

Support:
Talked with them twice about operational isues and was given the wrong info. both times so I went to the manual and got it taken care of.

Overall:
As long as it continues to work I'll keep it. Probably would go with a roland next time

Submitted: 2/29/2008

Style of Music: Variety

* * * * * * * * * * 10 out of 10

"dont judge the pads when reviewing the module! 14 yrs of use and still rocking! (on my second unit only due my own abuse)"

Feature:
again, until you hit the roland td12 this has more features and sounds the lesser rolands.

Quality:
great! its durable, ive used it extensively on the road studio and practice. its had booze and all other sorts of "liquids" dumped or shot on it. its been dropped and even fallen of speakers. after the scratches, wear, and abuse it still rocks.

Value:
nothing touches this for the price. i have 2 units and other rolands. this rocks. even use it in combination w/ td3. just way too many much better sounds.

Desirability:
its hot! its all black. easy to read screen... like ive said, until you jump into the 'over 1000$' category, you wont touch this. these other reviews are reviewing the pads as well. the pads that come with this (if you get the kit) are crap. bad mounts and all. the module rocks.

Sound:
the sounds are great. if you've been around the digitial world for awhile this is incredible until you get to the roland td12 and up. i also have the td3 this is great!

Ease of Use:
perfect, out of the box and after wiring the triggers. i barely had anything to do w/ adjustments for xtalk, etc. that is coming from a fairly good understanding of triggers work. if you dont understand how or where to place your triggers well you'll be in hell but thats with any unit. it also depends if you're using pads or acoustics.

Support:
dont know? never needed them after 14 years of using this.

Overall:
i just wish i could actually load other sounds into this module. would be great if i could have some memory of sorts with this.

Submitted: 1/2/2008

Style of Music: rock

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Total Tonal Control
In drumming, dynamics aren't just a matter of volume. When a real drummer puts sticks to skins, a hard hit has a different sound from a light one. That's why the Alesis DM5 sports the Expanded Dynamic Articulation feature, allowing drum sounds to change volume, tone, and pitch depending on how hard they're hit

Technical Info

Audio Outputs: 4 (2 stereo pairs)

Trigger Input Jacks: 12 (each with 5 user adjustable trigger parameters)

DAC Bit Resolution: 18

Sample Rate: 48kHz

Sounds: Over 500; includes stereo samples with reverb, ambience, and dynamic articulation

Polyphony: 16-voice

Panning: 7 position, user programmable

Velocity Response: 127 levels of loudness via MIDI or trigger inputs

Kits: 21 Memory locations w/defaults permanently stored in ROM

MIDI Jacks: In, Out/Thru

Headphone Jack: 1/4" TRS w/variable gain

Switchable Footswitch Jack: 1/4" jack can be assigned to hi-hat or program advance mode

Tuning Scheme: Coarse (chromatic) and Fine (cents)

Data Input: Data knob, front panel keypad sound auditioning via velocity sensitive Preview button on front panel

Expanded Dynamic Articulation
Great sound, great price! Sports the Expanded Dynamic Articulation feature, allowing drum sounds to change volume, tone, and pitch depending on how hard they're hit. Connect your MIDI sequencer or up to 12 drum pads to the DM5 and you'll have amazingly expressive drum sounds at your disposal.
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