Alesis DM5 User Manual

MIDI Functions: Chapter 5

DM5 Reference Manual

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HAPTER 

5

MIDI F

UNCTIONS

The MIDI Function contains five pages of parameters. When you first press the [MIDI]
button, it selects page 1. Pressing the [MIDI] button again selects page 2, pressing it
again selects page 3, and so on. If the page 5 is selected and you press the [MIDI]
button again, it will cycle back to page 1.

Remember that you can also use the [

] and [

] buttons to go from one page to

another by “cursoring past” the parameters on the current screen. For more details,
see page 26.  For the remainder of this chapter, we will assume you know how to
select the appropriate page for each of the MIDI paramters described here.

MIDI page 1 displays three parameters: Drum Set Root Note (Root), MIDI Channel
(Chan) and MIDI Thru mode (Thru):

D

RUM 

S

ET 

R

OOT 

N

OTE

The Root Note determines the lowest note in the “window” of 61 consecutive MIDI
notes to which the DM5 will respond. When set to its default value of 36, the DM5’s
note range window stretches from MIDI note number 36 to 96. When the Root Note
is altered, all drum note and trigger assignments shift together along with it in
parallel. Example: If the Root Note is lowered from 36 to 35, then all notes will be
triggered by a note one value lower than the existing assignment—e.g., what was
triggered by note 96 will now be triggered by note 95, what was triggered by note 72
will now be triggered by note 71, etc.

With the Root parameter selected (flashing), turn the [VALUE] knob to select the
desired Drum Set root note.

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