Alesis Strike Compatibility
Posted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:51 pm
Hi guys!
After receiving my long awaited eDrumin 10, I'm now happily making use of all of my extra edrum gear that's been lying around!
I have a full Alesis strike kit that I've added extra Roland cymbals and drums to and everything has integrated really well.
I use Superior drummer 3 with a few expansions and am happily making use of articulations such as crash bells and bows.
After playing around with the settings of the eDrumin 10 I've now got rim shots and cross stick working reliably on my Strike 14" snare and my Roland PDX12 side snare. I should mention that to get consistent rim shot accuracy for the strike snare, I've had to turn the physical 'sensitivity' knob fully clockwise. This in effect is making use of only the center piezo area and ignoring the middle ring sensor area.
For the cymbals I'm now making full use of my 2 input Roland cymbals with bell zones which is fantastic. I noticed that for the Alesis strike 14" crash cymbal, if you set it as a 3 zone Yamaha cymbal, you can make use of full edge, bow and bell. The only workaround is that you have to treat the 'edge' within the software as the bell and the 'bell' within the software as the edge. It appears Alesis have the same wiring and piezo setup as Yamaha with the bell and edge swapped.
I hope I've helped shed some light for anyone with a similar setup to me and you can hopefully make full use of what this gear is capable of!
Cheers
After receiving my long awaited eDrumin 10, I'm now happily making use of all of my extra edrum gear that's been lying around!
I have a full Alesis strike kit that I've added extra Roland cymbals and drums to and everything has integrated really well.
I use Superior drummer 3 with a few expansions and am happily making use of articulations such as crash bells and bows.
After playing around with the settings of the eDrumin 10 I've now got rim shots and cross stick working reliably on my Strike 14" snare and my Roland PDX12 side snare. I should mention that to get consistent rim shot accuracy for the strike snare, I've had to turn the physical 'sensitivity' knob fully clockwise. This in effect is making use of only the center piezo area and ignoring the middle ring sensor area.
For the cymbals I'm now making full use of my 2 input Roland cymbals with bell zones which is fantastic. I noticed that for the Alesis strike 14" crash cymbal, if you set it as a 3 zone Yamaha cymbal, you can make use of full edge, bow and bell. The only workaround is that you have to treat the 'edge' within the software as the bell and the 'bell' within the software as the edge. It appears Alesis have the same wiring and piezo setup as Yamaha with the bell and edge swapped.
I hope I've helped shed some light for anyone with a similar setup to me and you can hopefully make full use of what this gear is capable of!
Cheers