Alesis D4 1.4 ABOUT THE USER INTERFACE

9

000

C-2 036

C1 096

C6 127

61 Note Window

MIDI IN

DATA

Note Data to

Sound Generator

External Triggers

3 4 5 621

Programmable Drumset trigger note number assignments

(any trigger may be assigned any note number within the 61 note window)

Alesis D4 Trigger / Note Relationship

Programmable Drumset

Rootnote

7 8 9 10 11 12

1.4 ABOUT THE USER INTERFACE

The D4 is very easy to edit. The various buttons are organized as follows.

Headphone Jack Display

Data Wheel Preview

Store

Note Chase

Voice

Tune

Mix Power

Output

Cursor Buttons

Drum Set

External

Trigger

Group

MIDI

Volume

Contents

Main CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 - DRUM SET MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 3 - FUNCTION BUTTONS CHAPTER 4 - MIDI FUNCTIONS CHAPTER 5 - EXTERNAL TRIGGERING 5.8A Understanding Hi Hat Pedal Mode..................................................... 45 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.0 PRINCIPAL FEATURES 1.1 RETURN YOUR WARRANTY CARD NOW! 1.2 HOOKUP/INSTANT GRATIFICATION 1.2A Installation 1.2B Hook Up Audio (rear panel) 1.2D Hook Up External Triggers (rear panel) 1.2C Hook Up MIDI (rear panel) 1.2E Hook Up Power (rear panel) 1.2F Turn On Power 1.2G Select Drum Sets 1.2H Audition Different Drum Sounds Page 1.2I Assign Drum Sounds to Particular MIDI Notes 1.3 BASICS AND DEFINITIONS 1.3A The Voice 1.3B About the Edit Buffer 1.3C About Defaults 1.3D MIDI Note Range 9 Alesis D4 Trigger / Note Relationship 1.4 ABOUT THE USER INTERFACE The D4 is very easy to edit. The various buttons are organized as follows. 1.4A Function Buttons 1.4B Cursor Buttons 1.4D Editing Parameter Values 1.4C Multi-Page Functions 1.4E The Store and Note Chase buttons 1.4F The Preview Button CHAPTER 2: DRUM SET MANAGEMENT 2.0 SELECTING DRUM SETS 2.1 STORING/NAMING AN EDITED DRUM SET 2.2 RECALLING FACTORY DRUM SETS Page CHAPTER 3: FUNCTION BUTTONS 3.0 NOTE CHASE/DRUM NOTE SELECTION 3.1 VOICE 3.2 TUNE 3.3 MIX 3.4 OUTPUT 3.5 DRUM SET 3.6 EXT TRIG 3.7 GROUP BUTTON Page CHAPTER 4: MIDI FUNCTIONS 4.0 DRUM SET ROOT NOTE Page 4.1 MIDI CHANNEL SELECTION 4.2 MIDI THRU/OUT SELECTION 4.3 PROGRAM CHANGE ENABLE 4.4 CONTROLLER ENABLE Page 4.5 PROGRAM CHANGE TABLE 4.6 SAVE DATA VIA MIDI 4.6A Save to DataDisk 4.7 RECEIVE DATA FROM ANOTHER MIDI DEVICE 4.7A Load from DataDisk CHAPTER 5: EXTERNAL TRIGGERING About Trigger Parameters Page Page 5.0 TRIGGER SELECTION 5.1 TRIGGER NOTE SELECTION 5.2 TRIGGER VELOCITY SELECTION Page Page 5.3 TRIGGER PARAMETER SELECTION 5.4 TRIGGER CROSSTALK SELECTION Page 5.5 TRIGGER DCAY CONTROL SELECTION 5.6 TRIGGER NOISE LEVEL SELECTION 5.7 TRIGGER GAIN SELECTION 5.8 FOOTSWITCH MODE 5.8A Understanding Hi Hat Pedal Mode Page CHAPTER 6: MIDI SUPPLEMENT 6.0 MIDI BASICS 6.1 MIDI HARDWARE 6.2 MIDI MESSAGE BASICS 6.3 CHANNEL MESSAGES 6.3A Voice Messages Page 6.3B Mode Messages 6.4 SYSTEM COMMON MESSAGES 6.5 BOOKS ON MIDI 6.6 VIDEOS ON MIDI