Alesis D4 1.1 RETURN YOUR WARRANTY CARD NOW!

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•Velocity-sensitive Preview button. Audition sounds at the D4 itself, so you don’t

have to go back and forth between a controller and the D4 when making drum kit

assignments or checking out sounds.

•Headphone jack. This is excellent for practicing, or for creating drum kits while

other activity is taking place in the studio.

•Hi hat pedal footswitch. This lets you incorporate a footswitch to create very

realistic hi hat effects.

•Note chasing. You can select a note for editing or previewing based on the most

recently received MIDI note or trigger input.

•Drum sound editing. Vary tuning, mix, and panning, as well as assign drums to

“groups” for special effects (such as hi-hat sounds that cut each other off, or

cymbals that restrike).

1.1 RETURN YOUR WARRANTY CARD NOW!

Your warranty will be in effect and you will receive product update information only if

you send in your warranty card.

1.2 HOOKUP/INSTANT GRATIFICATION

This section describes how to hook up the D4, select Drum Sets, and audition

different drum sounds. For more detail on these and other operations, refer to

Chapters 2-5.

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