Alesis K2661 specifications Appendix E General Midi, GM Drum Kits

Appendix E

General MIDI

General MIDI (GM) is an addition to the original MIDI specification that assigns sounds to specific channel numbers, program numbers, and note values. The K2661’s GM Mode feature (described in Chapter 11 of the Musician’s Guide) sets up your instrument for GM in a single step. Using General MIDI, you can share song files between different devices with reasonably consistent performance.

Many GM song files are commercially available, and they’ll sound great on your K2661.

GM Drum Kits

The table below lists the drum kits provided with GM Mode for the K2661. The location for the kits (as shown in columns 1 and 2 of the table) will depend on whether or not GM Mode is enabled. You can also create own GM drum kits and store them at locations 528-535.

GM Mode	Standard Mode	Drum Kit Name
Program No.	Program No.
1	528	Standard Kit Pan
9	529	Room Kit Pan
17	530	Power Kit Pan
25	531	Synth Kit Pan
26	532	Analog Kit Pan
33	533	Jazz Kit Pan
41	534	Brush Kit Pan
49	535	Orch Kit Pan