Alesis D4 Manual

A SERVICE OF

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3.

Next, manually select a trigger

to

ediL

.

Press the

Ext Trig

button once

to enter the

page

showing the

editable

parameters for

the

TRIG number, VCURVE

selection,

and MIDI note assignment.

The

cursor will

appear

under the trigger

number field.

.

Use the

Data wheel to select the trigger

you

wish

to

edit.

4. Select the

velocity cunte.

r

Move the

cursor

under

the

VCURVE

field.

o

Choose

the

sensitivity

value which bests

suits the style of

play,

or

the pads

being

used. For average

play,

(hits

ranging

from very

soft to

very hard)

the default

setting of

4 will give

you

the

full range of sensitivity which corresponds to

MIDI

velocities

1 through 127.

Nofe:

VCURVE 0, Unassigned, is fully explained

in

the

D4

Owners

Manual.

5. Choose

the

MIDI note number.

Note:

The

default

trigger note

numbers in the D4

correspond

to

General

MIDI, so

in many

cases

it may

not be necessary

to change

the

assignments. These default settings

can be

found in

the

Factory

Drumset Reference

Guide

included with

your D4

literature.

If

you

choose to

make changes:

.

Move the cursor under the

NOTE field

and

select the desired

MIDI note number.

5. Adiust the GAIN

for

the selected

higger.

.

Press the Ext Trig button twice

to

get

to the

page

showing

the

trigger

number and

GAIN

editing

parameters.

.

Move the cursor under the

gain field and strike the

pad.

Now the lower LCD line will urn

into a bar-graph meter that

shows the

peak

strength of the trigger.

o

Adjust the

gain

by

gradually turning the

Data

wheel until

a

powerful suike results in the

meter reaching the

right-most