More than 550 hot drum and percussion voices in one rack space!

With the Alesis DM5 High Sample Rate 18-Bit Drum Module you're sure to find the sounds you like. Brand new sounds include kicks, snares, toms, cymbals, hi-hats, and a wide variety of percussion instruments and special effects. DM5 can be used as a MIDI-controlled module for sequencers, or by drummers who use electronic drum pads or triggers mounted on acoustic drums. Includes 12 trigger inputs. Also features 16-voice polyphony, 7-position user-programmable panning, footswitch and headphone jack, Random Sample function to create more realistic performances, and custom backlit LCD.

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Alesis DM5 18-bit Drum Module Specifications:

• Audio Outputs: 4 (2 stereo pairs)
• Trigger Input Jacks: 12 (each with 5 user adjustable trigger parameters)
• DAC Bit Resolution: 18
• Sample Rate: 48kHz
• Sounds: Over 500; includes stereo samples with reverb, ambience and dynamic articulation
• Polyphony: 16 voice
• Panning: 7 position, user programmable
• Velocity Response: 127 levels of loudness via MIDI or trigger inputs
• Kits: 21 Memory locations w/defaults permanently stored in ROM
• MIDI Jacks: In, Out/Thru
• Headphone Jack: 1/4" TRS w/variable gain
• Switchable Footswitch Jack: 1/4" jack can be assigned to hi-hat or program advance mode
• Tuning Scheme: Coarse (chromatic) and Fine (cents)
• Data Input: Data knob, front panel keypad
• sound auditioning via velocity sensitive Preview button on front panel
• Expanded Dynamic Articulation : Modulates tone and pitch
• Power: 9V AC external transformer, UL and CSA approved
• Dimensions: 19"W x 1-3/4"H x 6"D
• Weight: 5 lbs.

Alesis DM5 18-bit Drum Module

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Alesis DM5

Posted by Guitarman 90 from Aiken, SC on Sep 28, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Musician, Recording, Live Sound

Reviewer's Play Style: Everything

the Alesis DM5 is an awesome module, for the price. For ab 5 months i have had my eye on the reviews and the ratings and i decided one day that ill give it a shot. So, after i bought this back in June, Ive had no problems, and no screw ups. What really made me happy ab the unit is that i can mix my own presets. There are several things i wish the module had such as FX, and maybe choke FX for the cymbals, but im not complaining about anything. Im very happy with my unit and w my kit. I play it about 1 -2 hours a day. If you arent sure, i would recommend it. Its a great practice kit, prolly not ideal for big, live show, but for cheap recordings and practice, this is the answer.

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Good practice Kit

Posted by Rick from CA on Nov 6, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Part Time Player

Reviewer's Play Style: Varied

This is a solid kit for practice. Ghost notes are non-existent. None Dual zone. If your technique is above average and you're looking for dynamics, then this is not the kit for you. Also, no input to use for Ipod or other musical device.

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Good start

Posted by Electrostatic from Tilghman on Jul 6, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Drummer/Recording Engineer

Reviewer's Play Style: Various

I've had maine for over 10 years. I used it to trigger acoustic drums. I used Ddrum pro triggers with the DM5. Works great with remo muffle rings. Great for straight rock songs or disco/techno stuff. But if you are a dynamic drummer looking to get into electronics go for a td-20 or even the out dated td-10 drumset.

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limited....

Posted by Anonymous Musician from New York on Jun 20, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: musician

Reviewer's Play Style: everything

Limited polophony killed it...just not near what I expected. Poor hi-hat controller. Not enough wire on the bundle to be usefull without stressing the snake. Rack is tough though...pads are a real pain in the you know what to adjust. Limited adjustability. No flex springs to absorb shock on the cymbal pads. Worth less than half what I paid... real dissapointment.

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Good drum module for the money

Posted by statiusdrums from Los Angeles on Jun 18, 2008

Experience w/product: I have heard about it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician

Reviewer's Play Style: power metal, thrash metal

This module comes down to the saying you get what you pay for. Not that this is a bad thing. This module offers some cool sounds but it is also kind of limited. Not much room to tweak the sounds but it does the job well for. For metal and fast music the sounds work fine and within the first few days of use it increased my bass drum speed by a good amount. I am using this module with ddrum pro triggers on my kick and snare the only trouble i have had is with the toms but this is not the modules fault. so in conclusion go get one.

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