Pro-drum sound and revolutionary cymbals.

The Alesis DM5 Pro Kit with Surge Cymbals is a premium-quality electronic drum kit with revolutionary cymbals. The kit delivers pro drum sound and familiar, comfortable playability thanks to durable, real drum heads and an amazing cymbal design.

The Surge Cymbals include a 12" Surge hi-hat, 13" Surge crash, and a 16" Surge dual-zone ride to deliver crisp, accurate response with remarkable realism. They feature a custom brass-alloy with a special, clear dampening layer to merge the look and feel of real cymbals with the flexibility of electronic cymbals.

Drummers can practice quietly with headphones or get as loud as they need onstage by connecting an amplifier and monitors. The DM5 Pro Kit with Surge Cymbals is ideal for recordings or live gigs.

The DM5 Pro Kit features a self-contained, electronic drum set that includes a sturdy kick and a heavy-duty hi-hat footpedal, snare, kick drum, three toms with Surge ride, Surge crash, and Surge hi-hat cymbals, plus a rack.

The heart of this drum kit is the rack-mounted, programmable DM5 sound module with 540 percussion sounds and 21 preprogrammed drum/percussion sets. Alesis' proprietary Dynamic Articulation feature powers the DM5 Pro Kit's drum sounds to respond instantly to the force with which a pad is struck, for the most realistic and accurate playback possible.

Experience the finest in professional electronic percussion-the Alesis DM5 Pro drum kit with Surge Cymbals.

Alesis DM5 Pro Electronic Drum Set with Surge Cymbals Features:

• Complete 5-piece electronic drum set: dual-zone snare, bass drum pad/stand, 3 tom pads, with 12" Surge electronic hi-hat, 13" Surge crash, and 16" Surge ride cymbal
• Accurate expression with real cymbal look and feel
  
  Alesis Professional DM5 module containing:
• 540 sounds
• 21 programmable drum sets recorded in 48kHz, true stereo, with ambient effects
• Single rack space module
• Dynamic Articulation feature allows drum sounds to change volume, tone, and pitch depending on how hard they're hit-just like real drums
• Ultra fast trigger to MIDI converter with 12 trigger inputs, 5 programmable parameters for each

Great-feeling pads and great sounds. What more do you need? Order today.

Alesis DM5 Pro Electronic Drum Set with Surge Cymbals 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 with 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: 9 VAC external transformer, UL and CSA approved
• Dimensions: 9" W x 1-3/4" H x 6" D
• Weight: 4.5 lbs.

Alesis DM5 Pro Electronic Drum Set with Surge Cymbals

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Great set for serious playing

Posted by Greatsound2000 from mexico on Oct 24, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Producer/musician

Reviewer's Play Style: All

This is a great set I have been playing for fairly good time now, and it seems to last great with hard hitting double bass pedal, I have recorded with it and the sound is really great, awsome!!! sounds fantastic and it is fairly quit for practicing compared to normal acoustic sets, and something that was a turnoff with other sets and brands was that they didnt have true realistic sounds, and this one you can be positive you will have great sounding very real drum sounds, and you also have imitated effects sounds

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Great for the price, excellent midi controller

Posted by Jaxum Records from Philadelphia, PA on Oct 19, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Producer

Reviewer's Play Style: Everything

This set is well built. The DM5 module may be dated, I would not personally use them for recording. If you buy the set, you need to perform the DM5 update on the Alesis website. I like the feel of the drums and surge cymbals. I prefer these over the mesh heads of the Roland.

I use this set primarily for practice and as a midi controller for my production.

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Pleasantly surprised by trial!

Posted by Shoppaholic2259 from Montreal, Qc on Dec 7, 2008

Experience w/product: I have used it

Reviewer's Background: Serious Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Alternative, Blues, Punk

After hearing from this company from friends who said that they make a controller for one of those games that are taking over the world, I kind of thought they would be cheap.

I spent most of the afternoon today at the local music store trying a set of these out and it was awesome! The cymbals feel so real! (I own real drums and the feel of electronic drums in comparison was always a turn off for me)

The pads felt quite good to hit on too, not so much like drumming on a chunk of plastic as I remember from the last time I considered electronic drums.

The whole set felt solid and was very enjoyable to play.

The only drawback is that the basedrum pedal doesn't seem to be included...

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New DM-5 Kit with Surge Cymbals

Posted by Hayasa from Washington, DC on Oct 3, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyest

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock

I really like this setup, especially for the money. Really hard to beat (no pun intended). The drums are pretty good and respond well, and being able to change the heads out is good for longevity and for changing the feel of playing. The Surge cymbols are fantastic, and are much better than flappy rubber. They are still fairly loud though (clanking sound) so don't plan on being very quiet. The strike area is a bit small, too, so you need to aim every hit or it won't trigger at all. The DM-5 brain is very good with hundreds of sounds from instruments I've never heard of. However, having only 21 sets built in is kind of lame. I'll be changing them up and saving my own kits ASAP. Hardware wise...this is where they saved money. The rack is kind of cheap and difficult to properly align, and the hh pedal is crap. It keeps sticking and is very cheaply made. I just bought a Roland pedal to replace it. My only other criticism was that the instructions for properly wiring the drums and cymbals into the brain were totally wrong. It took me a good half hour of randomly plugging and unplugging cables into the back of the brain ad striking various pads before it could get the proper sounds.

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