E-Drums presets: Alesis

Download the preset from the list which is named as your drum set or a model which comes closest to yours.

After saving the preset file to the correct folder, go to the settings page of the drum plugin and click on the LOAD button on the top right and select the previously saved preset file.

The presets are suitable for the factory settings of the drum modules. So if you or the pre-owner made any changes to the MIDI mapping of your module, the preset from this website may not work properly. In this case you'd need to factory reset your drum module to work properly with our preset. Before, make sure to backup any important user data you might have on your module.

There is a small chance that the provided preset might still have little errors. We are still in the process of building up the list of presets, so feel free to submit your corrected version of the preset by using the form at the bottom of this page.

If your model is not on the list, try a preset of a model which comes closest to yours. If you found one, read the instruction above about "how to use a preset". If the preset doesn't fit properly or there isn't even a similar preset available, read the article below to see how to create your own preset file.

Click on the colored phrases to show helpful screenshots.

if you or the pre-owner of your module made any changes to the MIDI mapping, it is recommended to factory reset your drum module before starting to create your own preset. Before, make sure to backup any important user data you might have on your module.

If you enable the MIDI LEARN option, you can simply select a field and then just hit the corresponding drum on your kit to automatically assign the sent note to that selected field.

if you want to start completely from scratch, you can first clear all fields with the CLEAR button on the top right. (You can undo this by simply clicking on CANCEL, if you want to bring back the previous state.)

Just set all notes in the MAIN column to the original mapping of your drum module.

If your module and your pads support multiple zones, (which this plugin doesn't support), you can assign the notes of those zones to the fields in the ALT columns. For instance: If your Crash cymbal sends different notes for Bow and Edge (which, again, our plugin currently doesn't support), you can put the Edge note into the MAIN column and the Bow note into the ALT1 column of the same Crash instrument. Then you will get the same sound for both zones, but after all this is better than getting no sound at all from the non-supported Bow-zone.

For setting up the Hi-Hat, first set the fields to exactly the notes which are being shown here.

Then, only if you are using a drum module by Roland, switch to the E-DRUMS section and set the LIMIT for CLOSED to the value 90. For any other brand, just leave it to 127.

Choking: If you are lucky, your drum module is sending so called PolyPressure messages for choking. In that case you don't have to change anything in the CHOKE section and it should work right away. However, if your module is sending individual normal MIDI notes for each choked cymbal, you have to assign those notes to these fields. The MIDI LEARN feature might be helpful for this again.

Btw, the Crash R choked instrument on the mapping page is not relevant for E-Drums, but only for manual MIDI drum pogramming.

If you get any conflicts after you try to save or confirm your settings, just set the fields of the instruments you don't need to any unused MIDI note, even if you don't have these instruments on your E-Drum set. However, only the fields in the MAIN column all have to be assigned to a note, whereas the fields in both ALT columns can be left empty, if not needed.

After the MIDI mapping is set up, click the SAVE button in the top right to save the preset with the file extension .PDKmap

The default path for preset files is:

Documents\MANDA_AUDIO\MT-PowerDrumKit\Presets\MIDI_Mapping\