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Alesis DM5PROKIT Pro Electronic Drum Kit *

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★★★★☆

3.9

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★★★★☆

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The Alesis DM5 Pro Kit is a high?quality, low?cost solution for a complete electronic drum kit, with professional sound and familiar, comfortable playability. Featuring quick setup and easy portability, combined with the DM5's versatile sound selection, drummers can practice quietly with headphones or get as loud as they need on?stage. Considering its portability and power, the DM5 functions equally well for recording or performing.

Alesis Professional DM5 module containing 540 sounds and 21 programmable drum sets recorded in 48kHz, true stereo, with ambient effects in a 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 trigger
5 Piece velocity sensitive pad drum kit (5 drum pads) snare, 3 toms, kick, (3 cymbal pads) ride,crash and hi?hat
Professional quality hardware with real drum shells, firm grip hardware mounts and heavy?duty Hi?hat control pedal
All sounds recorded in true stereo at 48 kHz with ambient effects
Random sample feature brings new life to static tracks by realistically varying the sound of the drum as it is played
All necessary interconnect cables included

DM5 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: 9 VAC external transformer, UL and CSA approved
Dimensions: (WxHxD) 19"x1.75"x6"
Weight: 4.5 lbs.

Warranty:
One year.

Specification	Description
Model	ADM5PROKT, DM5PROKIT
UPC	694318011539
Audio Connections	Stereo 1/4
Dimensions	20x45.5x20
Effects	Yes
Memory	21 Memory locations w/defaults permanently stored in ROM
MIDI	Yes
Model	DM5 Pro Kit
Number of Pads	8
Other Features	Expanded Dynamic Articulation?: Modulates tone and pitch, Random sample feature
Pad Type	other
Polyphony (Voices)	16 Voices
Product Weight	65
Series	N/A
Tones/Patches	540 Individual Sounds with 21 Kits

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★★★★★

5.0

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"I use this product in a Club every night. It's basically good for Accompaniment and Soundtracks. Plus you can Simultaneously play along with a DJ...." Read Full Review »

Oct 24, 2009 by King David

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Thanks For Calling Alesis

"First off don't waste your time trying to contact alesis the techs don't even know what your talking about when you describe it to them And once they do its your fault. The cymbal broke on me in the first month and they wanted [$] to fix it still in warranty so I opened it up and soldered the loose wire myself, Next the sound quality on this kit isn't very good you have to play your heart out to sound somewhat d..." Read Full Review »

May 04, 2009 by Crtn

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"I use this product in a Club every night. It's basically good for Accompaniment and Soundtracks. Plus you can Simultaneously play along with a DJ. "

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3.0

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Alesis DM5PROKIT Pro Electronic Drum Kit * Review

Best kit for the money...

★★★★☆

4.0

"I needed a kit that was versatile, affordable and that allowed me to practice quietly. The DM5 Pro fits the bills for these needs.

The gear is all rugged in appearance and feel, and the module itself is great. The trigger pads are much closer to real heads than the hard rubber ones. They fee …" Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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Mar 29 2008

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2.0

"I have had this set for about 4 months. Most reviews are written after playing first few days.

I am on my 2nd module - both of them froze up, lots of times (every 5 minutes!), and you had to turn off and back on to get it back working. The heads are real cheap. They dent if you lay into them, and …" Read Full Review »

Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend

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Sep 27 2008

billy bongo

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Great Kit for a Great Price

★★★★☆

4.0

"We bought this set for our church as the main auditorium only seats 115. The first week we used it it was a hit. The sounds are realistic. The ability to set up the exact kit you want is great. It may take a little time to get things just right...but once that is done it's a blast to play. The …" Read Full Review »

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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