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Anonymous Posted on Mar 09, 2011

I'm trying to use the pads of my Yamaha DTXplorer drum kit as triggers for the sounds stored on my Alesis SR-18 drum machine. I have seen that Alesis markets a trigger module of their own which they recommend using to connect the SR-18 with an electronic drum kit, but I thought as I already have the DTXplorer module I might as well use that and save the money. So far I have tried connecting my SR-18 using the MIDI OUT on the DTXplorer and MIDI IN on the SR-18. This worked great while I played the Hi-Hat, 1st Tom, 2nd Tom, Crash and Ride cymbals. However the Snare, Kick and 3rd Tom trigger no sound at all when struck. I thought perhaps it's because a MIDI cable only has 5 pins so it only allows 5 sounds to be triggered by the pads ( If this is rediculous it's because I'm an enthusiastic novice learning as I go :) ). I will be grateful for any help that someone can offer me.

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You need to determine what midi note the DTXplorer is using for the snare, kick and 3rd tom, and set the SR-18 accordingly, or vica-versa. the midi notes for each instrument has to be the same.

if you cannot change the midi note in either unit to make them correspond, you can download a "midi mapper" program (i think e-drum might be one), there is freeware available if you search CNet. with a midi mapper program, you would have to get a midi/usb adapter for your computer and rouite the midi signal through a computer. midi mapping software allows you to change the midi note, when the hardware itself is incapable of doing so.

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