Alesis Drums NITRO MAX - (4.0) Advanced Functions; (4.1) Adjusting Utility Settings

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(4.0) Advanced Functions

(4.1) Adjusting Utility Settings

The Utility menu lets you further customize your pad settings and adjust the

module's MIDI settings.

o adjust the Utility settings:

1. Press the M

ode button so that Normal Mode (Kit, Voice, Song) is active.

2. Hit the pad whose settings you want to adjust.

3. Press the Utility button repeatedly until the desired setting appears on the

display:

• SEN (Pad sensitivity): Controls how responsive a pad is when you hit it. The

higher the value, the less forcefully you need to play to generate a loud hit.

• T

HR (Pad threshold): Controls how forcefully you have to hit the pad to

generate a sound. The higher the value, the harder you have to hit it.

• C

RO (Pad crosstalk): Crosstalk is the unintentional triggering of a pad when

an adjacent pad is hit. The higher the value, the less likely the pad will be

triggered by crosstalk.

• C

UR (Pad velocity curve): Controls the pad's dynamic response relative to

the force (velocity) of your hit. The curves are shown in the (

5.0) Appendix

section.

• R

-S (Pad rim sensitivity): Controls how responsive a pad's rim is when you

hit it.

• S

-S (Hi-Hat "splash" sensitivity): Controls how responsive the hi-hat "splash"

eect is when you hit the pedal. To create this sound, tap your foot on the

pedal but lift it up immediately instead of leaving your foot down.

• L

OC (Local Mode): See (4.4) MIDI Settings for more information.

• G

M (General MIDI Mode): See (4.4) MIDI Settings for more information.

4. Use the –

and + buttons to adjust the value.

o save the settings, press Save. Otherwise, they will return to their default settings

when you power the module o.