Alesis USB Pro Kit Drumset with SURGE Cymbals
Product Features
- Five-piece electronic drumset: kick, snare, three toms, SURGE Hi-Hat, Crash, and dual-zone Ride Cymbals
- 8" drum pads with tunable mylar drumheads for customizable feel
- Interface accommodates up to 10 inputs including continuous control hi-hat
- Brass-alloy SURGE cymbals are real cymbals with triggering
- Includes BFD Lite virtual drum-module with sound library
Product Description
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Designed for USB/MIDI performance with your Mac, PC, or other MIDI device, the Alesis USB Pro Drum Kit features dual-zone RealHead drum pads, genuine alloy SURGE Cymbals, and a compact, studio-friendly StealthRack drum rack. The true touch of real, tunable, mylar drum heads, combined with the natural feel of brass-alloy SURGE Cymbals creates an acoustic-feeling, great-sounding drumming experience. It also includes the Alesis Trigger I/O, which enables you to connect the Pro Kit to a wide range of MIDI sound sources. Use up to ten trigger inputs to play traditional MIDI devices like drum machines, sound modules and synthesizers, or connect the USB output directly to your computer to play software drum modules or lay down tracks in your favorite MIDI sequencer application.
Key Features
- Five-piece electronic drum set with USB/MIDI computer interface
- RealHead drum pads feature genuine 8-inch mylar drum heads for customizable feel
- Alloy SURGE cymbals with built-in triggers for serious acoustic-cymbal feel
- SURGE Cymbals feature sound-dampening underside coating to cut their acoustic sound
- Dual-zone snare and tom pads for a wide palette of sounds from a standard setup
- Ultra-fast triggering with software sequencers, recording software, and MIDI hardware
- 10 TRS inputs
for kit expansion with additional pads, cymbals, and acoustic drum triggers
USB/MIDI For Hardware And Software
Just plug the kit's Trigger I/O interface into your Mac or PC's USB port, load up your sequencing, recording, or virtual instrument software, and you're ready to play. Because the USB Pro Drum Kit is MIDI compatible, you can track a performance, and then go back afterward and tweak your sounds. And it opens up a new world of software including BFD, Toontrack, and Reason to drummers and producers looking for realistic drum performances.
Advanced Drum Pads
The USB Pro Drum Kit's acoustic-feeling RealHead drum pads are built around 8-inch mylar drumheads and acoustic-dampening foam for quiet response. The snare and tom pads are dual-zone, enabling rimshot or rim-click sounds on the snare and additional sounds such as wind chimes, cymbals, gongs, and cowbells on the tom rims. The heads are tunable with a standard drum key for adjustable tension and feel. The triple-flanged counterhoops are covered in removable, sound-reducing rubber sleeves, which further cut acoustic noise.
The USB Pro Drum Kit includes a self-standing RealHead Kick Pad with stand, to which any model of single or double-bass-drum pedal can be attached. The kick pad also features a tunable, 8-inch mylar playing surface.
Cymbals With Built-In Triggers
The best choice in electronic cymbals, the Pro Kit includes the following SURGE cymbals: a 12-inch SURGE Hi-Hat, a 13-inch SURGE Crash with choke, and a 16-inch SURGE dual-zone Ride Cymbal with choke. Comprised of a genuine alloy cymbal coated with a clear sound-dampening layer, SURGE Cymbals feel like acoustic cymbals because they begin life as just that. The Crash and Ride cymbals feature large choke strips on the undersides for even more attention to accurate cymbal control. The SURGE Ride also features multiple-zone triggering on the bell, face and edge. The SURGE Hi-Hat Cymbal offers continuously variable control using the included pedal.
StealthRack and Hardware
The fully adjustable, compact StealthRack is built of 1-1/2-inch metal tubing, which is standard throughout the drum industry. It's easy to expand the USB Pro Drum Kit with any manufacturer's clamps and mounts. All necessary clamps, professional 1/4-inch cables, and mounting hardware are included. All clamps adjust with the included drum key. Pad-mounting L-arms feature non-round arms to eliminate slippage from playing. All of the hardware on the USB Pro Drum Kit is designed for sure grip and extensive adjustability.
What's in the Box
- (4) RealHead 8-inch Dual-Zone Pads
- RealHead Kick Pad with stand, for use with single or double kick pedals, sold separately
- RealHat Pedal hi-hat continuous controller
- SURGE 12-inch Hi-Hat Cymbal
- SURGE 13-inch Crash Cymbal
- SURGE 16-inch Ride Cymbal
- StealthRack black drum rack, complete with all mounts and cables
- Trigger I/O trigger-to-MIDI USB interface
- Software CD
- USB cable
- Quick start guide
Product Description
Computer, meet drums. USB Pro Drum Kit is the world's first drum set designed to use your Mac or PC as the sound module. Your computer has more processing power than any hardware drum module, and USB Pro Drum Kit makes harnessing that power easy. The true touch of real, tunable, mylar drum heads, combined with the natural feel of brass-alloy SURGE Cymbals creates an acoustic-feeling, great-sounding drumming experience.