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Sir Dingo · 17th April 2004

I'm wanting to play electronic drum pads with live drum samples rather than simply programming, to get the feel of a real drummer, but I've struck a problem...

I've hooked up my drum pads to my Alesisi D4 - works great - but the D4 internal sounds aren't so great, so...

I connected the MIDI out of the D4 to my EMU sampler hoping that I could use the drum pads via the D4 to trigger some great drum samples I've got in the EMU sampler, but....

when I hit the drum pads, it only triggers the first part of the sample for a mini millisecond (as long as the duration of the hit on the pads).

What am I doing wrong? Some of the samples are 0.5 secs or longer with room ambience, etc.

Anyone please help!!

17th April 2004	#1
Sir Dingo Gear Head Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 74 Thread Starter	Playing "live" drums - Alesis D4/Sampler? I'm wanting to play electronic drum pads with live drum samples rather than simply programming, to get the feel of a real drummer, but I've struck a problem... I've hooked up my drum pads to my Alesisi D4 - works great - but the D4 internal sounds aren't so great, so... I connected the MIDI out of the D4 to my EMU sampler hoping that I could use the drum pads via the D4 to trigger some great drum samples I've got in the EMU sampler, but.... when I hit the drum pads, it only triggers the first part of the sample for a mini millisecond (as long as the duration of the hit on the pads). What am I doing wrong? Some of the samples are 0.5 secs or longer with room ambience, etc. Anyone please help!!