I took my dual zone snare an swapped it with the 2nd tom. Now I can use the rim of the Tom for a ride, while still having the three toms. This may be an alternative option for people who want a five piece and three cymbals!
@@Swayze1997 i don't have this kit anymore, but I'm pretty sure you plug the Tom cable into the dual zone pad (the one that was the snare but is now the tom) and put the snare cord into the one that was your Tom but is now your snare. If that doesn't work, then just keep the cords the same, swap the Tom and snare, and just swap the sounds in the settings. I know you can change the rim sound independently from the normal head, so either option should work. Hope that helps!
I just bought my first e-kit, something I once SWORE I would never do!! I've played for 40+ years, all acoustic but NOW I have an upstairs neighbor who never leaves home. I haven't been able to play since the virus came to town. Not playing has been an unusual kind of anguish. I'm overjoyed to have found the Alesis Nitro Mesh AND your videos. It feels SOOOOO good to be able to rock-out and bother NO ONE! Love the vids and all the info. Keep it up. Thanks MkK
Thinking about buying a kit so people can come over and play drums while I play guitar in my apartment. Alesis should be paying you because your videos have truly convinced me to buy this set haha. Great videos, great drumming, and great personality. Thank you for your work.
Great video. Also, thanks for the link to the sound list. That other manual is light years better than the one Alesis provides. That's the way the Alesis manual should have been designed.
Great video, I even let all the adds run and I've never done that. I did a floating riser just to protect my flooring so I bought a discounted box of laminate hardwood with the foam backing attached. The stuff snaps together so they require no power tools just a hammer and cheap installation tool (Plastic Block) you can get at any home depot or lowes the planks come in a box, are just shy of four feet 47.5 inches and only 10mm thick, just snap together until you have enough to cover your kits footprint. If you find damaged or otherwise discounted or discontinued material you can get a really good deal. I don't know how well the foam backed planks will dampen the vibration transfer for the people downstairs but it can be a cheap and very easy solution for people with no tools to isolate their new kit from the floor of the home they love or the rental they wish not to damage.
I just got this kit this weekend second hand and I’m really happy with it but I’m glad to hear I’m not crazy when I thought the hats were stupid loud. Very helpful thanks
Thank you for posting the video and giving your thoughts around the nitro mesh. I have been playing drums on and off for the last 15 years and given my current living situation I cannot play my acoustic drums. Been a year since I even picked up a stick. Needles to say, this has inspired me to research the electronic drum space further. Funny enough I stumbled across your Damon Che documentary and been poking through your content and found this- loving all of it! Keep it up :D
Well, I purchased the Alesis Nitro Mesh Kit a month ago and I absolutely love it!!! For the money, itZ probably one of the best kitZ you can buy. However, Alesis' owners manual iZ definitely NOT informative at all. I had no idea what this kit can do. Your video iZ definitely the best one regarding the Alesis Nitro Mesh Kit. After watching your video, I waZ able to customize some of the user kitZ. ThankZ so much for posting this video... you really opened my eyes aZ to what my kit can do! You definitely earned a Like and a Subscriber 😉☕🥁🥁🥁
Just finished watching your video and I appreciate your input. It was also good to know what sounds van be obtained and how to change them, if so desired. I have to say I was a bit disappointed to find that your link to a list of the sound banks did not work. That would be super helpful to have. Lastly, toward the end of your video, I couldn't help but notice that you started to sound like Andy Rooney, a commentator whom I've always enjoyed for his frankness and don't care attitude. Thanks for your input and for sharing your knowledge. Great idea for the floor "muffler" by the way.
Electronicsness is a word. I picked up your drift, tho. Best comprehensive look at this kit I've seen. My kit arrives tomorrow,! I record to a 32 track digital studio, and this will make tracking so much easier. Your playing is great which prompts me to check your songs. Thanks
Since I already have a bunch of drum libraries like Battery 4 and others, instead of messing with the internal sounds, I'll apply this info when assigning sounds through midi. Very useful information, thanks for sharing the manual as well, I'm going to print it and place it somewhere nearby for reference.
Great video, thanks! Agree best video on this kit I have seen! Just bought this for my son - his first set and he going to be learning to play. This will be a great video for him to learn to configure his new set! Much appreciated!
I've started watching your Channel and have enjoyed your videos, hands down you're the best one I've seen for your knowledge on this drum kit this one taught me so much you have many gifts and you're a awesome drummer I look forward to more of your videos keep up the great work my humble friend
Excellent video. I've watch a few of these and found them very helpful. I am new to drunning and the Alesis Nitro is my first kiit. These have all been very informative. I am going to try to replicate some of what you did to get the drums to sound like they should. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
Hey I'm new to drumming and just got this same kit too (actually will get it delivered in another 3-4 days). Could you recommend any resources you used to learn? So far I know of drumeo and this channel has some videos too I think.
This is far and away the best video for this kit. Aside from habing to raise the height of the kit..this is really a solid kit for the money. Im gonna buy a better snare because this one doesnt have great velocity capture, ghost notes are like barely there it is like all attack on these pads. But seriously great video! I also use the left rack tom as a ride..i extend it out to make it feel closer to an acoustic kit vibe, but i never tried new pitches. You just opened up my afternoon! Thanks brother.
I also recommend going down and just having a chat with them. Exchange numbers and see if they can give you their schedule so you can try to play more when they're not around.
I think i'd try Squash Balls ..i've used them in the past by cutting them in half and putting them under my centre AV speaker and rear bookshelf speakers . They do a great job .
Hi Justin. Just got this set. Am struggling with the high hat! And yes, the damn hi hat and bass pedals are driving me nuts. Will have to to try this sound isolation idea!!
Hey Demonic Sweaters! I wanted to come by and thank you so much for your input on the MIDI issues I was having. I got it figured out for the most part. Some plugins just don't pick up the drums kit at all like expand. Boom picked up every trigger while xpand did not. BUT, I also saw this video and this was SUPER helpful! I think with what you've taught me here as well as what your other videos offer, that may be all I need. I had NO idea that there were that many sounds in the drum! Thank you SOOO much! Keep up the great video. Also you r drum playing was VERY inspiring. You're an excellent drummer!
Hey man, so glad you are taking the time to make this videos. They are so complete and informative. Also, I'd like to make a question and it is if you can configure the set for a left drummer, since I'm left handed, the only thing a I haven't found online is an answer to this question. Keep it up with the great content!
Sure, I don't see why not. You'd just have to reverse the L and R parts of the rack and put the corresponding drums where they need to be. It is more or less a standard drum rack, which can be assembled pretty much any way you like. Good luck with it!
Hey dude. Thanks for posting this video. It was really helpful. I wanted to ask what the measurements of your mat is, because i have the same drum kit as you and i'm gonna get a mat myself so that would be really helpful to know :)
I know this would be alot of work but if you could post just one of ur presets so I can set mine and work from there. Its so hard to figure out without being about to know exactly what to do while not reading it.
is there a way to load sounds that you appreciate? I like the setup you walked us through and would love to just be able to "load" it, sync, upload, whatever the option (if available) might be.
Excellent video! I just picked up this kit about 3 months ago and I am really enjoying playing it and your videos have really helped me explore all the possibilities. My question is I am looking into giving virtual drum lessons using Alesis Nitro and a Chromebook. I have a Simmons drum amp and I could purchase a webcam but I'm afraid that might make too much noise for the neighbors. I wasn't sure whether there is a way I can plug directly into the Chromebook and give lessons over the internet. Anyway thanks for the excellent videos and keep up the great work! And I have to agree with someone else who posted a comment about how terrible the rimshot sound is I totally agree and have changed it!
Glad to be of service! As far as I know chromebooks allow you to use USB audio interfaces such as this one amzn.to/2R6dA74 and you could use that for the audio and the webcam on the Chomebook. I’m not sure what the options are as far as video (if that’s what you were thinking) chat since I haven’t used Chrome OS in a long time. If you wanted to have a mic going at the same time, maybe just get a little mixer with USB like this one. amzn.to/37P08dX
Hi Justin I had the same problem with the sound through my head phones!!! Too quiet!!! So what I did was went straight in to eql and cranked it up and it sounds a way lot louder now hope this helps a lot of people.
Wow it is amazing how much better you made it sound. I know this is an older video but i just ordered the surge mesh se kit do you know if it's different in the settings?
Your set seems so responsive! I guess I need to adjust the sensitivity settings. I bought the kit used for, I think, 65 bucks? I tried making sense of it all without ever referencing the PDF I downloaded and needless to say, it was a mess. I did a factory reset and studied guys who were saying to spread them out as much as possible, especially if you're used to acoustic drums. Turns out the previous owner had modified just about every preset pattern and it was pretty wacky. I never was that great of a drummer in the first place but this was a whole new can of worms, compared to acoustic drums. Actually I've decided to try to unlearn everything I've learned previously, (self taught), and study basic drum techniques. I love jazz drums the best. I figure if you're good at jazz, you could just about do anything. One question. The hi hat seems pretty rudimentary in that it has so few steps between completely open and completely shut. I noticed when I took it apart to clean out dust, that it has only two steps between wide open and completely shut. My question is, does adjusting the sensitivity help create a smoother transition or does that depend on the preset mode you're in? For jazz, obviously, the hu hat needs to be very sensitive and responsive. I just want to be able to keep a beat so that I can record my demos. When the hi hat seems unresponsive it throws me off.
I have some questions... After a year, how are the dryer balls? Did you have to worry about maintenance? What about the wood? Did it break or something?
I would have cut pool noodles down the middle and hot glue them across the whole board. It would probably help with it not being so wobbly. But either way, good job man, On building the riser and the video!
Could you please make a short video on how to adjust the splash on the hi hat? I have gone into the settings, and tried different kits but I can't seem to get it to work. I'm starting to think my hi-hat pedal is malfunctioning? I've tried Alesis support, but haven't received any reply. Forums have also not helped. I've even done a factory reset on the kit. Maybe I'm just missing an obvious step. Thank you for this video. The versatility of this kit is the reason I bought it. Great for beginners through intermediate and up from there.
There's really no adjustment for it. Are you using a replacement hi hat pedal by chance? I've tried other hi hat controllers on the Nitro, and none of them except for the original seem to be capable of making a splash sound.
I've downloaded your lost users manual thanks for that, but since you don't use your ride for a ride you won't be able to get that bell sound which can be achieved by striking the ride with almost the stick striking across the ride
Love all your vids, helping out alot. How loud is your volume knob adjusted? I have my Shure 280's plugged into module but the sound is pretty weak. I'm having to crank it to nearly 3/4 to get a decent volume. Especially when I'm playing along to music from my phone
Hey Justin... Let me tell you why I am contacting you. I just got an Alesis Nitro Mesh Kit and I have been watching all of your videos. THEY HAVE BEEN SOOOO HELPFUL. Thank you. I have been a guitar player my entire life, but at 70 years old I decided that I wanted to try to learn to play the drums. Since I am not really a drummer, I don't have a really good feel for what my kit should really sound like. I would appreciated it if you could tell me what YOU feel are best "sound" numbers to set each drum and cymbal for my kit to have the sound of a simple generic overall drum kit. As if I bought a basic acoustic kit. This would be much appreciated and would help me a lot. Thanks
Thanks, glad you like the videos. I don't have an answer for you though. Just pick what you like. Everyone is different. Some people are fine with the presets.
@@demonicsweaters Thanks for getting back to me so quickly I really appreciate it. I hate the presets. You do one video that your kit kind of sounds like (to my ear) is a standard acoustic kit. That's what I am looking for.... Can you give me THOSE settings. THANKS SO MUCH.
Did you have problems with the headphone volume being super quiet? Even when the volume control is maxed out? I even turned up each individual pad and it’s still to quiet
You can mute your pedals by cutting squash balls in half and hot glueing them to the bottom. Ive done this with mine. Squash balls are better than tennis balls because theyre smaller and theyre rubber so they don't slip. You also have a choice of squishiness.
This is amazing. Thank you. I got the Alesis Nitro Mesh as well to learn drumming, finally! I have 2 questions for you. 1. What's the size of the particle wood? 2. I have carpet flooring. Would this be stable enough to hold it? looking forward to not disturbing my downstairs neighbor :) :)
Demonic Sweaters For my acoustic, yes. My Nitro mesh will be here in a week. It really cuts vibration , grips the hardware and super ends any stand movement. I’ll try will the nitro. For an apartment with people below I might add DOW foam board under it, but I really like it better than any carpet I’ve ever used.
Hi i just got the Alesis Nitro Mesh and its my first electronic kit. I've watched a lot of your videos, but I was wondering if you could do one on how to use the Module ..... I know you have one that is somewhat close to it but for a newbie, I'm lost lol,, I know how to switch sounds but that's all, the manual that comes with it is pretty vague...... if that's all possible i would soooooooo appreciate it. thanks bunches,,,,Oh btw, YOUR ROCK!!!
Thank you, I have a ton of videos on the Nitro already and plenty of videos on using the module. I also have a full manual at my website demonicsweaters.com/2019/06/alesis-nitro-mesh-kit-complete-list-of-drum-sounds-and-missing-manual/. I won't be making any more videos on the Nitro because I'm playing a different kit now.
Hi thanks for the informative video. When your recording the video do u have ear phone jack on the module plugged into your recoding device. When I try to record a drumming session directly off the mic on my phone all it picks up is the sound of hitting a rubber hi hat or ride cymbal. Thanks
Great video's, I am really enjoying your content. What is the size of the Carpet that you have you Nitro Mesh sitting on? It would really help me to see if that kit would sit in my space. I thank you kindly,
