3:41 Thank you so much for making and uploading this video. When I opened up my Alesis Surge 10” Snare Pad the wire looked like it had been clean cut and I was thinking to myself that there was no way that could happen from natural playing, but sure enough as soon as I soldered the black and red wires together the snare started working again!
Mine doesn't quite look like that. I can't see anything loose, but it's def. the middle trigger that makes the rim and snare go at the same time. I've sent Alesis a request for a new snare (still under warranty).
About that "volume knob thing." The Alesis mesh drum heads includes an added physical knob to adjust the sensitivity of the piezo pickups inside of the head. The knob adjusts how much the DM10 module will respond to the inner vs. outer pickups inside of the head.
Thank you for this video. I have DM10 pro, and the same shit is inside. Two dead pads, going to repair with your guidance ;) I only did not catch how have you fixed these broken tiny plastic bridges. Thank you
Hi, I have the same problem with my Alesi pad, the wire is cut very close the sensor. Do you solder the wire directly on the sensor or did you put some special soldering pate or did you solder directly with tin ?
The outer brass ring is easy to solder/resolder, just use below 650 F temperature. The center silverish disk is harder, I try to leave the piece of original wire soldered and make extension for it, but if you careful, you can resolder a new wire too, the pain is epoxy compound that covers joints, heat and careful removal!
The red wire on the middle sensor has come clean off for me, but it's come off where the connection on the sensor is. It's stuck under all the adhesive, should I try to remove the adhesive with a scalpel or?
Same issues with mine. Now the crash!! Such cheap pieces of crap. SERIOUSLY....it wouldn't cost much to some better quality materials and just omprove the design. I mean....how long have Alesis been making a these for!?
I’ve been playing for hours a day for years on my dm10. I’ve only had to do this repair once. That’s pretty darn good. Even my sonar acoustic kit has had a head failure in that time. Maintenance and repair is a fact of anything you own.
