Is Alesis compatible with Roland?

It should work fine. Mostly the compatibility issues between Alesis and Roland are all tied up in 3 zone cymbals because the Medelli rebrands use a single cable and the Roland style uses 2 cables. For 2 zone cymbals and 2 zone drum pads, you shouldn’t have any issues with everything being pretty much interchangeable.

Are electric drum parts interchangeable?

Re: Electronic drums pads – Are they interchangeable between brands? Yes.

What is a bass drum trigger?

In drumming, a trigger is an electronic transducer that can be attached to a drum, cymbal or other instrument to enable it to control an electronic drum unit or similar device. Drum triggers gained great attention in the beginning of the 1990s, being extensively used on bass drums in heavy metal music.

Can you upgrade an electronic drum kit?

Upgrade your drum module The most obvious way to upgrade an electronic kit isn’t necessarily to change the hardware or the pads as those are simply the medium to create the sounds. Instead, you should look to upgrade the ‘brain’ or the actual source of those sounds which is called the Module.

Can you add cymbals to Alesis surge?

Here’s the fastest and best way to get there: Add another Alesis 10in Cymbal to your Surge Kit or any other 1 1/2 diameter drum rack with our Alesis Surge Cymbal Expansion Package and enjoy a wider range of sounds from your module. It delivers a great response and feel for a natural drumming experience.

What is a Tom trigger?

A snare drum trigger, for example, will often have two channels, one each for the rim and head, while a tom-tom drum trigger usually needs to only register strokes to the drum head. Drum triggers gained great attention in the beginning of the 1990s, being extensively used on bass drums in heavy metal music.

Are drum triggers cheating?

No, using triggers isn’t cheating. As you can see, every performance on every instrument is transmitted from someplace to someplace else, and in the process is amplified, changed, manipulated, and generally not the sound that you yourself made.

Can you change drum module?