ALESIS STRIKE PRO SE ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT PRO

Beginning with the Strike Pro SE, Alesis switched to white mesh heads. The Strike and Strike Pro kits used black mesh heads. All Mesh Heads on the Strike SeriesĪll of the drums come with mesh pads on the Strike Kits. The Alesis Strike module has individual inputs which eliminates the frustration fo the cable snake. For a home drummer though the snake cable could be seen as convenient though as it keeps everything in one nice bundle. Overall the main reason why avid drummers hate snake cables is due to the necessity to replace the entire snake cable if one of the inputs is bad. One major win is that there is no dreaded snake cable. It makes use of a 1/8 inch steel auxiliary input for connecting headphones in addition to two 1/4” main outs to connect to an external PA system and another 1/4” stereo out for headphones as well. It also provides USB and MIDI connections to allow you to connect to virtual instruments. You will also get an 8GB SD card that you can load your samples and sounds onto. It makes it a little more intuitive to move around in it than many of the other modules on the market.

The module is visually appealing as well with a great 4.3” color display. It has a drag and drop interface that you can use to create your own layered sounds and create your own custom kits. There is still so much to like about this drum module though. I mean, that puts the sound up there with the top echelons of electronic drum sets.Īs good as the sound is it does have higher latency than Roland so the response time will not be quite as good. They are so good in fact that Justin from 65 Drums goes so far as to say they are some of the best sounding kits in the industry. There are several though that are all the way on the other end of the spectrum. Of the 110 drum kits to choose from, some are really bad. This part is really important because the multi-sampled sounds make it sound much more realistic. It has 110 kits to choose from with over 1,600 multi-sampled sounds. The Strike Module does a lot of things really well, but does have a few drawbacks.

Alesis Strike Pro ModuleĪll three versions of the Strike Kits come with the same module. My recommendation is that for the extra $600 it is worth it to move up to the Alesis Strike Pro SE to avoid these quality issues. It has an all new hi hat, thicker trigger plates, and has corrected many of the issues from the other two versions. In effort to fix the issues Alesis has released the Strike Pro SE. Most of these problems relate to the hi hats and drum tiggers. You will read about quality issues from Alesis electronic drums all over drum forums.

ALESIS STRIKE PRO SE ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT HOW TO

Here is a video showing how to do it.Īll of these problems really gave Alesis a black eye. A hack to extend the life of the trigger plates was to apply some packing tape. There were major issues with the hi hat controller, and the piezo trigger plates in the drum pads were prone to breaking. When you hear of quality issues and problems with Alesis drums there is a very good chance that it was from these initial sets. Other than that, they are basically the exact same set.

ALESIS STRIKE PRO SE ELECTRONIC DRUM KIT SERIES

The Pro series has two extra crash cymbals and one extra floor tom. The main differences were the number of pads and cymbals. The Alesis Strike Kit and the Alesis Strike Pro Kit were basically the same exact drum set. Why would Alesis put out 3 electronic drum sets with such similar names and cause so much confusion! Well, as the saying goes done is better than perfect, unfortunately for Alesis this strategy backfired in a big way. There is the Alesis Strike, The Alesis Strike Pro, and the Alesis Strike Pro SE or Special Edition. There are basically 3 Alesis drum sets under this banner.

Alesis strike pro se electronic drum kit