Photo: Mike CameronThe Alesis Control Pad is a compact and affordable MIDI and USB percussion controller, equipped with eight velocity-sensitive pads plus sockets for connecting up to four additional trigger devices. Here is the software manual, SDMP1 Software Supplement Guide.If you enjoy hitting things with sticks but balk at the cost of percussion controllers, this no-nonsense device could be just what you've been waiting for. And here is a link to the PC interface software for the SDMP1, SDMP1 Software.
Here is the link to the expanded manual SDMP1 Advanced Manual. The one draw back is the SDMP1 is a little more expensive than the Alesis Control Pad (SDMP1 $250.00 vs Control Pad $159.00), but it can do a lot more. What this means is, no midi merger box is need when using the SDMP1. In addition, the midi out jack has midi thru support (which needs to be turned on inside the SDMP1). Now (meaning this morning), I have had the time to look over the new manual and found that the trigger pads of the SDMP1 can have the midi notes assigned to each one of the pads (I did not know this at the time I tried it out). Simmons has just put up on there site a more complete manual for the SDMP1, which was lacking at the time I tried it out. I found that the rubber used on the SDMP1 feels better than the Alesis Control/Performance Pads and the SDMP1 comes standard with ten pads instead of Alesis's eight pads. This prompted the "Midi Merger" box to be added to the diagram above (a few posts up).Ī few weeks back I had a chance to play around with the Simmons SDMP1 at the store.
It has also come to our attention that the Control Pad does not have "Midi Thru". Many of you know that the Control Pad is getting harder to find (for what ever reason).
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