Alesis Strike Pro SE - 6 Months Later

[@madmanRT83]

I've repaired a couple of these cymbals, take it apart, there is a small circuit board in the bell area, you'll find that a little wire comes off due to vibration, re solder , easy fix

[@Nullifer]

Mine have retention clips, I'll be making a follow up video soon enough

[@nocomplainadana]

Ive repaired as well.

[@LuzLaz-x4i]

Yes it's been 6 months by the way.. i believe you play with all your heart.. so it needs to be repaired..

[@lancerains4185]

Get the Roland KD 200 kick drum they also have 22 version get roland cymbals l personally got some lemon cymbals that are awesome for the money...

[@TheGhostNotePodcast]

I’ve had my alesis strike pro for about 6 months as well and I have had none of these problems 😭 I’m sorry you got a lemon kit…. Did you ever try calling alesis about it?

[@Nullifer]

They replaced my hi hat, but I don't think they are interested in helping with the other Issues. So I will have to handyman it

[@TheGhostNotePodcast]

@@Nullifer do you have your cymbals tilted downward? I noticed it looks like you are hitting the cymbals with the tip of the stick on the bow. Maybe if you flatten the cymbals and lower them just a little bit and hit the edge where the trigger is with the shoulder of the stick it might work better.

[@mikey2111]

@@Nullifer you got warranty right? They have no choice let alone them being interested in helping.

[@Nullifer]

@@TheGhostNotePodcast that's just the wide angle and the capture angle, I straightened the more a while back compared to my drum videos.

[@CoyoteOne]

I'd say you're unlucky as my SE for a year and a half has been 100% no issues so far. Absolutely worth the money for what you get.

[@Nullifer]

Awesome so glad you're having no issues with it. If you see my updated video I'm also not really having any issues anymore

[@reezlaw]

I too have had the SE for a year with no issue whatsoever. Could be a bad batch, that's very unlucky but not unheard of with Alesis

[@DAVIDJNUNO]

Same. I've had mine for 2 1/2 years. No issues.

[@sticks2478]

Thank you for this video.. reading the comments so many other people have similar issues. I was just looking at buying one of these. I bought a Roland TD9 ten years ago, have used it heavily and after ten years the only thing that broke was the rubber pad on the bass drum . Easily replaceable. To see these issues after only a year I'll be sticking with Roland

[@Nullifer]

Alesis has a new kit now, I wonder how it is

[@KragonPebble]

Thank you for letting us know, I won't waste my money on this kit.

[@chinowong69]

I have the same issue with the kick drum. For some reason it misses a kick randomly. Specially if you are using double bass pedal. I put the beaters higher and it seemed to help a lot.

[@Nullifer]

I still want to try adding another felt tab to the tip of the trigger and see how that reacts

[@TheCardboardWarlord]

The second my kick missed a beat, I boxed it up and returned it. Felt like a super expensive toy.

[@bobadingo]

Those alisis symbols ARE repairable' you peel the rubber off and make sure the sensor contacts of the edge & bell and Piezo are working correctly if they are then you must shim up the rubber pad using duct tape between plate disk and pad then put the pad back on. Overtime the rubber pad stretches and puts pressure on the sensors and causes it to nullify striking input, essentially muting the input anyway hope that helps some of you out there don't be afraid to take it apart it's super simple and it sticks itself back together.. .

[@MRRVADrums]

I bought one of these kits a month or so ago, with the old bass drum style. I have the issue with the ride and the kick does eat hits the faster I go. I may swap out the kick for a Roland but will look at taking the ride apart and possibly re-saudering the wire to see if that helps. Got an Alesis strike 12 and a powered 18” sub to boot so we’ll see how those sound tomorrow when I get everything hooked up.

[@Nullifer]

Check my video about the kick drum itself. it might help you fix the issue

[@DuckyGuitar]

I just got the kit and observe the same thing with the crashes. I figure it’s some thing that could be turned up a little bit in the settings but I haven’t messed with it yet the kick drum I did fall with extensively trying to get a good tone out of it, along with dynamics and speed, without having missed triggers or erroneous triggers.

[@Nullifer]

try to adjust all thresholds to 15, that should alleviate it slightly atleast. on crashes

[@fsudrummer3640]

The reason why you're only getting the bow sound when hitting the edge is because your bow threshold is set way to low. You can also adjust cross talk setting to help with this issue.

[@Nullifer]

Unfortunately that was not the problem. I had already tried that. Those cymbals were all defective and replaced about 3 months ago now.

[@robertkees6048]

I enjoy playing my set, but because of the same issues I would not play in any kind of public performance. Matter of fact, after about 10 months the bass output died. It took me four months to get Alesis to replace it, and then that one wouldn't power up. Yeah, no shit, I bought a second power cord in case, but it was the sound module AGAIN. After another couple months of effort they finally sent me a third unit and so far it's still performing correctly. But you bet, being on my third unit does not leave me with extreme confidence in the future.

[@Nullifer]

Hope i never have module issues. They were already reluctant to help me with the cymbals. But they did

[@robertkees6048]

@@Nullifer You just can't imagine how long and difficult it was to just get the issue to their attention. Imagine they send you a brand new module and it won't power up! WTF? Does no one test these things, I promise every word of that is true.

[@Nullifer]

@@robertkees6048 yeah that would definitely piss me off. See that's the only real problem with Alesis and it's why they can charge less. Their quality control isnt great

[@johndef5075]

The used Roland set I bought was 20 years old and everything still works fine. Ive been playing it almost daily for 6 years with only 1 malfunction on a cymbal. Took apart and cleaned it and its been fine since. New Roland is expensive but worth it imo. Personally Ive only bought used and got great deals. As long as its not obviously abused I trust used Roland equipment.

[@Nullifer]

Yeah, I don't want to have to repair something that is still under warranty though. They can replace that sh*t If I had the chance now I probably would have gone with EFnote

[@drumfreak00]

I had the Alesis strike and had that same issue with the ride, I ended up getting rid of it because Alesis didn’t make a replacement anymore. At least on sweetwater

[@Nullifer]

They definitely make replacements for it

[@danielgfrost]

Thanks so much for this video... I was wondering, if i only want to use single zone cymbals, would this be any good? Or should i stay away from this one? Shout outs from Australia.! :D

[@Nullifer]

check out my other videos about the kit, but yeah most of that issue goes away. Also they have made a better version of this set now.

[@dimakeylin]

Have you ever tried to ignore sample limit and load more than 200mb? Some people say that there are not promlems with it, just ignore limit exceeded warning,some people say there are. You can't create a kit in the Strike Editor, but you can create an instrument and make a kit in the module

[@Nullifer]

Yes I've tried it, and I feel like I've heard it being dumbed down. 🤷🏻

[@dimakeylin]

@@Nullifer That's sad:(( i have this module only, not a whole kit and sounds are good, especially if you have drumtec's presets, but 200mb limit is really really annoying

[@Nullifer]

@@dimakeylin yes it is, however I'm doing alot of blast beats, plus i might just be thinking that I'm hearing it dumbed down. I'm not actually sure it is

[@darkcommeback4174]

Exactly you are the only one i know who has that problem

[@Nullifer]

Which problem, there is no timestamp in your comment?

[@darkcommeback4174]

@@Nullifer that with the cymbals

[@Nullifer]

@@darkcommeback4174 do you have this kit? I've reported it to Thomann. We will see what happens

[@DivisionStreetDrums]

Alot of Roland Cymbals also wear like this, peel back the rubber on the problem area and clean out under the edge strip. thats should help.

[@Nullifer]

yes i know about that, these cymbals were defective though.

[@BucF16]

So...why is the music running in the background of the video?

[@IansDrumsandBass]

It's TERRIBLE, I don't know WHY you tubers do this, people hate it as it makes listening difficult and irritating! 😰😰😰

[@tylerwoodward8957]

Maybe I’m lucky, or maybe you’re just very unlucky, but I’ve had this kit since 2021 and have had none of these issues. I play it A LOT too.

[@Nullifer]

You've checked to make sure all your edges active perfect?

[@tylerwoodward8957]

@@Nullifer I play my kit on the daily. Everything still works just fine including the cymbals.

[@Nullifer]

@@tylerwoodward8957 mind telling my exactly your trigger settings on your cymbals please?

[@ChicoBateraX]

Shouldn't it be under warranty?

[@Nullifer]

@@ChicoBateraX they did send me a new hi hat

[@jonb6937]

I think I saw you had the sensitivity on the edges at 30? Have you tried turning up the sensitivity? I have the same system I’ll try it right now and get back. for me, the hit hat rod keeps slipping, any idea on how to keep it in place?

[@Nullifer]

Check my new video I posted for an update on the kit. Please send me your settings anyways.

[@Nullifer]

Oh right about the hihat rod. The clutch it comes with is a piece of crap to say the least. You need to crank it down HARD AF or get another

[@jonb6937]

@@Nullifer yea, the clutch is pretty trash, I “fixed” the problem, by breaking a Bobby-pin in have; and showing a piece down alongside the ride, into the clutch, and into the tube under it, and tighten moderately, and you’re good! I’ll check it out; and send you my settings, to compare, I did a lot of messing around, and got it down, pretty dialed in, just need a USB cable to connect the module to customize the opening of the Hithats.

[@Tony-fx9ky]

I think you are unlucky bro. I took the risk of buying this over a much smaller and uglier Roland kit and I must say... I am surprised how well it held up after a year. The hihat is not the best I agree. I sometimes get carried away and beat the crap out of it, everything works still fine.

[@Nullifer]

You checked that your edge and bow activate on demand reliably? If so please tell me about your trigger settings

[@Tony-fx9ky]

@@Nullifer I am pretty sure they do. And im using factory settings on the cymbals. Allen Lindt has some triggersettings for this kit on his channel. Maybe those can help. I dont have the numbers of mine right now.

[@Tony-fx9ky]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqu3nKOhpMxgprc I think they are in the description.

[@lisamitchell1355]

I piss off a lot of people by saying I hate electric drums. I hate the way they sound and feel.

[@vicroberts3080]

Everyone is allowed to be wrong mate

[@Nullifer]

Haha, yeah I can understand that. But your probably going off of an old experience you've had with an electronic drum set. This one in particular feels like I'm hitting an acoustic set. I have no complaints there.

[@kwilt]

I've had my kit for over a year now and can definitely confirm that the cymbals are absolute junk. I have replaced all but one cymbal with Roland or ATV brand which work much, much better. Especially the hihat - that thing is virtually impossible to to get dialed in perfect unless you swap it out with a higher quality cymbal. The drums though are all still holding up and I've had zero issues with them. Still love the kit overall despite the cymbals being junk.

[@Nullifer]

I had the broken hi hat replaced for free, and it still sacked. What worked for me was spinning it so the logo was facing away from me.

[@kwilt]

@@Nullifer I replaced my hihat with an ATV crash cymbal that has 360 degree triggering :)

[@attempt58]

How likely are these to happen on another kit?

[@Nullifer]

How like is what to happen? There is no timestamp in your comment

[@coolgamemaster2000]

From my experience at different churches with different sets I’ve noticed cymbals tend to have the most issues with broken triggers/only having one trigger instead of two work. I don’t trust most ride cymbals to have a reliable bell trigger but maybe that’s just me not knowing the trigger location well enough. With an old roland td20 I played on it had a broken tom trigger (practically useless tom) and it seemed like the ride edge was broken/hard to trigger. The strike pro se at my church has essentially the exact same problems as this guy’s set. The kick dropping hits and the cymbals basically being better off as single zone instead of dual zone triggers.

[@attempt58]

​@@Nullifer all of them

[@IansDrumsandBass]

I've been using the 10" Alesis cymbals for a looooong time on my Roland TD11KV, and now on my Alesis Nitro Max with no problems, some of them are about 6 yo already, with no probs. But this is no good, it thought that by now Alesis would have sorted stuff like this out! There's a reason Roland is more expensive - albeit waaaaay more expensive. The thing with Roland is so many of their toms sound like acoustic toms with tons of ring and overtones and not enough dry kits. 😰

[@Nullifer]

Thomann replaced all my defective parts, everything works great currently

[@IansDrumsandBass]

@@Nullifer 👍🏻

[@Thegrinch177]

Wow thanks a lot! I was thinking about getting this kid but now you just save me around a lot of money so I think maybe I'll just go with Roland instead. Thank you!

[@booshting3520]

This is why I bought Roland

[@sharkuel]

So, these Alesis pads have a major design flaw, where the contact ribbons are bellow the rubber where the drummer usually hits. Eventually you will have the same issue with the bell switch in the ride. Considering the money you invest on the kit, it is an absolute shame that Alesis ships a product like this, and this kit is supposed to be a revision of the original Strike kit! I dropped Alesis when they denied me support on my Alesis Dm10 that had an issue that came from factory. Currently my cymbals are Lemon, and they are sturdy and trigger really well. My hi-hat is a Roland VH-13. Alesis nevermore!

[@Nullifer]

Yeah I show the ribbons in my newer video. Such a dumb design idea, more or less designed to break

[@sharkuel]

@@Nullifer I believe that is the main purpose, yes. Because it is so counter-intuitive that they are essentially the only ones doing it, even low budget cymbals have better ribbon management than these.

[@dennisgarcia7590]

Have you contacted Alesis?

[@Nullifer]

Check my updated video

[@nhaezer5121]

Try using a power purifier with it. Power quality affects it quite a lot and makes it unreliable.

[@Nullifer]

Everything have been working fine once the parts were replaced

[@nhaezer5121]

@@Nullifer great

[@Mike-ol7xp]

Yamaha and Roland is the way to go for longevity.

[@Nullifer]

Efnote seems to be good as well

[@oliverpearson1577]

You might be surprised to hear that even Roland kits develop this issue. In fact, all e drums do eventually. It's a simple matter of wear and tear, it can't be avoided.

[@daveseemerollin6357]

​​@@oliverpearson1577I've had a strike pro I've also owned a Td9 and Td50. The Alesis has the worst build quality going, videos cannot convey the cheap feeling these kits possess, not to mention noticable latency and terrible triggering on the cymbals, and lack of coherent cymbal swells. I want Alesis to succeed, criticism is good

[@justincombs7900]

I financed mine like an idiot over a period of 12 months I paid $6000 $500 a month… still glad I kept them

[@Nullifer]

Ouch, how the hell did it end up that much

[@justincombs7900]

@@Nullifer Progressive Leasing

[@ravemaster7405]

What did you have 100% interest? Isn't the kit only like 3k?

[@Nullifer]

​@@ravemaster7405yes it's like 2.5k where I live but I know in other places it's closer to 3k or slightly above

[@reezlaw]

I agree that the hi-hat is sub-par and I too hate the gimmick kits, I haven't had the other issues you mentioned. As I said in a reply to a different comment, you probably got a bad batch of cymbals. Try to get them replaced under warranty while you're still covered

[@Nullifer]

The replacement hat seems pretty good

[@JB-pg6ju]

So basically junk? Exactly what I expected. My issue is that the hihat is either fully open or fully closed...no in between swush sound....go with roland you'll be much better off....none of them are gonna be 100% accurate 100% of the time but roland is a btr choice

[@Nullifer]

After replacements the kit works pretty well. You can watch my follow up videos

[@lisamitchell1355]

All electric kits will eventually go to shit, just like the EV, just play and go back to acoustic drum. Just think if you were in the middle of a show.

[@Nullifer]

If I had the living situation for that, I would have gone with an acoustic set.

[@CandyBonesOfficial]

An electric kit works perfectly well to practice or learn drums , I don’t understand why they should all go to shit. Many great drummers I know have them at their house, cause obviously it’s less noisy and the noise of an caustic set can be really annoying to neighbors. I’m actually really grateful that electronic kits exists.

[@RickyD1968]

You might have a bad module ???

[@coolgamemaster2000]

My church drum set has all of the same exact issues. It’s a strike pro se. Now I don’t know if it’s been bashed to death by the students there (it’s for kids ministry) but these are the same issues I ran into when I tried to program the triggers correctly. I don’t think the crashes choke either.

[@Nullifer]

Oddly enough atm at least my chokes work

[@coolgamemaster2000]

So far I’ve just programmed all the crashes to be one sound regardless of what triggers and have to figure out which ones choke (because the two I tried did not). The ride cymbal sometimes crashes on the edge… sometimes. The kick will drop a note here and there just like you said.

[@coolgamemaster2000]

Mostly spent my time fixing the hi hats. It’s now serviceable, wish the chicks/barks were triggered cleaner though.

[@Nullifer]

@@coolgamemaster2000 for the hi hat check out at the source studio, he has good videos about it.

[@coolgamemaster2000]

Thanks! I’ll check it out :).

[@aydenmcdaniel4088]

my dad has this kit, been issue after issue with every cymbal and bassdrum, toms work fine, but yeah would not recommend this kit

[@GM-cd3rs]

Yep they fail to tell you the SE actually stands for shitty equipment. Had one of these and within 6 months all but one tom worked and don't get me started with the hi-hat. Bought a roland vad kit and while I was not very excited about the price the fact is its an amazing kit and everything works without fail.

[@Nullifer]

Lol

[@jeffminnick5209]

Im still pissed at alesis over the adat thing...i own 8 1300 dollar boat anchors

[@Nullifer]

what happened?

[@jaceychan7099]

Replace all of the cymbals with real ones or better yet buy an acoustic drum set and you’ll get the feel you’re looking for and one sound that’s it

[@adventurellama7444]

Threshold needs to be adjusted

[@Nullifer]

What would be your suggested settings

[@adventurellama7444]

@@Nullifer I have a Roland kit so the interface is different, I think. Hit a pad and up or down the settings. I may be wrong but just a thought. It solved some of my vdrum issues. Hopefully that helps my friend.

[@michaelgiovanetti7454]

All those symbols suck even Roland, none of them make a decent one Best thing to do was use real symbols on the electronic kit

[@bessrock]

Threshold is too low