Strike MultiPad Feature Update v1.1 Overview

[@AlesisVideo]

Looking for more Strike MultiPad tutorials? Check out our tutorial playlist! bit.ly/2GO99b8

[@AlwaysInThePocket012]

This products is incredible! In reference to the latest update (v.1.3) I'd like to submit feedback and suggest the ability to switch between kits while looping. I understand the A/B function of each pad but sometimes it's cool to utilize that function melodically and assign 2 octaves to a pad. I'd then like to be able to switch to a new kit while the looping is playing, as opposed to having to assign the saved loop to a pad in a new kit and no be able to build it any more. And also fix on the audio tail in looper mode. Sound clips when looper stops, and FX like reverb and delay clip at the end of loop. Hope these suggestions make some difference! Thanks for all the helpful videos so far, and again, a great product.

[@bungeechord1]

What happened to 1.2, 1.3, and 1.4 update videos? Are there more updates?

[@bungeechord1]

It has been a long time since Alesis has updated their help videos.

[@jjtguitar]

Will there be a software editor released for the Alesis Strike Multipad?

[@antkn33]

I would like some tutorials for more advanced features like connecting to a computer, connecting a mic, more alink uses,etc

[@betsycrowley1]

I contacted ALESIS SUPPOT IN RH VERY NICE sent me email with how to connect to com[uter

[@amrshaker8961]

Roland FD-9 Hi-Hat Control Pedal and Roland KT-10 Kick Trigger Pedal are compatible to Alesis Strike Multipad?

[@johnnyh64]

The Roland KT-8 Kick pedal works with it as does the FD-8 Hat controller. However, the open/close are backwards on the hat controller and I don’t know how to reverse them. Perhaps a different cable would do the trick.

[@garyszczecina3621]

I can't seem to hear a sound from the hi hat pedal after I assign the closed hi hat chick sound to it. I'm using an older Roland pedal FD-6, which works great as a controller to the grouped hi hat pads, but do I need an Alesis or a newer pedal to get it to make a sound?

[@Fech22]

can we just use 1 pad for open to close hihat. so we can save pad for other uses

[@Keyznguitarz]

Would you possibly do a video on the "Hihat Acous" samples? For the life of me I cannot figure out Alesis's abbreviations for the sample names.

[@Plisko1]

I'm impressed with this and I'm in the market for a new multipad unit... But... that's kind of a weird way to handle the hi-hat. This thing can't stack MIDI notes? So a decent hi-hat means chaining together a group of pads? Instead of assigning a group of sounds to a single pad? That's weird. Any chance of stacking MIDI notes in a future upgrade?

[@nacly4654]

Please please please make kit changes easier! Roland has their sounds and loops playing even after changing the kit, and they have instant changes! If you can make kit changes instant without loading time, I would be so happy.

[@kylew706]

Love the tongue sticking out focus on that groove 😂

[@nozefian]

🤣

[@bailey12444]

I hear that in live situations the presets take awhile to upload? Are u going to improve it? Thanks

[@La_sagne]

do you mean adding new samples while live on stage? why would you do that if i may ask?

[@GlowintheDarkVO]

@@La_sagne [ I believe this is a reference to switching between preset kits. This is one challenge with the Alesis unit. When you select a new kit, it stops the currently playing sounds and takes about four seconds to load the new kit. Competitors allow you to - for instance - let a cymbal crash ring out at the end of a song WHILE switching to a new kit for the next song. This is a feature - along with layered hi-hat sounds on a single pad controlled by the HH pedal - that Alesis should DEFINITELY add.

[@Deemegaman]

I have the Alesis sample pad pro😕,, Really want to get this new one because it can do what I thought the sample pad could do, and would be so much fun for me and my son to play on.

[@arnoutboot3897]

The Strike Multipad has been unavailable for months in Europe. I ordered and paid upfront but the store had to cancel and refund my order because their supplier (Alesis?) cannot deliver this product. Please get your product to Europe so I can buy it! You are really missing out on a lot of revenue from potential customers.

[@AIJLarkin]

Just managed to order one on amazon uk as it said it had two in stock🤞arriving sunday

[@arnoutboot3897]

@@AIJLarkin Cool, that's good news! We've waited long enough, that's for sure. I hope new shipments are coming to my country as well

[@TimShoebridge]

FYI Andertons have a few in stock, just arrived last week

[@timscott3071]

I’m confused about the hihat mode. Are you saying that you cannot get the open-closed hihat sounds from just one pad and a hihat pedal as you could with a normal electronic drum kit? Second question, is there likely to be a quantise function for loops in any future update? Third question, when will these be available in the UK?!

[@timscott3071]

Responding to my own question here, I assume the answer is ‘no’.

[@egodeathbliss]

Yes...Quantize Loop Function....along with Undo!

[@jamesboydwhiteravenmusic6356]

Please explain what the MIDI/audio plug does and how to use it with Cubase and other DAWs

[@billwilliams6338]

ALESISVIDEO, is there any videos showing how the acoustic drums sounds on the strike multipad? I want to know how the acoustic drums and cymbals sounds on the strike multipad any videos?

[@user-kx8iw7dh5k]

I have a question? I am a new user and was wondering if you reset the multipad back to factory settings. Do you lose your firmware updates. I currently have 1.2 and l haven't updated to 1.3. l am thinking of updating to 1.3, but I have heard there could be a problem with that update. I am not experienced enough with this unit, and I am afraid l will screw up. I bought a brand new unit that was used a couple of times and stored away, so it had a few changes to the original kits. I want to start fresh with the unit..

[@sonor06able]

HAVE TO GET 1 TODAY...!! But plz plzz plzzzz add a option to cut decay and the pitch up down in kit plzz orelse its not easy to use indian tones as indian tones needs to tune everytime the scale change so pitch and decay should have been given in kit settings.... plz try to give it in the next update...

[@HanDrumsolo]

does the hi-hat pedal cycle through the pads in the order that you add them to the group?

[@lamhoang1187]

2 big problems of Strike Multi Pad :’( Cannot open/close hihats with 1 pad like a normal E.Drum (Spd30, DTX12) And making loop w/o quantize. I like this multi pad so much, hope Alesis fix this problem in the next update

[@pp56825]

@alesis are you planning on to make hh group assign to one pad only , otherwise it's waste of pads.??

[@egodeathbliss]

Yes...Quantize Loop....and while they're at it how about an "Undo" function as well.

[@gospelpopmusic]

Hello Dan. This is Raymond. I want to create my own beats. Must I use the prerecorded beats in this machine? The prerecorded beats, for example you stuck the pad and the beat was already created, those beats don't align with my songs, so I need to create and arrange my own beats.

[@Jerrodbdrums]

Does is matter what type of usb drive or is there a preference type?

[@musicmould]

If there was computer software for sound management I would buy it in a heartbeat.

[@YellowSynth]

you don't need this any Daw can do this on your computer just use your brain

[@La_sagne]

@@YellowSynth you cant play a daw live on stage when youre sitting behind a drumkit

[@gliderflyer]

Those new editing features are excellent. I'll be updating tonight. Thanks!

[@HassanAli-vy2hc]

Nice

[@djponthabeat2803]

Will It Ease The Kits You Builded ?

[@jameskim7132]

Will Roland KT-9 and FT-9 will work on alesis strike multi pad?? Im impressed by the v 1.2 update and im about to buy this than buying the roland spd sx or sp30 since this thing can do both! Please let me know about the roland and alesis compability

[@Grilsdad]

HI-HAT OPTION: Instead of giving up multiple playing surfaces for your Hi-hat; Set your 'CLOSED' to the pad you want to play on. Move your bass input to the 4/5 trigger and assign your 'OPEN' here. Group, and put your bass pedal back. (Assumes you are not using all the trigger inputs.) I recommend building your hi-hat with pads and getting them dialed in first, then copying the OPEN pad(s) to the trigger(s). (Single hi-hat pad, should be a feature) It would also be great if we could scroll to select the trigger and switches with the interface instead having to plug something in to do so.

[@Gruuvin1]

So what you are saying is to sacrifice some trigger input(s) for your hihat group instead of using up more than one of the built in pads? It's a good idea, but unfortunately I'm using up all the external trigger inputs too. Alesis didn't do the hihat control right at all on this gear! At any rate, thanks for the suggestion, and I'll give this a shot (sacrifice one of the trigger ins).

[@Gruuvin1]

Another tip: lets say you have bass pedal on trigger input 1 and a couple dual-zone pads on 2/3 and 4/5. You could sacrifice the second zone of each of those pads by assigning trigger inputs 3 and 5 to another two hihat sounds (half open and full open). Just be careful to not hit the rims of your dual zones since those are now hihat sounds.

[@Gruuvin1]

One more tip: there are four foot-pedal switch inputs that can also be assigned sounds! Try assigning your second and third hihat sounds to an unused foot-pedal input 3/4 and add those to your hihat group! (Gonna go see if this works, wish me luck)

[@Grilsdad]

@@Gruuvin1 Nice, thanks. Always appreciate new logic solutions. Would Mono Cables to the dual zone pads remove the possibility of miss-trigger? I only had this for 6 months while I was optimistically hopeful it could replace my drumkat =[

[@Grilsdad]

@@Gruuvin1 Yes, Sacrificing Trigger input(s), is a much better way of illustrating. Thank you.

[@Gruuvin1]

I just purchased this multipad, instead of Roland, because of the hihat controller input (Roland doesn't have it), assuming that hihat controller input means that I can have a single pad assigned to hihat and vary the closed-to-open sound with the hihat pedal (that's what everyone assumes). So far so good, right, because that is what is shown here for this feature update. BUT YOU JUST USED UP FIVE PADS TO DO IT? How am I supposed to build the rest of my kit of drums and cymbals if there are only four pads left? ALESIS! PLEASE! Release a firmware for us to control the hihat with a single pad without having to use up more than one pad to configure it! And don't make the user have to do so much programming to get it to work! We really need a tutorial video on just configuring hihat. (Also need a tutorial on wave a/b. Also need a better manual that teaches all this stuff so we don't have to get it from videos.)

[@clifftonmystery]

Do you still have the 1.1v update file??

[@Gruuvin1]

Can I call up three different hihat sounds with hihat pedal but only sacrifice a single pad to do it? I would prefer to not waste three pads for this when I only need to hit one pad! (And then the other eight pads can be other drums or cymbals). Hope this can be done with the latest firmware.

[@jannikendey5398]

This video is fake! He plugged the thumb drive at first attempt!!!

[@DruGaTecH]

Lol...I fail at that everytime!

[@minidolly77]

🤣

[@abrahamzilkha8987]

Can you please create an update that allows the user to use a different sound for the 'one' beat on the built in metronome? All the notes sound similar ('one' is just mildly louder')

[@sonor06able]

tones are getting cut off whn i play 2 tones 1 in soft stroke and other in hard stroke plzzz tell me what to do? and whn i swelling a cymbal its not happening plzz fix dese problems with a update plzz i beg..

[@hassanshah7350]

Sir pls tempo sync loops setup

[@Pakopara]

I am sorry but this guide is not enough for me. Did everything right but it cannot find update file on the flashdrive. Did FAT formatting too. How to save this file to the flashdrive? Any advice?

[@AlesisVideo]

Hey there! Is the update file saved to the ROOT folder of your flash drive? It shouldn't be inside any sub-folders. If you continue to have problems, you should contact our support team. The number is 401-658-3131, or you can visit www.alesis.com/support to submit a ticket.

[@cardonaroberto]

Do you need to assign in this example All of the 5 different sound of hi hats to the pads?? I mean, those 5 samples or pads are no longer available for a different sound, is this correct?? Can I use wave A and Wave B as 2 sounds from only one pad and use this hi hat groups???

[@AlesisVideo]

Hi Roberto. With v1.1, the hi-hat groups functions at the PAD level, so you can't use different wave layers in the way you're describing. You don't need to use 5 pads to get a good dynamic hi-hat sound either though - even 3 pads in the group should give you a solid variation in your hat sound. Your idea will make a great feature request though. I'll submit it to our product team! :-)

[@cardonaroberto]

AlesisVideo thanks for your response, IT will be awesome if you release a complete vídeo only of the configurations of the hi hats, several examples with the inside sounds as well with the users samples, Thanks again, any hi hat controller from Alesis you will recommend for this multipad??

[@vjagirdar]

Is there any solution of Freezing time when we change the Kits ,,,its taking much time

[@d1ondbeat]

is there a way to save "set lists"? The roland spd-sc can save up to 8 set list with 20 entries each...i'd buy this MultiPad if it has a that feature. Obviously the set list is for performances.

[@AlesisVideo]

Hi Ben. No set lists right now, but that's a highly requested feature. Stay tuned :-)

[@beatsbypher]

Hi, Great update! you've won me over with the hi-hat feature, I'll be getting one soon. What Hi-Hat controller are you using? Which other brands are compatible? Cheers!

[@Claudia.K]

These are nice features WOW ! . Maybe with setting multiple slices in the waveform ( each slice mark would belong to a pad) you could really play the loop in pieces.. Would be also a nice and fast feature ( for a future release maybe). This is the best Multipad i' ve seen yet and it keept me away from buying the Roland one yesterday as was almost buying it and lucky me that I found some video on youtube about this new Alesis here. Oh I cant wait to buy this beast. Sadly its sold out everywhere. Huge waiting times in the shops here.. If i could buy one now i would directly. At amazon i saw some but they are tripple priced from Japan even... Its a pitty . Only a miracle could help it :D

[@garagus]

How can I transfer sounds from an Alesis DM5 to my Strike Multipad?

[@AlesisVideo]

I think the easiest way would be to sample them directly into the SMP via the Record In

[@garagus]

@@AlesisVideo Thanks, I'll try it...

[@jaidamodar9952]

Hii brother when this pad will available in india

[@awskamal1458]

Where is the back button and Exit ? Why that complicated 😕? I found them online on sale used like new only $500, really what about 3 top pads 🤔 no good, and the rubber pads why solid hard?

[@vjagirdar]

How many User's blank kits available in Strike Multipad ????

[@sonor06able]

70

[@jaidamodar9952]

When this pad is coming to india bro

[@r2stik]

product?

[@bohs1984]

WTF? So if I want to have a variable HH I have to lose 4 pads and render them useless? Why not just make the HH controller capable of variable control without having to lose half the functionality of the unit like every other product on the market? FAIL.

[@jazzrhythmsdrumsprem5585]

My Alessi strike pad is not delete When i delete the the tone . Power will restart So memery full. Solution for that please reply me

[@jeremiahallen4617]

so why is there no useful tutorials on connecting to daws or why when I try to update it it just freeze at please wait next time upload a useful video

[@Corbrwl]

Easy update, no problems, video helped, thanks!

[@Nitishtalukdar]

when will the multipad be released in India?

[@VinodKumar-gk7wn]

August end BROTHER I'm also waiting. For it

[@journeyseb]

I’m getting this pad 100%!

[@Deemegaman]

I want this thing badly too.

[@JoLeng205000]

journeyseb Thank You!

[@NoSky84]

take ma moooneeyyy boy

[@redaalesis5602]

Peace be upon you, thank you for these clarifications and efforts made regarding this product. You have a simple request, if it is possible, you send me this update 1.1 or original firemware 1.0 . Thank you again and please take my request into consideration.

[@arbogast4950]

You need a faster way to delete samples. I hate having to bounce back and forth

[@HassanAli-vy2hc]

Pls sir pich setup vedio

[@LunchBoxLazers]

SOLD! Unless you want to just send me one 😉

[@SiroDjone]

What a crap Firmware Update, it has BLOCKED and DISABLED the Multipad. After almost a year using it with the firmware version that comes from the factory, 1.0.0, if I know I don't update it. Following all the steps prior to updating the Firmware as indicated by its instructions, which I have translated into Spanish, I have formatted a new and empty USB Flash drive to FAT32, although it already comes by default in FAT32, but to prevent anything; Then I copied the LDST_UPD.DAT file, which is the Firmware that comes in the download folder, on that USB Flash drive, the one I took with the Windows External Drives disconnector to remove it correctly from the USB port of my computer and that there are no errors the flash drive. Next, I have inserted the USB memory with the device turned off, as the video and PDF instructions of the Firmware download say, I have simultaneously pressed the BPM and Metronome (Click) buttons, and later, I have turned on the device, A White screen has appeared and the Multipad has stayed there, blocked and unusable, in fact I don't know why they call it a blue screen if in videos like this one from the manufacturer itself as from other people on KZbin updating the device, it is a white screen not blue, but hey, that's what they call it, blue screen... they will know, or should know.... Following the manufacturer's instructions to the letter, and step by step, after having seen and been afraid to update the hardware, already with the prior notice of the firmware update instructions themselves, that it can be blocked if you do not follow the steps correctly, still following the steps has been blocked. Be careful when updating that it crashes or causes problems, I have requested a return to the store where I bought it, and if the new one that I buy again gives me problems, I will publish again and warn everyone to be careful when buying this product from Alesis and to buy better from the competition. Roland, for example, which is surely more reliable and gives fewer problems. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ESPAÑOL---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vaya mierda de Actualización de Firmware, me ha BLOQUEADO e INUTILIZADO el Multipad. despues de casi un año utilizandolo con la version de firmware que viene de fabrica, la 1.0.0, si lo se no lo actualizo. Siguiendo todos los pasos previos a la actualización del Firmware tal y como indican sus instrucciones, que he traducido al Español, he formateado una unidad Flash USB Nueva y vacía a FAT32, aunque ya viene por defecto en FAT32, pero por prevenir antes de nada; después he copiado el archivo LDST_UPD.DAT que es el Firmware que viene en la carpeta de descarga en esa unidad Flash USB, la de sacado con el desconector de Unidades Externas de Windows para quitarlo correctamente del puerto USB de mi ordenador y que no de errores la unidad Flash. A continuación, he introducido la memoria USB con el dispositivo apagado, tal y como dice el video y las instrucciones en PDF de la descarga del Firmware, he pulsado simultaneamente los botones BPM y Metronomo (Click), y posteriormente, he encendido el dispositivo, me ha aparecido una pantalla Blanca y ahi se ha quedado, bloqueado e inutilizable el Multipad, de echo no se porque lo llaman pantalla azul si en los videos como este del propio fabircante como de otras personas que hay en youtube actualizando el dispositivo, es una pantalla blanca no azul, pero bueno, asi lo denominan, pantalla azul... ellos sabrán, o deberían saberlo.... Siguiendo las Instrucciones del fabricante al pie de la letra, y paso por paso, después de haber visto y tenido miedo de actualilzar el hardware, ya con el aviso previo de las propias instrucciones de actualizacion del firmware, de que se puede bloquear si no sigues los pasos correctamente, aún siguiendo los pasos se ha bloqueado. Cuidado al actualizar que se bloquea u da problemas, he solicitado una devolución a la tienda donde lo compre, y si el nuevo que vuelva a comprar me da problemas, volvere a publicar y avisar a todo el mundo que tenga cuidado de comprar este prodcuto de Alesis y que compre mejor a la competencia. Roland, por ejemplo, que seguro es mas fiable y da menos problemas.

[@YellowSynth]

most useless machine in the world

[@the_farpost]

Iron your shirt :)

[@hassanshah7350]

Sir pls tempo sync setup

[@voederbietels]

what is that for issue you mentioning tempo sync .

[@hassanshah7350]

@@voederbietels loops sync

[@voederbietels]

@@hassanshah7350 I have problems with spdsx making loops that loops. Incredible difficult. In daw everything loops fine but after render to wave not. But what is that that tempo sync what does it with the loops sample.