Alesis Crimson II Mesh SE Electronic Drum Kit Overview
Alesis Crimson II Mesh Kit SE
Nine-Piece Premium Electronic Drum Kit with Mesh Heads
Premium Hardware, Perfect Feel The Alesis Crimson II Special Edition is a nine-piece electronic drum kit featuring mesh heads and everything a drummer needs to play at home or in the studio. It features an 8-inch kick, 12-inch dualzone snare, two 8-inch dual-zone rack toms and a 10-inch dual-zone floor tom, along with a 12-inch hi-hat with pedal, two 12-inch crashes with choke and 14-inch triple-zone ride. A premium quick-lock steel 4-post rack with separate double-braced snare stand keeps everything solidly anchored, no matter how hard you play!
Natural Response The Crimson II Special Edition features Alesis’ next-generation mesh heads – the unanimous preference of electronic drummers for their natural feel and ultra-quiet response – perfect for late night practice sessions and privately honing your drum skills.
Loaded with Great Sounds and Features The included Crimson II Drum Module features 74 drum kits (54 factory + 20 user) with over 671 sounds and 120 play-along tracks built-in. To further sharpen your skill, there’s a built-in metronome, real time recorder, and 1/8-inch input for playing along with your mobile device, so you’ll be ready for the studio or stage. There is also a stereo pair of 1/4-inch outputs, headphone output, and a USB-MIDI output for triggering your favourite virtual instrument plugins.
Load Your Own Samples The Crimson II Drum Module also features a USB memory stick input. You can use this input to load your own .WAV samples for the ultimate flexibility. Once the .WAV samples are loaded, you can easily assign these to any zone of any pad on the Crimson II Special Edition Kit. The sonic possibilities are endless! You can also load in .WAV files of play-along tracks using this input.
Features
Please note, the kit does not include a bass drum pedal or drum throne, see our Crimson II SE Bundle or Crimson II SE Monitor Bundle
Learning Drums, Simplified! Up your drumming game, nail that complex drum fill or lay down the perfect groove with Alesis and Melodics. Included with the Alesis Crimson II Kit are 40 bonus lessons for the Melodics desktop app, the world’s best music tutor for contemporary musicians. Have you found that options for practicing are limited? Boring metronome lessons? Limited feedback? With Melodics and Alesis joining forces, access expertly-tailored lessons that make mastering your instrument easy, exciting and FUN – the perfect complement to your Alesis drum kit!
Features
- Maximum Polyphony 64 voices
- Sounds: 671 sounds/voices (drum, percussion, effect) Up to 99 user-loaded samples, 15 MB total
- Sequencer:
- 125 patterns (120 preset songs + 5 user songs)
- Up to 99 user songs in 1 folder on USB flash drive
- 192 ticks per beat
- Real-time record
- Approx. 6800 notes per user song
- Tempo 30–280 BPM
- Connectors:
- (1) DB-25 cable snake
- (1) 1/4” (6.35 mm) TS Crash 2
- (1) 1/4” (6.35 mm) TS Tom 4
- (2) 1/4” (6.35 mm) TRS main outputs
- (1) 1/8” (3.5 mm) stereo headphone output
- (1) 1/8” (3.5 mm) stereo auxiliary input
- (1) 5-pin MIDI input
- (1) 5-pin MIDI output
- (1) USB MIDI port
- (1) USB host port
- Power: 9 VDC, 500 mA, center-positive
- Dimensions:
- (width x depth x height)
- 9.1” x 6.3” x 2.7”
- 230 x 160 x 69 mm
- Weight:
- 1.1 lbs.
- 0.5 kg