Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi
Most likely you have a setting in the Alesis wrong (it's called a userbug
:-)
Should look for something like: (it's from the manual off the D4 page 19,
since you wrote DR4, i assumed it's the D4)


Multi: 
When triggering a note repeatedly, each trigger will cause the sound to go
through its entire decay. This is useful with cymbals, since early strikes
continue to
decay as you play later strikes.

Single: 
When triggering a note repeatedly, a new hit will automatically terminate
any
sound that is still decaying. This is useful with many percussion sounds
(such as tambourine, agogo, etc.).

Group 1 and 2: 
A newly-triggered voice assigned to a particular group (1 or 2) will cut
off a voice assigned to the same group if the older voice is still sustaining.
Theclassic use of this is with hi-hats; a closed high-hat will cut off an
open hi-hat, and hitting an open hi-hat sound will cut off a closed hi-hat.


I have the feeling the pad is set a little to tight and false- or doubletriggers
a little and the setting for the pad is on "single"


Hope this helps (and sorry for answering a question on something else then
Simmons :-)

Berk