Alesis Turbo Mesh Kit review (with MIDI hacking)
A somewhat technical review of the Alesis Turbo Mesh Kit electronic drum set. How is it for absolute beginners? Are cheap drum kits any good? Can I improve the shortcomings with external software? See the video for all the answers!
The review on my blog: https://panther.kapsi.fi/posts/2022-1...
The pedal mod: • How to make the Alesis Turbo Mesh Kit peda...
Mididings software: https://das.nasophon.de/mididings/
My scripts at GitHub: https://github.com/ohel/dotfiles/tree...
0:00 Intro demo solo
0:30 Welcome
1:02 Point of the review
1:18 Getting acquainted with the drums
1:54 Pros and cons of electronic drums
2:10 Noise level
3:32 Intro demo with real life noise
3:58 About the pedals
4:20 Fixing a broken pedal
4:34 Double kick pedals
5:04 About the cymbals
5:59 About the stand
6:15 About the stock sounds
6:36 Stock sounds demo
9:54 Intro demo with default drum sounds
10:21 Headphone jack noise
10:40 USB information
10:54 Hi-hat MIDI note
11:20 MIDI debugging/hacking
12:04 Custom MIDI transform scripts/hacking
12:29 Startup script demo
12:45 Conclusion
13:49 Thanks