Description

Alesis Strata Prime Kit is an electronic drum kit consisting of six drums with dual-zone mesh heads, three triple-zone ARC cymbals, and a 14" hi-hat with an ultra-responsive magnetic sensor. The new "Prime" module, with the BFD3 sound engine, manages the drum kit via a 10.1" touchscreen panel, 128 GB of integrated memory, 40 GB of preloaded content, 75 drum kits, and more than 440 customizable samples with 1092 sound articulations.

Drumkit

Strata Prime consists of six drums with mesh heads:

    
• 14" dual-zone snare drum, with independent sounds activated on the head, rimstick, and rimshot
    
• 8", 10", 12", 14" dual-zone toms
    
• 20" bass drum which provides a comfortable playing surface suitable for all varieties of single and double bass drum pedals on the market.

The head tension can be adjusted on all six drums thanks to a standard acoustic drum tension rod system, allowing any level of rebound and sensitivity to be set according to the drummer's preferences. The "hotspots" on the heads are eliminated by Alesis' exclusive patented anti-hotspot sensor.

Cymbals

Strata Prime's ARC cymbals are extremely sensitive with a finely lathed surface. All three cymbals, the 18" ride and the two 16" crashes, are triple-zone, with different sounds activated on the bell, bow, and edge of each cymbal. They are all 360-degree playable and mount on standard acoustic drum cymbal stands, allowing for natural swing and playability. The crash, ride, and hi-hat cymbals feature sensors and dual-edge profiles that allow for incredible expressiveness without changing technique.

Hi-hat

The 14" hi-hat is the world's first Active Magnetic controller mounted on a standard hi-hat stand. Like the cymbals, it has a 360-degree playable triple-zone surface that is extremely sensitive. Magnetic position sensing ensures that pedal movements are translated with ultra-high and responsive accuracy. The controller can be used with a wide variety of hi-hat stands and playing techniques. Its active technology is powered and controlled directly by the Prime Drum module, and no additional power supply is needed.

Strata Prime Module

The Prime Drum Module is arguably the most technologically advanced drum module ever made. The beating heart of this drum kit is the legendary BFD3 sound engine, controlled by a 10.1" touch screen panel that offers intuitive navigation, editing, kit mixing, and recording of sounds at the level of the world's leading studios, previously only available or workable on computers, externally from the drums themselves.
The touch screen allows for the processing of all parameters at your fingertips, so you can effortlessly recall and adjust every component of the kit, sounds, effects, and utilities. There are also six knobs for quick scrolling and detailed control, as well as a main push encoder, transport controls, and dedicated volume knobs for main, headphone, and aux outputs.
Below the touch screen pad is a powerful multi-core processor that loads large multi-sampled kits in seconds and allows the drummer to customize kits with more than 1092 articulations, mic systems, and effects. Although the Strata Prime is perfectly playable out of the box, the new trigger engine is customizable, with several tools to adapt the kit to specific preferences, including instant crosstalk calibration.

Hardware

The supporting structure of the Strata Prime is a double-braced steel rack on which the toms, cymbals, and module can be mounted. It is extremely robust and at the same time adjustable, allowing for spacious or more compact configurations so that the kit can be adjusted to the drummer's desired position. The kit is designed to integrate with standard acoustic drum hardware so that drummers can use the pedals they are accustomed to. The hi-hat controller is compatible with any acoustic hi-hat stand, the bass drum can accommodate any single or double bass drum pedal, and all cymbals can also be mounted on conventional cymbal stands (for optional additional cymbals).

N.B: hi-hat stand and bass drum pedal sold separately.

Sounds

The multi-core processor drives the legendary BFD3 sound engine. This is a huge library of drum kits sampled by top sound engineers in some of the world's most sought-after and unique recording studios. With over 40 GB of content, 75 kits, more than 440 drum kit pieces, over 1,000 sound articulations, and over 215,000 individual samples, you can create endless mixes, apply effects to individual pieces of each kit, groups, and even individual microphones.
Strata Prime has 40 playable zones, trigger zones to which multiple sounds can be assigned: a main sound plus three additional "Layers" per zone. You can layer multiple sounds and create a mashup of completely different sound combinations, for example, by adding a cymbal and a cowbell to the rim of your snare drum.

In addition to the 75 factory kits, Strata Prime includes four sound libraries:

    
1. “Alesis Prime Acoustic”; a huge collection of drum sounds recorded at Powerstation Studios in New England;
    
2. “BFD Dark Farm”; an expansion pack entirely focused on the Metal genre from the BFD team;
    
3. “Alesis Prime Electronic”; the best electronic drum one-shot sounds from the Alesis Strike Multipad, ideal for layering different acoustic drum samples;
    
4. “BFD Percussion”, a diverse collection of percussion sounds from BFD's classic percussion packs.

Included Subscriptions with Alesis Strata Prime:

    
• Drumeo for 90 days
    
• Melodics Premium with 60 exclusive lessons for 30 days
    
• BFD Player desktop app with virtual drum expansion pack

Technical specifications:

    
• Strata Kick 20" (20”x14”, wooden shell, mesh head)
    
• Strata Drum 14” (14” mesh head with patented anti-hotspot trigger system)
    
• Strata Drum 8” (8” mesh head with patented anti-hotspot trigger system)
    
• Strata Drum 10” (10” mesh head with patented anti-hotspot trigger system)
    
• Strata Drum 12” (12” mesh head with patented anti-hotspot trigger system)
    
• Strata Drum 14” (14” mesh head with patented anti-hotspot trigger system)
    
• ARC Hi-hat 14" Active (14”, 360°, triple zone, active magnetic controller mounted on a standard hi-hat stand)
    
• ARC Cymbal 18" (18” 360°, triple zone, mountable on a standard acoustic drum cymbal stand)
    
• ARC Cymbal 16" (16” 360°, triple zone, mountable on a standard acoustic drum cymbal stand)
    
• ARC Cymbal 16" (16” 360°, triple zone, mountable on a standard acoustic drum cymbal stand)
    
• Prime Drum Module with 10.1" touchscreen, multi-core processor, powered by the BFD3 sound engine.
    
• 75 preloaded Drumkits, more than 440 samples (more than 40 GB), multi-layerable, 1092 articulations for the 4 different sound libraries, from Alesis to BFD.
    
• Trigger Input: 13 x 1/4" TRS (drum triggers), 1 x 1/4" TRS (Active hi-hat control)
    
• Analog Inputs: 2x 1/4" TRS
    
• Analog Outputs: 2x XLR (main), 4x 1/4" TRS (assignable OUTPUTS)
    
• Headphones: 1 x 1/4" & 1x 1/8"
    
• MIDI I/O: USB MIDI, 5-pin In/ Out, Bluetooth MIDI
    
• Bluetooth 5.0
    
• USB: 1 x Type B (host) & 1x Type A (storage, external MIDI controllers)
    
• Memory: 128 GB internal memory, SD/SDHC Card Slot, USB drive
    
• Software: BFD3 Player + expansion Packs
    
• Hardware included: 4-post steel rack, 3 rack-mountable cymbal arms, Snare stand

N.B. Hi-hat stand and bass drum pedal are sold separately