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12" 2-Piece Electronic Hi-Hat Cymbals on Alesis Crimson III

Wiring, module settings, and tips for the 12" 2-Piece Electronic Hi-Hat Cymbals when used with the Alesis Crimson III.

Setup — 12" 2-Piece Electronic Hi-Hat Cymbals on Alesis Crimson III

Use as switch hi-hat

The 12" 2-Piece Electronic Hi-Hat Cymbals works on the Alesis Crimson III as a switch hi-hat: open/closed only.

Continuous Open Closed

Wiring: 1× TRS (pad) → Hi-Hat connector on the cable snake + 1× TRS (controller) → HH Pedal connector on the cable snake

The Crimson III supports continuous/variable hi-hat natively — its manual describes pressing the pedal to different positions to change the sound, like an acoustic hi-hat (it ships a continuously-variable control pedal). The Lemon hi-hat controller uses the Roland VH/FD convention, not documented for continuous CV here — so with the Lemon controller, treat hi-hat as open/closed.

Cable routing

  1. Connect a ¼″ TRS cable from the hi-hat pad to the Hi-Hat connector on the cable snake.
  2. Connect a ¼″ TRS cable from the hi-hat controller to the HH Pedal connector on the cable snake.

Module settings

  1. Go to Kit → Menu → Trigger. Select the Hi-Hat input.
  2. Adjust Head (Bow) Sensi, Threshold, and Pedal Sensi.
  3. Press the F3 (Save) button after editing — otherwise the edited data is lost after powering off.

Tips

  1. No pedal curve options are available — the module uses a fixed pedal response.
  2. Open/closed transitions may feel less nuanced than modules with pedal curve tuning.
12" 2-Piece Electronic Hi-Hat Cymbals also fits 70 other drum modules — see setup

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