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T550 8" High Tom on Alesis DM10
Setup — T550 8" High Tom on Alesis DM10
WorksYes — the T550 8" High Tom works as a full tom on the Alesis DM10: head + rim.
Head
Rim
Wiring: 1× TRS per tom → TOM 1, TOM 2, TOM 3, or TOM 4 input on the rear panel (individual 1/4" TRS jacks)
The DM10 has 12 individual 1/4" TRS jacks on the rear panel — no cable snake. Tom inputs support dual-zone (head + rim) triggering via the center piezo and the rim piezo.
Cable routing
- Connect a 1/4" TRS cable from each tom pad to the TOM 1, TOM 2, TOM 3, or TOM 4 input on the rear panel.
Module settings
- Press EXT TRIG to enter the Ext. Trig Menu, then press NOTE CHASE and strike the tom to select its input.
- On the INP page, set Sensitvty (00-99) so your hardest tom hit drives the level meter close to maximum without clipping.
- Set the InputType to PIEZO — p.24 reserves SWITCH for "a drum pad with a rim switch", and a Lemon snare/tom rim is a second piezo, not a switch.
- Press TRIG (F2) and set Threshold (00-99) on that page — at lower settings very light strikes produce a sound, at higher settings the pad must be struck harder.
- Press STORE, then YES (F1), to keep the settings — Ext. Trig changes return to their defaults when you power the module off.
Tips
- Head triggers from the center piezo, rim from a second piezo on the ring.
- Both zones respond independently on the TRS connection (tip = head, ring = rim).
T550 8" High Tom also fits 74 other drum modules — see setup
Other compatible drum modules
Alesis
Audiofront
Donner
Pearl
Roland
- Roland Octapad SPD-30
- Roland SPD-SX
- Roland SPD-SX PRO
- Roland TD-02
- Roland TD-07
- Roland TD-1
- Roland TD-4
- Roland TD-6
- Roland TD-8
- Roland TD-9
- Roland TD-10
- Roland TD-11
- Roland TD-12
- Roland TD-15
- Roland TD-17
- Roland TD-20
- Roland TD-25
- Roland TD-27
- Roland TD-30
- Roland TD-50
- Roland TD-50X
- Roland V31
- Roland V51
- Roland V71