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T950 13"x5" Snare Drum on Alesis Strike MultiPad

Wiring, module settings, and tips for the T950 13"x5" Snare Drum when used with the Alesis Strike MultiPad.

Yes — the T950 13"x5" Snare Drum works as a full snare on the Alesis Strike MultiPad: head + rim.

Head Rim

Wiring: 1× TRS → Trigger In 2/3 or 4/5 set to Head+Rim — head + rim

The Strike Multipad is a sample multipad, not a kit module. Its onboard pads play assigned samples, and the rear panel adds a small TRIGGER IN row silkscreened 1, 2/3, 4/5 and HH. Alesis: "Trigger In 1 is a single-zone connection and Trigger Ins 2/3 and 4/5 are dual-zone connections" (User Guide p.5) — so 2/3 and 4/5 are the only two dual-zone jacks. A Lemon snare uses one of them with its Type set to Head+Rim, so a single TRS cable carries both zones — head and rim trigger independently and play whatever samples you assign to that trigger input.

Cable routing

Connect a 1/4" TRS cable from the Lemon snare pad to Trigger In 2/3 or 4/5 on the rear panel (these are the two dual-zone jacks).

Module settings

Press Utility, then F3–Triggers, and set EXT Trigger to the input you used (TRIN2–5).
Set Type to Head+Rim so the head and rim zones are read separately.
Tune Scan Time, Retrig-C and Mask Time for clean response, and use Rim Gain to balance the rim zone.
Set overall Sensitivity and Threshold under Pad → F1–Feel.
Assign a snare sample to the head and a rimshot/sidestick sample to the rim of that trigger input.

Tips

Head triggers on the tip, rim on the ring of the same TRS cable.
Raise X-Talk if center hits accidentally trigger the rim sound, or vice versa.
Only two dual-zone jacks exist (2/3 and 4/5) — plan which pads claim them.

T950 13"x5" Snare Drum also fits 74 other drum modules — see setup

Other compatible drum modules

2Box

Alesis

ATV

Audiofront

Audiofront eDRUMin

Donner

Efnote

GEWA

NUX

Pearl

Pearl Mimic Pro

Roland

Simmons

Yamaha

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