Alesis DM8 Drum Kit listing

Several people have asked for a list of all of the default drum kits that come with the Alesis DM8 module.  I'm assuming this list is the same for the DM8 USB and DM8 Pro.  The DM8 has 200 kits - 100 are preset from the factory and their are 100 blank kits for the user to customize.


0  Fusion
1  Big Mellow
2  CableSnare
3  Bop Brush
4  Big Wet
5  Clav Jam
6  Wood Pop
7  Dry Rocker
8  Big Rocker
9  Crank It
10  Trig Samp
11  Evil Drums
12  Absolute
13  Ballad
14  Big BackBt
15  Dry Honk
16  ClassicR&B
17  Dead Snare
18  Deep Dish
19  Rocker Jam
20  JungleVerb
21  Deli World
22  Trash Funk
23  Fat Back
24  Africa
25  Latin Set
26  NuAge Perc
27  Latin Kit
28  Keystone
29  Rnd Latin
30  Elec Tech
31  Elec Hop
32  Electro
33  Ethno Tek
34  9 OH 9
35  Flim Flam
36  SquareBdge
37  Old SKool
38  Hiss Hop
39  Nu Jack
40 Pop Brush
41 PingySnare
42  Mini Me
43  Thick Rock
44  Levee
45  Deep Jam
46  Picc Verb
47  Slick Jazz
48  Picc Funk
49  Thick Thin
50  Indo Ethno
51  Studio
52  World 1
53  FunkBigKik
54  RingyMetal
55  Mello Snap
56  8 OH 8
57  Trad Hop
58  CountryRok
59  Handrums
60  PowerBlues
61  Orchestra
62  Picc Punk
63  Reggae
64  Piano Rock
65  Comedy FX
66  Fat Attack
67  OG SIM
68  Guitar Jam
69  Techno
70  VocalDrums
71  Med Room
72  Funky Drmr
73  ConcertTom
74  World 2
75  FunkRinger
76  Latin Jazz
77  12" Funk
78  Fuse Hop
79  ThickBlues
80  World 3
81  Orch Traps
82  Paisley
83  Funk Pop
84  Funk Snap
85 80s Stndrd
86  Hi Fusion
87  Hi Round
88  Brush Room
89  Cavern
90  Kick Click
91  Funk Bop
92  Phi Gospel
93  NoFrontHd
94  Super Kik
95  Samba
96  Thonk
97  Pop Idol
98  Far East
99 World 4

Adding an ION Expansion Cymbal kit to my Alesis DM8 USB drum set

The Alesis DM8 USB Kit kit comes with a hi-hat, 1 crash and a ride cymbal.  Coming from my acoustic kit where I had 5 or 6 crash cymbals, it was sort of limiting to have a single crash so I've been looking for the cheapest way to add another cymbal trigger to my kit.

You can get a single Alesis DMPad 12" Crash cymbal and then locate some mounting hardware, but in my case I decided to try an Ion Drum Rocker Cymbal Expansion kit (The IEDO7C ). ION is the company that makes the Drum Rocker kit for Rockband and Guitar Hero.  And it seems the same company makes both the Alesis cymbals and well as ION cymbals.  You can get an ION 12" crash complete with mounting hardware for about $50 on Amazon. Great deal!  The Alesis-brand mounting hardware alone would probably cost more than $50 plus you'd still have to buy the pad with is $50-60 by itself.

The DM8 module has two stereo 1/4" jacks on the back for expansion purposes. One is Perc1 and the other is Perc2.  (I think on the DM8 Pro Kit, one or two of these jacks might already be in use because of the triple-zone ride cymbal. Not sure.)  These inputs show up in the module as Prc1Hd/Prc1Rim and Prc2Hd/Prc2Rim.  Since each input is stereo, you can trigger two different sounds from each input for a total of 4 additional triggers.   If you had a dual-zone pad, you could connect it to one input using a stereo cable and trigger both the head and the rim.  If you had two single zone pads, you could connect those to the same input by using an "insert cable", which takes a 1/4" stereo TRS cable and splits it to two 1/4" mono cables.  In my case I just used a single 1/4" mono cable because the ION cymbal is a single zone.

Here is my latest Youtube video that covers the unboxing, mounting and module configuration...