mhhh, triggering can be supersimple, i do it,
i just bought five cheap drumtriggers....i think thye were 5 euro per piece,
paiste one of them on the kickhead, not too far away from the batter,
and connect it with a midi-drumcomputer like
the ROLAND TD-6
my td-6 is a very simple machine with basic sounds,
but i can record my KICK in midi, or i can use the standard samples of my drummachine
after all, i always prefer my REAL sound, i got a very fat sounding kick,
and i can't beat my sound with samples...
so there's plenty of options, and i think the other guy already said it in his reply, but you can always PAISTE a piece of thin plastic on your kick head,
BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BATTER, so on the inside of yer kick,
where the batter hits the head, plastic,,,,,,you'll hear TICk
and also, drumheads matter...
now i got
REMO ebony ambassador drumheads now, (black ones)
and they sound alot better than the SONOR heads i always used,
these black heads have a "plastic" TICK sound when you hit them,
together with a nice deep BOOING, i've heard better sounding heads,
but i really like them for recording, that little TICK sound you get comes true very nice in most of my mixes
and of course.....your drumsticks...the ones with the plastic heads sound a little more bright, same thing for your batter...i got a soft one,
but i played with plastic ones too (sounds like shit i think, but you sure get a real CLICK sound)
and a tip from me for recording your kick: don't record it with too much bottom end in it, cut away lots of the bass and turn it a lill louder,
always give ME better results...