There are a few things to consider.
1. The redshot triggers are crap. Either get the good ones or don't bother.
2. The triggers are designed to plug into a drum brain that has all the sounds and/or converts the performance to midi. You will need one of those, if this is the way you are going to do it.
3. you can just plug the triggers into mic preamps, just like you would a mic, and use something like Drumagog to play the sounds of the preformance you have recorded. The thing about this is you will need just as many inputs as you would with mics.
4. you still want to mic the cymbals, triggered cymbals just suck and there is no real way around it.
Drumagog also converts to midi and triggers from midi, it's a great tool to have.
...a drum brain that has all the sounds and/or converts the performance to midi. You will need one of those, if this is the way you are going to do it.
Also... Sk8a- you can download a free pluggin in called drumtrig. Its uses the peak in a recorded track to trigger a sample. I've used this for snares in the past. You wouldn't want to do this for an entire set of drums, but it works pretty well if you just aren't happy with the tone of a kick or snare or something.
I've got one. It works fine. As long as you like the sounds, you would be in good shape.do you guys know anything about the Alesis DM5?
The only reason to get the DM5 is to use the sounds or use it to convert the performance to midi.
The DM5 has 4 outputs, so you can separate the kick, snare and stereo toms.
Other than that, there is no point to having it. Plugging the triggers into the interface and using a plugin will work just as well. Since you can edit the recorded triggers, you can completely eliminate mis-triggers
Yes. The cable you will need depends on the triggers and the interface you are using. Some triggers use 1/4 and some use xlr. The trigger will put out a pretty loud signal, so you won't necessarily need a preamp but it's good to have the control.So if I trigger all the drums, plug the cables into my Tascam US1641 interface and hit record I should get a signal each time the drums are hit. I can then use Logic's drum replacement to insert the sounds I want from the captured signal. Does this sound correct? What cables are used? 1/4" to XLR?
Equipment for triggering drums
Triggers will cue a digital sound device - either an external one, or hooked via MIDI/interface to computer software. This will NOT pick up the original drum sound, only the playing.
Bump this...
Can you recommend a plug-in that will convert the recorded audio to a midi signal? I haven't done a lot of work with midi.