badassmak
Herbi-Whore
uhh what are drum triggers?
pipelineaudio
Well-known member
thats a general term for a few different things
some are transducers that are like pickups or mics, that attach to a drum and send out varying signals ( like D-Drum Trigger Packs )
some are actual pads that you hit with sticks( though not technically triggers, many refer to these, like Roland V-drum pads)
these are to record a performance, and not the SOUND of the drums so that later on they can fire off other drum samples to be determined at a later date, or sometimes to use creatively, like a snare drum trigger that goes into the sidechain of a ducking noise gate that the guitar is running thru...makes the guitar only heard when the snare is hit...
you can also trigger from mics in apps such as www.drumagog.com or hardware such as the alesis DM-5
some are transducers that are like pickups or mics, that attach to a drum and send out varying signals ( like D-Drum Trigger Packs )
some are actual pads that you hit with sticks( though not technically triggers, many refer to these, like Roland V-drum pads)
these are to record a performance, and not the SOUND of the drums so that later on they can fire off other drum samples to be determined at a later date, or sometimes to use creatively, like a snare drum trigger that goes into the sidechain of a ducking noise gate that the guitar is running thru...makes the guitar only heard when the snare is hit...
you can also trigger from mics in apps such as www.drumagog.com or hardware such as the alesis DM-5
badassmak
Herbi-Whore
ok gotcha, that makes a lot more sense now...I was just thinking it was some slang drummer talk for awhile
thanks.
thanks.
pipelineaudio
Well-known member
"I was just thinking it was some slang drummer talk for awhile"
NEVER say " trigger " in front of a drummer
say it when hes done and youre fixing his stuff, lest he pull HIS
NEVER say " trigger " in front of a drummer
say it when hes done and youre fixing his stuff, lest he pull HIS
badassmak
Herbi-Whore
lmao uh yea...drummers seem to be finnicky, Im just basing this on ones I have known not all of them. The one Im working with now has this weird thing, half an hour into the jam he up and takes off to read a book...then comes back half an hour later...