Drum Triggers on a metal trash can...

[Cyanide-Depende]

Does anyone know if this will work? I wanted to know if it would before I spent the money on triggers and hardware.

thanks,
C$

 

[tarnationsauce2]

Depending on the triggers... sure!
I can put a trigger on my tabletop and they'll work there. You could put a trigger just about anywhere that vibrates when struck with a stick and they'll work.
You might want to look into building your own trigger with a piezo element.
D a search on the web (or here) and I'm sure you'll find a lot about it.

Best of all a home made piezo trigger will only cost $5-$10.

 

[Cyanide-Depende]

Awsome, thanks man, Rep points have been awarded

You have no idea how happy you just made me (and my bassist) espescially with the make our own triggers idea.

Thanks again,
-C$

 

[Cyanide-Depende]

oh yea, how would I get it to send the signal to reason? I have a firewire 410 with the midi in, but what kind of hardware should I get to convert the trigger signal to midi?

Thanks
-C$

 

[tarnationsauce2]

oh yea, how would I get it to send the signal to reason? I have a firewire 410 with the midi in, but what kind of hardware should I get to convert the trigger signal to midi?

Thanks
-C$

Well usually you'd use something like a drum brain that costs a lot of $$ usually.

But I have heard of people actually recording the piezo output into an audio track. Then with the audio track use a program like Drumagog (or others like it) to convert the piezo pulses to MIDI or audio.

But I'm not totally sure since I use a Roland drum brain.
thx for the ruputation score.

 

[MadAudio]

I once saw a full trash can/trigger set-up in an issue of Modern Drummer, so I'm sure you can make it work.

 

[metalhead28]

Yes, you can plug a trigger straight into a mic pre. It will just record a simple spike of audio. You could then use Drumagog to convert the trigger spikes into drum samples. Another alternative if you use drumagog is to use a microphone. You can tap in a drum beat on a hot microphone and replace those taps with samples using drumagog.

Otherwise you would need a brain to convert the signals.

Some DAW's will convert audio into MIDI. For instance SONAR will scan an audio track for transients and insert a MIDI note for each one. I don't know if reason will do anything like that.

 

[Cyanide-Depende]

sweet, you guys rock. I have tons of ideas for this, now that I know its possible,
Thanks!
-C$

 

[amra]

You can also use KTDrumTrigger which is free...