I've been drumming for about two monthes, and just reading a lot about stuff to learn more, and I keep seeing the term "triggering" in regards to recording. What does this mean?? 
A question from a confused amateur drummer
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Who'r u calling a Junior?
Triggering is when you put something like this - http://www.harmony-central.com/Drums/EDW/triggers.html - on your set and they send a signal to your computer or drum module which will play a sound you want.
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Who'r u calling a Junior?
Asgeir Mickelson
Alpha male
If you don't know how to tune drums then cheat by using triggers.
Triggers don't play for you.
- Asgeir
Triggers don't play for you.
- Asgeir
Dammit, I still don't understand what the point of triggering is though! Why do you need a computer to play a sound? Why can't drummers just record acoustically?
Is it a form of digitally recording drums?
I dont get it, some people I've asked say that it's cheating in the sense that a drummer doesn't have to play very hard, and the computer will replace the sounds he's producing with louder sounds. Other people have said that it's basically a computerized way to change the tone of drums a drummer has played, when the drummer can't afford to actually buy new drums. I still don't get it! Is it any of the things I just said? Please someone give me a straight and factual answer!
Is it a form of digitally recording drums?
I dont get it, some people I've asked say that it's cheating in the sense that a drummer doesn't have to play very hard, and the computer will replace the sounds he's producing with louder sounds. Other people have said that it's basically a computerized way to change the tone of drums a drummer has played, when the drummer can't afford to actually buy new drums. I still don't get it! Is it any of the things I just said? Please someone give me a straight and factual answer!
vessal1
vessal1
triggering allows a drummer to utilize many different drum sounds on one kit via use of a "brain" or processor that let you "trigger" sounds it uses a pressure sensitive device that picks up the drum hit then processes it as a selected drum tone or what-ever (samples,tones,drum hits, anything really)
so it expands an acoustic kit to many different kits or it can just be a trigger pad(s) that is not a real drum so the drummer can practice quietly or headphones
the possiblilities are limitless when using triggers for layering, quick changing sounds or samples being played behind the band
hope this helps but Im a guitarist so what do I know?
so it expands an acoustic kit to many different kits or it can just be a trigger pad(s) that is not a real drum so the drummer can practice quietly or headphones
the possiblilities are limitless when using triggers for layering, quick changing sounds or samples being played behind the band
hope this helps but Im a guitarist so what do I know?
Asgeir Mickelson
Alpha male
It's a great thing to use triggers when you play super fast black or death metal. Drummers playing light adjust the triggers to be very sensitive. Let me tell you: That's very diffcult to play on since they will give you a BOOM from the slightest touch. Using triggers are definitely not cheating.
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Thank you Vessal and Asgeir, the last two responses are exactly what I was asking for. So Asgeir, do you use triggering often? Can it be utilized in life performing? Was The Focusing Blur by Vintersorg triggered (my favorite album featuring you!)
Asgeir Mickelson
Alpha male
Many drummers use triggers live - Nick Barker, Pete Sandoval, Hellhammer... The list goes on and on...
I used V-drums' bass drums on the last two Vintersorg and many others too. I'm too lazy to tune two acoustic bass drums so they match...
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I used V-drums' bass drums on the last two Vintersorg and many others too. I'm too lazy to tune two acoustic bass drums so they match...
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triggering can have dynamics
so the drummer is not completely cheating
dave weckl, the session drummer, composer and chick corea's sideman has a huge rack aside of the drums.
it seems that he eqs his drum there, and he throws the signal to the soundman.
if you trigger your drums you can also get to hear yourself better
so the drummer is not completely cheating
dave weckl, the session drummer, composer and chick corea's sideman has a huge rack aside of the drums.
it seems that he eqs his drum there, and he throws the signal to the soundman.
if you trigger your drums you can also get to hear yourself better
firewindraging
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i don't know very much at all about drums, but i have a piece of crap little 8 piece kit, and i noticed (i'm sure everyone else has too) that hitting the bass pedal fast enough is really easy, but if inexperienced it is very unaccurae and the sounds are different volumes. So my thought is that since when i hit the bass pedal fast you can't hear it everytime, if i used triggers, with a little bit of accuracy practice, i could sound really fast even though i suck at playing...... Could someone shed some light on this topic, because when i think about it it sounds like cheating. Nick Barker, for example, uses triggers and his double-bass sounds very crisp and even. I question whether or not he could play that fast hitting the bass pedal with his feet at an audible level....
I can assure you that Nick Barker can play fast as hell with or without triggers. The same goes for Asgeir/Hellhammer/Trym too. Read more about triggers/trigging at Asgeir's forum.
