Opeth drum pedals?

[Iki-ilkkuja]

What pedals does Martin use in Ghost Reveries, Deliverance etc. and does he use triggers?

 

[di ablopeth]

you know I've been wondering the same fucking thing for quite some time now...

 

[FRUGiHOYi]

I heard he used triggers on Deliverance. Someone on this board said it.

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

I guess Mikael might know...

 

[Arjen W.]

I believe that indeed on atleast Deliverance triggers were used for the heavy doublebass sections. As for the pedals, I'm guessing Iron Cobra's, I think it's been asked before but I'm not sure about this.

 

[Misko]

What's "triggers"? You trigger it and it plays by itself? A mechanism?

EDIT: Hi all, I'm new here

 

[Seance]

welcome. check out the FAQ, and don't take yourself or anyone else here too seriously

 

[Chamo]

trigger used to have a constant level of bass drum or everything
trigger detect a hit and the sampler produce a bass drum sample

trigger allow to have a constant level

(i hope you understand me)

 

[Misko]

Yeah, I understand. Don't like it though...

 

[pyr0rrzzz]

Uh, is it like a mellotron just for doublebass?^^

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Triggers on a bass drum are simple. You hit the bass pedal, and the trigger will detect the hit and send it to a "brain" or a trigger module which then plays a sample of a bass drum over the PA. That's a very basic explanation of a bass drum trigger.

From what I remember, Deliverance at least was recorded with acoustic drums, and then when it was mixed, Andy Sneap mixed it so it's 50% acoustic drums and 50% samples coming through for a thicker sound.

 

[Chamo]

trigger might not be used during recording session, but a VST existing which work as a trigger but there is a threshold: if the level of bass drum hit is higher than threshold a sample is playing

i guess Melodyne and celemony do this

 

[CorpseDeception]

I'm surprised it doesn't say on the website.

Does anyone else find it amusing that it says "various percussion insrtuments"?