Quick question about triggers -> PC

[Erkan]

Hey folks!

I'm thinking of making it a little easier for myself and just get a trigger for my bass drum to make the trigging more accurate (since the bass drum is most prone to sound replacement). I will not buy a whole module just for that shit though, but I heard you can just use a trigger and plug it straight in to the mixer and just record it. Well the question is quite simple, is this true or not? Can I just buy a trig mic and plug it in and record the output, then sound replace that output with APTrigga etc etc?

Thanks for info, I've got until monday to decide

 

[TheDude]

Yes. Easy as that.

 

[coldthrn]

Yes you can do that, however I would save your money on the trigger and just use a mic if you are going the APTrigga/Drumagog Route.

 

[deanbailey]

This has been asked a few times before. Here's one thread with the same question.

 

[wishtheend]

Not sure how many inputs you have available, but I would not get rid of the kick mic altogether. If you can trigger the entire kit as well as mic. That way you have options of either replacing the sound all together - or use the triggers to side chain gates on stuff like toms (life saver for me).

 

[Erkan]

This has been asked a few times before. Here's one thread with the same question.

Argh crap, sorry for not looking thoroughly on the forums about this subject First time I do such a thing and let me assure you, it will be the last!

Thanks for the info.

And oh, wishtheend, no I won't get rid of the entire kick mic. I have 8 channels to record in, and I'm currently using 7 (kick, snare, 3 toms, 2 OH), and I thought I could throw in a trigger on the kick since kicks are most prone to getting triggered/replaced. I was thinking of just using the trig mic to blend in samples of my own kick, with my own kick. That way I can keep the mids and lower end of the original recording, and let the sample be the "klicky" sound without dragging up all the cymbals in the mix. With this technique, you still retain a lot of "diversity" in the sound and keep a good amount of dynamics, while having a clean and "modern" kick sound.

 

[indogrind dot net]

Goddamned...there's no like that in my country!!