Steven Slate Drums or Slate Digital's Trigger?

[Wesopa]

I'm considering buying some software to program my drums, but I'm not sure on which one to choose. I have been reading this forum for months and I decided to try with Steven Slate samples, but I want to use it for live triggering with a laptop and in my records with programmed drums.

So the question is, if I program some MIDI rythms, could I replace it with the Slate Digital's Trigger? And if not, it's possible to use the Steven Slate Drums for live triggering?

 

[greyskull]

sounds like you want trigger.

 

[SimonSez]

According to the Trigger site http://www.slatedigital.com/trigger.php it has MIDI IN/OUT so I guess you could use an instance of Trigger on a MIDI track. The only thing is you will probably have to use a separate track for each "instrument", like one for the kick, one for snare, etc.

 

[abigor731]

with trigger you don't get the cymbals

 

[guitarguru777]

nope no cymbals in Trigger only Drums.

You actually want SSD. SSD can be used with a MIDI interface to trigger your drums live and it can be used in your DAW to program drums and cymbals

 

[SimonSez]

That's right SSD is better for his situation, I misread and thought he was saying he wanted to replace recorded drums.

 

[Wesopa]

Thanks for the answers
And just another quick question. What I would need to connect the triggers (3 toms and bass drum) to my laptop, just a MIDI interface like this one?

http://www.thomann.de/es/esi_m4u_xl.htm

I'm not sure about how it works. Maybe just plug the triggers to the interface's IN ports, and the USB cable to the laptop? Or I need another special cable?