Talk me out of buying drum triggers

[DeclanWhite]

the ddrums do dampen a bit. the rolands seem to a bit less because of the smaller contact point

 

[brianhood]

Buy Roland triggers.
I have a full set of broken DDrums with several replacement piezos put in.
My Rolands have been perfect and I have had them longer than I had the DDrums.

Same exact for me.

I have a drawer full of broken ddrum triggers and busted 5005 element replacements. Not worth your money or your time. That being said, when they work, they have the cleanest transient with the least bleed.

Rolands are very durable over the years, but they have a very shitty transient. It's long, it tends to double triggle on toms, it's not great for fast tom rols, and there is a fair amount of bleed from other drums\cymbals.


I swear I'm going end up developing my own custom drum trigger that combines the best of both worlds. Mark my words.

 

[FrankTheSmith]

For like $8 you can get a piezo and an input jack from radio shack and make a trigger. I did it for a broken hihat on my electric kit and it works.
Tape the piezo to the drum head and the input jack to the out side of the rim or if the wires are long enough tape it to the shell. Basically like Pintech triggers.
just don't whack them.