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Was this before the dvd?

dead eyes see no future!!

Anyone who thinks triggers are "cheating" do not know what the fuck they're talking about. It's only cheating when you use them in the studio, even then, if you're using ONLY the sampled sound for your drums. Most drummers tend to go for a 50/50 thing for a tighter sound, but if you go 100% trigger in the studio, that shit is easy to quantize(ie cheating). With that said though, it's got nothing to do with your ability to play. It ISN'T cheating, just a sampled sound that triggers when you play.

Munki6 1 year ago

claiming that triggers make you "cheat" is completely ridiculous. however, the concept of lightly taping the bass drum and the trigger picking it up is true, but a real drummer would never take advantage of that. just because you use triggers does not make you a dishonest drummer, it's just a preference. those who take advantage of the concept are scum of the earth and do not deserve to be recognized as drummers. i personally have never used triggers only because i prefer an old school sound

Krig666 2 years ago

Triggers give a tighten sound at faster double bass speeds and in my opinion a trigger kit sounds better than a miced up kit

SoulAssassinz36 2 years ago 2

peoples thing about triggers make you cheat is retarded..lol they say people thAt barley tap the bass drum head get the weak strokes, and triggers pick them up. i would say that would be cheating yourself. but not cheating the speed. cAuse tech your feet are tapping at that pace. any way, when you Watch more drummers like Daniel, he gets good strokes. as well as many drummers up there. derrek roddy, george kollias gene hoglan. but yeah... triggers arnt cheating.

Jleedrummermetal 2 years ago 2

i like that he doesn't try to hide his kick triggers...

ElGrapadora 2 years ago

hha, why should he?

blindedbydarkness 2 years ago

a lot of drummers do, because of all of the stupid people that thing that triggers are "cheating"...

ElGrapadora 2 years ago

ah, yes. That's a sad thing...

blindedbydarkness 2 years ago

@blindedbydarkness its only cheating if they start trigger tapping. if they trigger for an even sound and dont tap then i get that

SaludaUser 1 year ago

@ElGrapadora

almost extreme or metal drummer using trigger from abroad.

almost japanese drummer think that trigger is cheat.

but, sometimes need to compromise for band sound.

dw9071 11 months ago

@ElGrapadora

play fast double bass drumming without kick trigger if you can.

cheap and weak kick sound at least hahaha.

dw9071 11 months ago

what is triggers? i know what it is, but not in this coherence.

Tveity 2 years ago

Triggers make your bass drums one volume no matter how hard your strokes are. Its something most modern metal drummers use. People who don't know anything about them assume that triggers make you faster (I honestly don't know where this assumption comes from.) Say if your right foot is heavier than your left, triggers can even the volume and make the strokes sound cleaner. Some drummers also use them to create a certain sound or effect. You know that "click" you get with metal drummers. Triggers

DreamNeonBlack 2 years ago

ah i see, if you have ever watched dave mcclain from machine head play drums, when you watch his feet move his feet are moving at half the speed, its pretty odd to watch thats when you see his triggers, rading what you've said has answered alot of questions, chears man.

Serillian666 2 years ago

that's coz he plays double strokes on his kicks going:

R-R-L-L-R-R-L-L

although the triggers do help to pick up the rebounded second stroke

Scotty515 2 years ago

really? how do you know that? i'm really intrigued about all these trigger things. lol

Serillian666 2 years ago

he's done some instruction videos for drum magazines that have free DVD's with them, and in one of them he was explaining his foot technique for double strokes, it's like a bizaare mix of flatfoot and heeltoe :|

confusing eh?

feel free to check out some of my vids, i've got my triggers hooked up in one or two of them

Scotty515 2 years ago

it sounds very interesting man, cheers for your help

Serillian666 2 years ago

@Scotty515 Ive seen videos of him and it shows his feet. the definately looked like single strokes. Ive also never seen him use triggers

uhstud68 1 year ago

@ElGrapadora

Daniel does this thing where his triggered sound in in his kick drum mix about 45% and his bass drum traditional mics pick up the rest...that way he gets the great tightness and attack with triggers for the fast double bass stuff and the rich bottom end of mixes...to me his drum sound is one of the best!!!

Mik3topsy 7 months ago