What are drum triggers?

http://www.myspace.com/axonicrot
This is a simple explanation of what triggers are and how they work and also some info on why and how they are used.

The music is from my band Axonic rot
http://www.myspace.com/axonicrot

I apologize for the weird zoom during the first part.(censorship)

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[TheFlarry1]

Thanks for the informative vid man! Question, with a typical drum module is it possible to capture the exact sound of my kick drum in some kind of sample, then use that as the outgoing sound? That's what we did in the studio, he had me hit the kick really hard, then pasted that in to all of my kick beats. Just wondering if a regular module can do that too. Thanks!!

[andy15m374l]

@TheFlarry1 There are certain ones that let you load in samples, but the majority do not.

[Olliverzie]

The module produce different sounds besides the real drum sound yes? Like a more electronic drum sound.

[andy15m374l]

@Olliverzie Yes. It plays a sample when you hit the drum. It's used ti get a more cutting sound than mics usually.

[Joshthebandboy]

If using drum triggers is cheating, using electric guitars and guitar effects is cheating.

[anemeth32904]

A few points to the haters.

1: where's YOUR fucking video if you're all experts? Thank the kid for offering his input on a widely debated subject.

2: Triggers are not a way to cheat to play faster/cleaner. If you fuck up with standard mics, you'll fuck up with triggers(probably more apparently).

3: "Get a good sound guy and learn to mic your drums live" type answers are bullshit. Up and coming bands don't have that kind of time or money. Fuck off.

Stick to your mommy's basement and wallet

[Ahmedmagdi]

so a module is like ready made mixed drum samples other than getting a mixer and you mixing a sound right ?

[bejerama]

@korea1john I'm not exactly sure you understand what the purpose of a trigger is for. The trigger is used to simulate an electronic kit (kind of). Makes recording easier I suppose. It has nothing to do with changing the sound of your kit. Essentially you want the trigger to give the sound of what an ideal kit would sound like. So if you think it sounds best with a quarter there then yes.

[BeyondLame]

so are triggers basically like guitar distortion pedals? or operate in the same principle i mean?

[loadedlongboardlover]

i know this is unrelated but what song is playing in the back round?

[MarkuzLee]

@Joshthebandboy If there was a guitar effect that would correct my guitar when I play completely off metronome -- that would be cheating. But then again, it's all about music and it doesn't matter how you make it. What matters if it's good or not.

[AtariMaxiToriyama]

After watching this, I still don't know what a drum trigger essentially DOES.

[klawtheclown]

@DrummingNonStop So I must assume Neil Peart is a terrible drummer, right?