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: post by ouchdrummer at 2011-03-25 16:54:19
ha, i luv drum talk.

I 100% agree with WithoutArrow, it actually is harder to hit controlled, especially fast. That's why when you ask most drummers to go faster, they automatically hit louder too.

Also just a side note, in order for triggers to work properly, you really can't hit anywhere near as lightly as people think you can. If you don't put some "umph" into it, it misses all sorts of strokes. I can say this with a certainty, because for the first year or so with the AXIS i was trying to learn to do the "tapping" thing so that i could hopefully go faster in the end, but what ended up happening was that i got all sorts of bad triggering, and it made me sound lame as hell. Since then, i've moved the beaters back a bunch & cranked up the tension, and it's really really helped in making the triggers much more accurate.

And lastly, which i can't stress enough. You have to be PERFECT with triggers. Even though, yes, it changes the sound that comes out, it does not change the timing of your hits. Nor does velocity curve, or anything else short of drum edits in the studio. So if your hits aren't 100% accurate, EVERYONE in the room hears it. Have you ever seen a band with a bad drummer? It ruins the band, no one else in the band can play right when the beat is all over the place... now, that same sloppy drum can TOTALLY play without triggers, hit as hard as he can, and the bass drum resonance alone will mask the inconsistency in the timing of the hits, nevermind the fact that the acoustic sound just doesn't cut through nearly as well.
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