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Re: Suffocation / Cryptopsy gear report..
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I saw Cryptopsy back in 2002. One guitarist was using a strat, and the other was using a dimebolt. Is that the same one he is using today? I thought I saw pics of him with a black dime guitar.
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He was using the blue-ish one with the lightning bolt graphic on it.
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Okay, I did a little reading and a trigger is what I would have guessed it to be. But my questions:
1. Why? If you have to mess with a trigger, why not just get an electronic kick drum? Why even mess with an acoustic drum in the first place?
2. Why from a sound standpoint? Can an acoustic kick drum just not get the desired sound?
3. When using a trigger, where does the desired sound come from? A sample of other acoustic kick drums? Or an entirely electronically created sound?
Sorry, but I'm not a drummer and am trying to figure that stuff out.
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1. Electronic kits are usually quite expensive, whereas the acoustic kits can be bought and then have the triggers added at a later date. Additionally, the feels are quite different. Some drummers use a combination of triggers and actual acoustic micing on their kicks.
2. Many clubs have poor PA's, crappy microphones, or just not the right setup for obtaining a quality kick drum sound. The trigger usually is routed back to the drummer so he can hear his own feet while he plays, whereas an acoustic kick can sometimes get lost in the monitors. Triggers also enable many drummers to conserve energy better so they don't have to hit as hard.. Some drummers suffer from starting off strong and as it goes faster and faster, their kicks get quiet. Overall, the biggest advantage is ease of setup, I'd say, it enables the sound man to get a clear kick sound to put through the PA and to pump through the stage monitors.
3. Most trigger brains have pre-programmed in sounds to pick from, some triggers also detect dynamics (the harder you hit, the louder, the softer the less volume you're gonna hear).
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I saw Cryptopsy back in 2002. One guitarist was using a strat, and the other was using a dimebolt. Is that the same one he is using today? I thought I saw pics of him with a black dime guitar.
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He was using the blue-ish one with the lightning bolt graphic on it.
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Okay, I did a little reading and a trigger is what I would have guessed it to be. But my questions:
1. Why? If you have to mess with a trigger, why not just get an electronic kick drum? Why even mess with an acoustic drum in the first place?
2. Why from a sound standpoint? Can an acoustic kick drum just not get the desired sound?
3. When using a trigger, where does the desired sound come from? A sample of other acoustic kick drums? Or an entirely electronically created sound?
Sorry, but I'm not a drummer and am trying to figure that stuff out.
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1. Electronic kits are usually quite expensive, whereas the acoustic kits can be bought and then have the triggers added at a later date. Additionally, the feels are quite different. Some drummers use a combination of triggers and actual acoustic micing on their kicks.
2. Many clubs have poor PA's, crappy microphones, or just not the right setup for obtaining a quality kick drum sound. The trigger usually is routed back to the drummer so he can hear his own feet while he plays, whereas an acoustic kick can sometimes get lost in the monitors. Triggers also enable many drummers to conserve energy better so they don't have to hit as hard.. Some drummers suffer from starting off strong and as it goes faster and faster, their kicks get quiet. Overall, the biggest advantage is ease of setup, I'd say, it enables the sound man to get a clear kick sound to put through the PA and to pump through the stage monitors.
3. Most trigger brains have pre-programmed in sounds to pick from, some triggers also detect dynamics (the harder you hit, the louder, the softer the less volume you're gonna hear).
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