Nitebob wrote:
Sounds good Alan. More details please. Where/what to get? How much should I expect to pay....and as always....pics if you dont mind sharing.
Literally any trigger will work - they are mostly basically just a piezo sensor with a piece of rubber over the top and in a casing that lets you mount any kick drum pedal to them. Pedals you can pick up for a couple hundred to a couple (or five) thousand and you can often find the triggers secondhand from drummers who are upgrading to newer better models. New, I know the Rolands range from about R1500 street, but you also get the others like Alesis, Medeli, etc., which should be a lot cheaper. One major advantage is you can also upgrade later by adding in some kind of a brain. And not just the kit brains either - most of the Octopad type devices also have external trigger inputs and let you or another member of the band play all sorts of percussion at the same time).
My setup does include a drum brain as I've gone for a double kick arrangement for kick and snare:
