Well, what actually happens is they use an acoustic kit with triggers in them.
Exactly! Triggering sampled drum sounds has been common since the 90s. It lets the big acts get the recorded drum sounds live and does away with more than half the mics on stage.
Many top pro drummers have incorporated some electronics into their acoustic kits. Bill Bruford (King Crimson), Chad Whackerman (Zappa, Hoildsworth, Vai) and Vinnie Colaiuta (
everyone - Zappa, Chick Corea, Sting, Jeff Beck, etc.).
ezietsman wrote
looking in the classifieds, its clear to me that most people buy acoustic kits, because those are available in far larger numbers. I don't know why. Could it be because acoustic kits sound better? I reckon its because they're cheaper to get.
+1. I think the biggest thing is they are cheaper until you get into the upper ranges. That is busy changing. When it does, they will become accepted more widely and we'll begin to see more electronic kits on stage.
Something completely different. I'm willing to argue that acoustic drum sets are a cause of the low quality of live (rock) music we generally see in clubs.
+1. Aside from the practice thing, only one in 20 sound engineers knows how to mic up an acoustic kit properly live and how to scale the mic setup up/down to suit the venue. Even if the engineer is a good'un, the extra open mics on stage cause more bleed and a lower feedback threshold. Far easier to get a good sound from a band with an electronic kit.
MIKA the better one wrote
In the way of Warnings, I havent had one in a while, and I reckon if I try I could get more warnings than Karma..... Any chance you could give me a warning counts thing under my Karma??? :-\
Don't regard it as an accomplishment - they are for more serious, and just short step away from being banned.
