is your approach for making sure those sounds kick pedal next to my actual kick pedal, then say, one, have fun with whatever you’re doing,
translate FOH? I’ve got an electronic side snare next to my real but two, go down the rabbit hole of what your
snare, and then lastly the SPD itself. So what I instrument can do. Because the more you
[Garrett] Again that just goes back to do is I give the sound guy an output for the kick know about your instrument, the more you
communication. If you’re using electronics, trigger that is on my acoustic drum so that way can communicate and the freer you are going
especially if you’re using a kick trigger or a he can mix that specifically to blend with my to be to express yourself in any scenario. And
snare trigger, you want that electronic sound to real kick drum. With my snare trigger that’s on like anything, I think people hear this all the
feel real. The last thing you want is to be playing my real snare drum, I give him that as a mono time, but study up on bass guitar. Even if you
acoustic drums and just be slamming in the channel as well, that way he can mix back to can’t play it, even if you can only play drums,
mix, feel so good, and then you go to play your blend. For everything else I have I send him a just go on YouTube and watch videos on bass,
electronics and it’s like, what happened? This stereo channel, usually if there are effects or if on guitar, on keyboard, on all of these different
doesn’t sound real at all. Communication with there’s a verse groove or something or delays instruments and have an understanding of
the sound guy that you need your electronics or faders on the sounds themselves, I’ll send a how they function and work and how to
to be exactly the same level and feel the same stereo channel that way he can really blend that communicate with those players. That way you
as the real drum (just minus the stage volume). to the room. I like to give him as much control as a band can achieve the best sound possible.
Something I do to give the sound guy some as I can while also communicating to him that more control, on the SPD-SX there is the it needs to be as present as the real drum set. ***
I’m running triggers and the SPD, so I have [WM] This has been great! Is there anything [WM] So that’s a wrap for this issue. For more
acoustic triggers on my kick drum and my snare else you’d like to add? information about what Garrett is up to, visit
capability of multiple outputs, so what I do,
drum where I’m layering electronic sounds onto
the acoustic sounds. Then I have an electronic
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