Exploring creative possibilities with just one bass drum trigger is a great introduction to the world of hybrid drumming. In this month’s column we will focus on an acoustic kick drum outfitted with a bass drum trigger. Hopefully this will spark some creative ideas for you to experiment with using the current trigger set up you have at home. Maybe a few of these video examples might even motivate some of you to purchase a brand-new MIDI drum trigger system. A quick note about the MIDI trigger interface seen in these videos. It’s a Yamaha DTX 900 and it was released in 2010. It’s considered “old,” and I believe it’s now discontinued. Yamaha has released more current drum trigger modules but this one suits me just fine since I don’t use the internal sounds, and the DTX 900 also has more advanced MIDI capabilities than some of the newer trigger […]

December 2022 Issue