A "Proper" Explanation of Drum Triggers

[@themetalgamer9864]

Two toms. No cymbals. No snare. But two bass drums. This man has his priorities straight.

[@DrPeculiar312]

Oh yeah definitely wonder why he doesnt have cymbals for a DRUM TRIGGER VIDEO, moron

[@Danfromoverthere]

Stinky bass line has me hysterical because I’m five. (I think people are taking my comment as sarcastic, it isn’t not. I merely stating I will laugh at farts like a child no matter how old. I also think it may have been that I forgot to put the 0 at the end because I was fifty at the time of writing it lol)

[@oldscorpion1623]

No worries, I’m breaking down to and I’m five hundred fifty five

[@keithderinger7140]

Im 0

[@simolarilahti]

Oh wow.. You joined KZbin when you were - 6 years old..

[@schnozz87]

Just in case you somehow haven't seen it yet.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5uUe6GFmZyWb68 You're welcome

[@Madchris8828]

Me too 😂😂

[@Mizziri]

Holy shit, sampling Glenn.

[@66Samus]

James Moran and we all know how much Glenn loves drum samples :D

[@blackjackmcgack]

66Samus That was fucking legend man! It's so ironic!

[@williamparent1920]

66Samus Invisible cymbals?

[@WestleyWolf]

+66Samus Ver 3. is Dubstep I think.

[@dcp10200]

+James Moran I sence a disturbance in the force!

It’s actually great video

[@090nj2]

Lowkey

[@nickkerr5714]

👁👁

[@tomfson8609]

Wassup checkmark

[@bandolierboy1908]

I'M TRIGGERED

[@Limitsofinfinity]

omg!

[@Yellowjacket307]

Same

[@kemistry65]

imagine how the drums feel

[@ratsuckerpisslord42069]

you fucking normie REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@petrus3801]

Shut the fuck up

[@HuarachesPlaysTv]

the sexy one had me laughing too hard

[@cameronnalley3197]

EziQtoR me too. When I heard it I was like wtf he actually just did that

[@ideasonek3374]

I had to lower my volume XD

[@hummingtoadeadsong]

Aoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaohhhhhhh

[@austinhord8317]

I woke my roommates up laughing at that!

[@LRCVWDude]

Mean time I'm sitting here wondering how long it took to find those samples.....he must have done a lot of "research" 😂

[@TheSoxmania]

That Glenn fricker part had me rolling!! great vid!

[@Josh.T.H.]

"You have to hit every single note yourself. See? Ahhhhhh!" 😆

[@Jeffmetal42]

i knew you were going to sample some fart sounds through the trigger, you are man who never lets fans down. Ohhhhhh YUUUUUUUR!!!

[@Fiscalvids]

Jeffmetal 42 Fuckin love dis gui

[@seanalexander6310]

Triggers are great. It can be used like re-amping guitars and such. You can record a MIDI performance of a live drummer, and then go back and change the sounds. You can add electronic drums to your acoustic kit without having an electric kit or creating a hybrid. It's a win/win.

[@missmaximaaltje]

I fucking lost it when you sampled Glenn Fricker :')

[@drblack66]

2021 and this is still the most informative trigger video out there! And it's got a squeaky fart as the icing on the cake!!

[@RobBoles]

Holy shit the Sexy Bass line. I was not prepared.

[@greysonevans3381]

My mom was next to me when the "sexy" one was playing

[@_nurmi06]

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[@frostythesasquatch]

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[@holierthanthou2520]

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[@juantwog]

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[@bryneshifflett9889]

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[@DoomTobi]

My problem with triggers isn't that they are cheating, but that many drummers produce a ultra precise but ultra boring drum sound with them. They kill all the dynamics and take all the bass out of their bass drum. I like a more natural sound.

[@coldfleshcolony]

+DoomTobi That has bothered me too. Using triggers during recording should give endless options of great drums yet loads of albums have the same generic sound. Then again there were trends in sound way before triggers became standard practice.

[@thenotsoguitarguy9429]

My problem with triggers is that it is cheating, but not necessarily for the drummer. It's cheating for the engineer. A big part of what you're paying a recording engineer for is getting the drum sounds right. It takes years to do that. You gotta know how your room works. You gotta know how drums sound in your room. You gotta know how to tune drums for your room (because an astounding number of drummers don't know how). You gotta know about mic placement. You gotta know about phase relationships. You gotta know how to deal with bleed. Or you can use triggers and Toontracks and replace all your bad work. This stuff is great for the guy recording at home. It pisses me off, however, when I walk into a studio I'm paying for and the dude pulls out a bunch of triggers for the drums. Take some pride in your work, for fuck sake. The editing is where the cheating for the drummer comes in.

[@Cenot4ph]

yea it makes it sound too digital and monotonous. You need to hear the analog essence of the instrument, it sounds different depending on how you hit the material and triggers dont really transfer any of that.

[@apothecurio]

OR just make the clicks not so loud. just to make it cut through better. Like in dubstep. Lots of low end. But also high end so it cuts through

[@timbrown57]

That's not the actual trigger doing that, that is the DRUMMER's fault for selecting a shitty overly "clicky" drum sound. If you are triggering, go listen to the country song "Kentucky Mine" by Diamond Rio. I picked this song because it isn't a metal song, but it has a great kick sound that cuts through, and will sit well in the mix . You get a thump and a mallet slap without the obnoxious "click", and by the way - Stryper was using that clicky kick sound in like 1986. Think outside of the clicky kick box.

[@juansebastianperezvarelo7476]

I understand the concept and use of triggers, but I have a question though. What's the point of buying a hell of a good sounding drumset if you're gonna use triggers?

[@ErikLMX]

You could combine the acoustic sound and the triggered samples together. It's useful in some cases. For example, check out the live performance video of the song "Drunk" by Sungazer. The drummer has triggers on the kick, snare and floor tom, to play 808 sounds along with the drums.

[@sebastianubeda8363]

Imagine you want a freackin coubel and you don’t have one

[@apothecurio]

Erik LMX aaah a man of culture I see.

[@lt-yx1hx]

@@ErikLMX polyphia also does a great job mixing triggers and real drums.

[@ErikLMX]

@@lt-yx1hx Yeah, and in their case it sounds amazing. :D

[@JLH_LetsPlay]

I'm not even a drummer, but i find your videos very interesting and informative. And you're sense of humor is hilarious. :) :)

[@ianbyrne465]

he's a very informative drummer

[@flannelcommander]

Jessica Hicks Cougar detected

[@DadaPoopoo]

Your*

[@tonypowell250]

Your*

[@Iwantapplez109]

2:33 sounds like a nice drum kit for a genre like dubstep or something

[@Drum4evr22]

ok boomer

[@Multi-Waves_Music]

@@Drum4evr22 does it not?

[@Drum4evr22]

@@Multi-Waves_Music sounds nothing like dubstep, dubstep drums are fat asf

[@Multi-Waves_Music]

@@Drum4evr22 that's not necessarily true, also just add some Ott and you have some dubstep drums

[@Drum4evr22]

@@Multi-Waves_Music lol thats a good point. This sounds like more industrial tho

[@idk-zy9ig]

"Technical difficulties" I got the pun way too late

[@SacredReach0]

W8 there is a pun?

[@idk-zy9ig]

+Drink Me Because the double bass was so fast --> *technical* difficulties

[@SacredReach0]

+Ass milk oh I ok I get it now

[@cbfedge5593]

@@idk-zy9ig that's not a pun

[@ExecutionKing]

I have no idea why or how I got here, but not only did I laugh my ass off but also learned a couple things. There's 5 minutes of my life that I don't actually regret on KZbin...

[@ivtympanistam9903]

Hilarious video! Although on why some people think triggering is cheating: its to do with the threshold and dynamics settings. Watch the drum cams of Inferno from Behemoth and you'll see he plays with no power whatsoever. If a microphone was placed in front of the drum you wouldn't be able to hear his kick at all. Some people keep the threshold settings super low but the dynamics at maximum so that they could hit the drum with a feather and you could still be able to hear powerful kick sound. Personally I have no problem with them but thats what I've heard.

[@xxshatteredmetalxx]

im not a drummer or anything but i wanted to throw my opinion out there. In my eyes, if you can't play it live... its cheating. if you CAN play it live, no cheating. its not the tool that makes it "cheating" or not. its how you use it.

[@worldscum8846]

drum triggers by heavy metal weird al, joking 👍

[@66Samus]

+World Scum I have no problem being called Weird Al ;)

[@giygas7392]

Being called the Weird Al of anything is an honor, not an insult.

[@ianbyrne465]

+GG Allin exactly

[@justinthymes5680]

+GG Allin Weird Al Rules!!!!

[@giygas7392]

+justin thymes But of course.

[@negriil7756]

"Triggers are also useful when your bass player forgets to show up to a gig". I lol'd

[@Blomm11]

Quit talking shit about bass players, man! We're actually a great people... when we don't drink... or sleep... or breathe...

[@mx_nana_banana]

you had me in the first half, not gonna lie.

[@Christian4life86]

Lmao

[@paaawna]

Im a grown ass man and stinky bass line had me dying

[@osenseijedi]

Why am i watching this? I play piano not drum!! Fascinating to see what musicians from other instruments do!

[@COYM_1908]

+mr_os Why wouldn't you be watching this? I am a classically trained violinist, with about 13 years of playing experience and I try to jam on the guitar and bass, too. I just recently purchased an ukulele as well. This is entertaining and very informative and I think it's cool to know how other instruments work!

[@fallen6060]

Samus looks so *freaking badass* with those piercings and that beard!

[@D3adMetal]

While you have to hit every note to get the trigger sound, you can hit it at any strength, which can cause some problems. If you are playing with triggers all the time, it can make you play weaker and weaker because the trigger react to any touch of the drum. So if you are playing "trigger mode" on drums without triggers, it's going to sound weak and dull, at least if you're going 230bpm on double kick, for example. Point is, that triggers can teach players to be lazy with the strength of each stroke and completely destroy a players dynamic.

[@TacoCrisma]

+Alf A Romeo you can with a velocity setting.

[@mitchmaule6517]

Velocity settings are hit or miss though (no pun intended) unless you have a NICE ekit or trigger set

[@rhdrbob]

It honestly surprises me you don't have more subs, you're one of the gnarliest drummers I've ever seen!

[@toddward211]

Man you have come a long way since you made this one.

[@n3ur0tic881]

Honestly Samus, you're the fucking best! Not only by far the best explanations, but hilarious too.. You're one of the best players I've seen! I saw Decrepit Birth in Toronto, killer show!

[@AlexRooneyComposer]

ITS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE!

[@tiyenin]

cjetelomar2010 for fuck's sake, in *the pussy

[@dennismanzardojr9920]

LOL! Excellent demonstration. I'm glad you cleared up the misconception that using triggers is "cheating".

[@christopherthompson3387]

Very interesting...You explained the function of triggers very well. Thanks. I learned something valuable as I am just starting out in the realm of electronic drums.

[@davi90rtcb]

The part with Glenn Fricker is outstanding. Love you man, you are too funny.

[@synhet84]

4:06 Pantera "slaughtered" kind of ... ;)

[@mcnoided]

true

[@Pajgubb3]

And puritania by dimmu borgir, a little.

[@hailslayer6082]

Slaughturd

[@dantebermeo5773]

HAIL SLAYER to me it sounded like Steve digiorios Bass solos

[@oldscorpion1623]

Slaughtrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrd

[@jmay2112]

I laughed so hard when he said triggers aren't cheating and the double bass went off.

[@Elias-uu6yl]

Infant Anihilator...

[@autonation_photography153]

@@Elias-uu6yl *annihilator

[@Elias-uu6yl]

@ESJ Lyric Videos Thank you, bro. I always forget how to write it properly.

[@Dethkok]

The sexy bass line sounds like something I would take to a gig

[@unc_matteth]

holy moly. i've been playing drums in my basement for 30 years and i never knew these were a thing until now. omfg. i love you thank you. and please share the fart track. my 8 year old will love that.

[@66Samus]

haha thank you! here is more fart drums: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4e1lZeOo7iGrrs

[@Heartseasestudios]

The funky bass line reminded me of Seinfeld 😂😂

[@MegaAnarcist]

2023 and still one of the best videos on triggers!!

[@66Samus]

wow, thank you!!!!

[@tobey1966]

The ending just fucking killed me!

[@pokebass1]

Man, now I want to use triggers just to have Glenn yelling at the bass player (me) while playing a gig. Loved that part, man.

[@tanaysinha3719]

this guy is the best drummer ever, lol i laughed so fuckin hard.

[@leonrosser183]

Those triggers at the end im creased 😂😂😂 legend samus

[@zawiszav9499]

4:17 ahhahahaahaaha duuud u've made my day xd

[@Larz1000000]

This is a useful video for explaining the basics of triggering, but it didn't answer in anyway the complaints people have about triggers. The reason people complain about triggers is that, no matter what your dynamic level is, the trigger plays the same note/beat. Therefore, you can tap the head with the beater very lightly and still get the same note as if you hit it with every bit of strength you have. There in allowing light notes being played very quickly, without any real control or sophistication. For the record, its only playing when the beater comes all the way back for every note otherwise you just have a very fast nervous twitch.

[@chefbanjo8139]

Wisdom of Glenn Fricker: In order to destroy the samples, one must first become the samples.

[@michaelwolff9207]

I bought a Roland TD~15 Kit with extra Cymbal pads a few years ago. LOVE IT

[@warhead5043]

4:08 lol Slaughtered by Pantera

[@davidschaeffer9481]

Dude.... Great explanation!... I had no idea what these were? I would say its the best (Simplistic - But simple IS Best) explanation of drum triggers out there. Thanks brother. P.S. Kick ASS!!... Double kick technique!! You can see your calf muscles BULGING out of your legs bro! A teacher told me that is the best sign of a well trained "double kicker." Tanks allot.

[@fallen6060]

Dude. The beard and piercings REALLY fits you! You look badass as FUCK! 🤘🏻

[@mrgreaseman2367]

I went from watching his latest video and then randomly stumbled upon this not realizing who it was, brothers beard is on a whole other level now

[@AwesomeShotStudios]

Damn son, that stinky bass made me LOL. And I'm a freakin' adult.

[@vonvard]

This was a lot funnier than I expected. Love from the UK

[@NoctumusTV]

Welcome to another episode of _Metal Drumming with Weird Al Yankovic,_ ladies and gentlemen! :)

[@dylanwdrums6492]

Instantly gave a like for the part at 1:48 😂😂😂 absolutely hilarious hahaha

[@canilhan98]

4:51 LOOOL man u so real with us xD

[@doom5138]

What vocalists can take from this: Farting in your mic makes your vocals sound better

[@koshey245]

4:18, jeremey spencer drum solo in a nutshell

[@grantrobinson4537]

Your videos are amazing dude. I never not laugh my ass off when watching!

[@michaelpachuau3885]

It's very simple for me, if there are 2 drummers playing a really complex piece of music, one can only play it using triggers while the other doesn't need it, I will consider the one who doesn't need triggers a better drummer. Not musician, songwriter, but a better natural drummer. I don't think it's cheating as such always, but it has so much potential to be used as a cheat that it will always have that cloud of 'what if he's programmed it to cheat' for me.

[@kkfoto]

So I google "drum trigger" because I know nothing about drumming and I had no idea what that was. And I get a "proper" explanation. Awesome.

[@ZoneTelevision]

Is it me or does this dude look like Russel Brands brother ?

[@Itspeanutbutterjellytime]

+Zone Television Weird Al Yankovic!

[@pourthepuresofpoors6875]

+Zone Television what's ritalin? ._.

[@stevehumphrey667]

+FreakDaGeek I just commented on that

[@inda_kota]

Nah looks like Guthrie Govan

[@zackovalltrades760]

4:33 WHAT THE FUCK? COME ON! WHAT THE FUCK? C-C-COME ON! COME ON-WHAT THE FUCK! IT'S NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE!! Metal AF. 🤘

[@nathanexplosion94]

thought this was gonna be an explanation of the trigger mechanism

[@lt.branwulfram4794]

4:33 this moment simultaneously kills me and gives me life

[@poppinlochnesshopster3249]

Sooo... before this video I didn't think triggers were cheating per se, I gave them the benefit of the doubt, but after watching this "proper" explanation I definitely think they're at least stripping the dynamics out of playing the kit, I can do blazing fast double bass if I don't have to worry about making the sound even, that's 10x easier. and the same for a fast snare roll, if I could have that lumpy and random note values then I could play it much faster.

[@ozarmidrashim6029]

Most of people who think it's cheating never actually owned triggers, don't understand how they work, and are afraid to try them out because of their false misconceptions. The triggers do equalize all the inconsistencies to an extent, but they won't make a sloppy player sound great or magically make him super drummer, if you suck, you suck, and you should stay away from triggers, because by using them everybody is going to hear every mistake you make. The thing you are missing is that all modules have the sensitivity settings. You have to set the sensitivity according to you, and that kind of sittings don't allow you to play soft and fast, and sound like you are hitting the drum with full strength. Why? You see setting the triggers to be very sensitive sure allows you to hit the drum very softly and sound like you are beating that drum, but as soon as you start hitting that drum a little harder, the triggers are going to start to misfire, meaning for example you hit the drum once and you hear it like you hit it twice. (Not to mention the triggers would pick up any kind of vibration caused by a bass playing or you accidentally hitting the drum with your leg) Now you might think: "So you are telling me I could set it to hit it once and hear 4 or 3000 hits? That is so much easier than actually hitting every note" Well, you would be wrong there because you can't really control the amount of misfired hits it's going to make, and when are triggers going to make them. The other thing is if you set the triggers sensitivity to be low, they won't misfire, but also when you hit the drum softly by accident or whatever, you won't hear a thing. It may sound like you have a lot of room in which you are allowed to be inconsistent, but there really isn't, once you start playing around with those settings, you would see that, even moving sensitivity one number up or down( on my module it went from 0 to 100), it's going to make a huge difference.

[@ramblinwreck24]

I just got recommended this Samus golden nugget

[@FirstLast-zv5od]

4:08 "Stank-Metal" or "Fart-Core".

[@mfelipetc]

So cool to see that your sense of humor was pretty much the same as today 🤣

[@joaomatheus6222]

triggers can be used as cheating because of dynamics. If people know You're playing fast stuff with triggers, they May think you're using them as cheating by hitting the drums real soft, with much Less energy than needed

[@Hxltmane]

That isn't cheating 🤣 it just means he's using triggers and the person isn't well obviously isn't using them don't hate on someone for using triggers it's childish asf too

[@Julian.Perasso]

There's no such thing as "Cheating" when it comes to art, Music is not a competition or a video game you have to "win"

[@Imjesseaf]

That bass line usage thing is sick. I didn't know about that , ohh yurrrr 🤘🏻

[@AstraVex]

3:57 that sounded like a level in Crash Bandicoot! xD

[@monkeyman6847]

Omg...when the bass went off like a machine gun I almost pooped!! Thanks for the explanation..sex .

[@gigiovicentin]

Whats song is that at 0:18 ? Fucking Brutal

[@leandrometfan]

i wanna know too..

[@idk-zy9ig]

Leaving a comment in case someone knows

[@acidrain812]

I shall save thy souls, he said the name of it in the 3rd(?) QnA video he did 😎

[@Whosagoodboi]

dude you are funny as hell. thanks for clearing that out about triggers. too many prejudices about drum triggers

[@SoilentGr33n]

I never thought of using drum triggers for the bass. That is a sweet idea as the bass player usually follows kicks pretty closely.

[@ezgeclipse5581]

oh how far we have come.

[@AAguilar2487]

Intro/Outro song please?

[@davidmurphy8364]

This may be the best video I've seen in weeks, you my friend are a diamond :)

[@IWantaVacation]

Wait....so he is hitting the tom rim to get different cymbals???? I had absolutely no idea that was possible. Great vid!

[@bradbooker9936]

Forming Stories IT'S CALLED THE RIDE OF THE CYMBALS OR DOME

[@DrummClem]

You can do it by editing the midi track recorded, and change the note value to the corresponding drum element you need. That is pretty easy once you start to dig into how to use DAW softwares.

[@ukwonderboy]

Now this is the type of quality content I subscribe for

[@TacticalSandals]

I want to hook these upto a Rockband kit just for the shits and giggles.

[@koolBOY8323]

+TheDude roland td-12 kit + ion drum rocker controller for xbox 360 = 'real' drums for RB3, RB2 and RB1.

[@rudytoth]

What a beat concept, neat concept. Yes triggers are *not* cheaters. Good sampling too enjoyed those and he's a good narrator. 👍🍻

[@ddsvelder9866]

Change the name of the video to Aaron Kitcher Explained

[@Sako-Taco]

Dude, when you tripped the 32nd note blast just by grazing the pedal I died! Hilarious

[@calebjames7314]

I play bass but yet im watching this video lol, to bad we're not appreciated.

[@gustavorocha6237]

Man, you are the best of fucking world! I almost die watching yours videos!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@guitarguy57able]

Can somebody tell me the outro song

[@aaroncody6231]

You win the internet today 👑

[@XvonmetalX]

The outro riff was fucking fierce, where is it from?

[@andrewbova5887]

I had it turned up really loud at work during “sexy bass line” lmao oops. Awesome video!

[@brandonc.6034]

That sample called "sexy" might make my mom think I'm watching porn!

[@craigpaulson3503]

OMFG!!! I can't stop laughing. For some reason I had Closed Captioning turned on. At 4:49 he says "Oh shit! I'm like" then passes gas into the microphone. Afterwards, the word "all" shows up on the screen. He actually farted a word.

[@The_Other_Ghost]

How can you use samples, do I need a sample pad too? I've been thinking of sampling a machine gun.

[@inquisidor1]

Chickenp00nage2 double bass machine gun, please fucking do it

[@The_Other_Ghost]

inquisidor1 I have a DM 10, so I can get close for now.

[@inquisidor1]

Chickenp00nage2 oh yesss

[@maximwood]

I've watched this video 6 or 7 times now and I still find it funny, and I don't even play metal, I only use a trigger to ''mic'' my kick during rehearsals to avoid any feedback and have it as loud as we want.

[@goodbyecruelworld8857]

4:17 You know why you *came* here.

[@Jasonbyrne28]

The third version legit sounded awesome