A "Proper" Explanation of Drum Triggers

It’s actually great video

[@090nj2]

Lowkey

[@nickkerr5714]

👁👁

[@tomfson8609]

Wassup checkmark

[@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

[@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!

[@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" 😂

[@bandolierboy1908]

I'M TRIGGERED

[@Limitsofinfinity]

omg!

[@Yellowjacket307]

Same

[@kemistry65]

imagine how the drums feel

[@ratsuckerpisslord42069]

you fucking normie REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@petrus3801]

Shut the fuck up

[@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 😂😂

[@missmaximaaltje]

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

[@Josh.T.H.]

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

[@TheSoxmania]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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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[@RobBoles]

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

[@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!!

[@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*

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@AlexRooneyComposer]

ITS NOT FUCKING ROCKET SCIENCE!

[@tiyenin]

cjetelomar2010 for fuck's sake, in *the pussy

[@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.

[@michaelwolff9207]

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

[@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

[@toddward211]

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

[@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!

[@Heartseasestudios]

The funky bass line reminded me of Seinfeld 😂😂

[@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

[@fallen6060]

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

[@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

[@MegaAnarcist]

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

[@66Samus]

wow, thank you!!!!

[@tobey1966]

The ending just fucking killed me!

[@Gamer6TNein]

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

[@tanaysinha3719]

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

[@dennismanzardojr9920]

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

[@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...

[@rhdrbob]

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

[@paaawna]

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

[@davi90rtcb]

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

[@negriil7756]

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

[@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!

[@warhead5043]

4:08 lol Slaughtered by Pantera

[@One_of_Many750]

I Really Like Your Take In How You Present Your Content.

[@fallen6060]

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

[@monkeyman6847]

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

[@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.

[@Imjesseaf]

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

[@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.

[@ihadabadday7709]

Thanks for the explanation...I wish you all the success in the world!!!

[@AwesomeShotStudios]

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

[@leonrosser183]

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

[@canilhan98]

4:51 LOOOL man u so real with us xD

[@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. 🤘

[@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!

[@chefbanjo8139]

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

[@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.

[@NoctumusTV]

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

[@ILuv2learn]

Great video. Learned what I wanted to know, and had fun doing it. Thanks!

[@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.

[@vonvard]

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

[@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

[@lt.branwulfram4794]

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

[@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.

[@bozenamaciejewska7205]

That TV in the background takes me back to

[@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.

[@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"

[@trendmassacre8423]

You had me cracking up at the technical difficulty with your double bass!!

[@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.

[@doom5138]

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

[@brandonc.6034]

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

[@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

[@FirstLast-zv5od]

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

[@lsnyder]

This was an awesome video explanation. I don't play drums but I have heard of them via bands like Fear Factory. Much love

[@ddsvelder9866]

Change the name of the video to Aaron Kitcher Explained

[@rooseveltsbones]

Entertaining and you shared some stuff I did not know. Subscribed.

[@nathanexplosion94]

thought this was gonna be an explanation of the trigger mechanism

[@ezgeclipse5581]

oh how far we have come.

[@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.

[@andrewbova5887]

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

[@AstraVex]

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

[@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.

[@gbotalla]

2021...still watching this masterpiece ... and it brought me into using triggers myself back in the days :D

[@XvonmetalX]

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

[@grantprice4456]

That sexy bass line got me some weird looks in school. Lol fuck it. Worth it. Great video brother.

[@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.

[@Jayteaseepiirturi]

Well, okay. :D Love that video. You know, I also kinda like the fact that you've got that tom in there as a snare. Shows off the point quite nicely.

[@AAguilar2487]

Intro/Outro song please?

[@abdelmalekheaven8634]

LMFAOOO DUDE youre so fucking funny how do i happen to only hear about u till this day , subscribed !

[@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 😎

[@Theheavyspammingraider]

All the songs you play are really good !

[@HughManatea]

Guthrie Van Govan plays drums now? Kidding kidding, but kinda looks like Guthrie.

[@SlimBarista]

He looks more like a younger, less stoned-looking version of Guthrie. And BTW... Is it a joke? it's not his real name, is it?

[@HughManatea]

haha i see it too.It is a joke though. sorta. My terrible grammar is to blame for lack of clarity sorry about that.

[@SlimBarista]

Jacob Wilson No worries ;) That nickname "Van Govan" is cool AF!!, it suits his crazy eccentric playing style.

[@davidmurphy8364]

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

[@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.

[@guitarguy57able]

Can somebody tell me the outro song

[@tristanwright9733]

The glen samples OMG im crying 🤣🤣 Fuck yes