Do most rock/emo/pop punk albums use triggers as well as Micing the acoustic kit? I've been wondering this for a while, because I read about the production of the new Gatsby's American Dream CD, and on their last EP they said they didn't use triggers and the drum sound was disappointing, but on the new CD they did and it sounds great (they used triggers on their previous full length as well).

Is it good for those?How's the sounds like?
Thanks

I currently own a Gretsch Birch kit and Taye Basswood/Birch kit. I use a Shure Beta 52. My bass drum sounds awesome acoustically (deep, warm, punchy), but when I mic it, I'm not getting the same sound out of the speakers. The sound is real open and too sustained. It has the depth, but not the punchy sound I'm looking for. I'm not running any EQ on the kick. Will that make a big difference?

I like drum machines, but really can't really afford any at the moment. Anyone have suggestions on software I can use for PC similar to drum machines? info@michaeljatas.ca

I'd like you guys to take a listen to one of my songs, mainly my drum programming and comment on it. I've been programming drums for over 4 years with a program called fruity loops. I use samples that I have recorded of my own kit. That may sound easy but trust me it takes a hell of a lot of work to get good samples. Thats the key.

How do you make the kick drum kick ass?

Drum--tuning---Mic--pre--recording--mixing--eq---compression--gating. Any other special stuff.

Just want to get a thread going on recording and mixing the kick drum.

Hi,
I am looking for a decent quality drum mic package that can be used for recording practices live off the floor (for recording demos for club owners) and also for live playing in small clubs. I have invested most of my money in my kit which kicks a** (6 piece Yamaha Recording Customs).

Ive seen that in many pro studios the engineer removes the fron bass drum head of the kick drum and puts a second kick drum and drapes it with a heavy blankets and puts a second mic in front of the 2nd kick. I wanted to know two things...

My first time posting, been a reader of the forum for a while now. hope you guys can help me out!

Here is my situation:

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-Jon