Greetings to all! Not only content with my main kit, I recently built a small kit for myself out of some old donor drums. Currently the sizes are 16x16 bass, 12x12 and 13x13 floor, and a 5.5x14 snare. Ok...before everyone goes off about the tiny bass drum...one of my favorite drummers is Lester Estelle Jr from pillar and now neal mccoy. I know for a time, at least, he played a 16x16 kit and also has some other small bass drums and I kinda like the square sizes (16x16, 20x20, like to get my hands on an 18x18). So now for my question.
Is there a relatively inexpensive way to trigger only a bass drum or am I gonna have to wind up buying a big expensive module anyway, in which case, I'd probably just trigger them all for live performances to get a big sound out of a little kit. I was wondering if you experts had any advice in terms of getting a big bass drum sound from a little kit.
My idea was just to experiment with different heads and muffling/not muffling the bass but I was also thinking that, for live performances it'd be nice to have it triggered (the rest of drums I'm happy with the sound by just putting some mics on them) and get a deep, booming bass. Thanks for your help!
Is there a relatively inexpensive way to trigger only a bass drum or am I gonna have to wind up buying a big expensive module anyway, in which case, I'd probably just trigger them all for live performances to get a big sound out of a little kit. I was wondering if you experts had any advice in terms of getting a big bass drum sound from a little kit.
My idea was just to experiment with different heads and muffling/not muffling the bass but I was also thinking that, for live performances it'd be nice to have it triggered (the rest of drums I'm happy with the sound by just putting some mics on them) and get a deep, booming bass. Thanks for your help!