drummingman
Gold Member
With how good electronic drums have become over the years I have been thinking a lot about why the vast majority of drummers don't use them in live settings. I know that has a lot to do with the visual aspect of real drums vs pads on stage. But beyond that I'm honestly surprised that more people are not using them live as their main kits.
In the studio so much is either sampled or triggered or at least enhanced when it comes to the actual drum sounds (even eq'ing could fall into this category being that its not drums in their pure forms that we hear on recordings). So the idea of staying acoustically pure is pretty much out.
I do understand E cymblas not being in use that often considering they lack the same response as the real thing way more then current drum pads vs real drums (meaning dynamically and even feel wise).
Being that I've never used E drums live I don't have first hand experience with them in this setting. But the pluses seem to outweigh the negatives. It seems if one can pair some great E drums with a great brain with real cymbals that could be a killer combo live and in the studio.
Thoughts?
In the studio so much is either sampled or triggered or at least enhanced when it comes to the actual drum sounds (even eq'ing could fall into this category being that its not drums in their pure forms that we hear on recordings). So the idea of staying acoustically pure is pretty much out.
I do understand E cymblas not being in use that often considering they lack the same response as the real thing way more then current drum pads vs real drums (meaning dynamically and even feel wise).
Being that I've never used E drums live I don't have first hand experience with them in this setting. But the pluses seem to outweigh the negatives. It seems if one can pair some great E drums with a great brain with real cymbals that could be a killer combo live and in the studio.
Thoughts?