The Scorpio
Senior Member
I was cruising around Facebook checking out unsigned bands, and started to notice a disturbing pattern: triggered drum sounds. It seems like most of the bands I listened to had these sounds, and I honestly can't stand it.
I know that in some cases, playing through an electric kit is the most cost-efficient way to have a good drum sound. I'm not disputing that. Recording real drums in a real room can be challenging.
My concern is that there is little to no tonal variation, and an electronic kit can mask some ineptitude of the drummer, in turn making a band sound disproportionately better than they really are.
I was talking to a friend and he put it best, I think. His point was that nobody really seems to mind if you have electronic drums sounds, but if you programmed a MIDI guitar part, there would be an uproar.
Yeah it's an apples to oranges comparison, but it illustrates a very important point: Nobody really seems to care that much about getting real drum sounds as much as they do with other instruments. Which is a shame.
I know that in some cases, playing through an electric kit is the most cost-efficient way to have a good drum sound. I'm not disputing that. Recording real drums in a real room can be challenging.
My concern is that there is little to no tonal variation, and an electronic kit can mask some ineptitude of the drummer, in turn making a band sound disproportionately better than they really are.
I was talking to a friend and he put it best, I think. His point was that nobody really seems to mind if you have electronic drums sounds, but if you programmed a MIDI guitar part, there would be an uproar.
Yeah it's an apples to oranges comparison, but it illustrates a very important point: Nobody really seems to care that much about getting real drum sounds as much as they do with other instruments. Which is a shame.