Cheaters at double bass (drum, bass, single, quote, bands)

PoppySeedBagel15 · 07-09-2005, 03:26 AM

what drummers of what bands do you know that use a triple bass or a bass trigger?

please respond

EddyEdwards · 07-09-2005, 08:13 AM

Hey, what do you mean by trigger. Heh, sorry please enlighten.

Electric Ocean · 07-09-2005, 08:44 AM

It's when you hit a single bass pedal but it makes two beaters hit the drum one after the other.

PhishFood · 07-09-2005, 10:32 AM

How so is that cheating? That's like saying in a car race, "The guy had a differnt car witha faster engine than mine, That's cheating."

Electric Ocean · 07-09-2005, 11:33 AM

I guessed he just meant because it takes less effort but yeah it is kinda stupid. Anyway, not being a drummer I'm not sure what bands use them.

itchytasty · 07-09-2005, 11:44 AM

Triggers, for the most part, are not cheating. They can be used for amplification or to create a certain sound, or they can be relied on to play really fast without having to try as hard. Triggers are not just for bass drums.

As for what drummers use them, I know that Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth do (or did).

PoppySeedBagel15 · 07-12-2005, 06:41 PM

ok this is how it is "cheating"
because 1 leg is doing the job of 2 legs its jus cheap
and not showing how coordinated ur legs really are

and another kind of trigger is one that u set it at a speed
and then click the button and it totally goes for u with u doing anything
and the drummer for as i lay dying uses both of those

any1 else kno any bands that use a trigger?

SATCHMO · 07-12-2005, 08:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PoppySeedBagel15

ok this is how it is "cheating"
because 1 leg is doing the job of 2 legs its jus cheap
and not showing how coordinated ur legs really are

Its not cheating in any way. What you save in the amount of work your legs do you have to make up for in the precision of your timing. If your double bass rolls sound like crap with regular pedals they're gonna sound even worse with a ghost pedal.

07-12-2005, 09:11 PM

double time is always fun......

i dont know any bands but i agree with satch, its not cheating, just a different technique....

SATCHMO · 07-12-2005, 10:18 PM

A lot of drummers use it to free up their other foot for hi-hat choke work.

07-09-2005, 03:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
PoppySeedBagel15 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25	Cheaters at double bass what drummers of what bands do you know that use a triple bass or a bass trigger? please respond

07-09-2005, 10:32 AM	#4 (permalink)
PhishFood Bottom-Feeder Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: The American Dreamscape Posts: 316	How so is that cheating? That's like saying in a car race, "The guy had a differnt car witha faster engine than mine, That's cheating." __________________ Winos don't march

07-09-2005, 08:13 AM	#2 (permalink)
EddyEdwards Groupie Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 29	Hey, what do you mean by trigger. Heh, sorry please enlighten.

07-09-2005, 08:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
Electric Ocean "Knowledge is annoying" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 230	It's when you hit a single bass pedal but it makes two beaters hit the drum one after the other.

07-09-2005, 11:33 AM	#5 (permalink)
Electric Ocean "Knowledge is annoying" Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 230	I guessed he just meant because it takes less effort but yeah it is kinda stupid. Anyway, not being a drummer I'm not sure what bands use them.

07-09-2005, 11:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
itchytasty meh Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: At the Mountains of Madness Posts: 293	Triggers, for the most part, are not cheating. They can be used for amplification or to create a certain sound, or they can be relied on to play really fast without having to try as hard. Triggers are not just for bass drums. As for what drummers use them, I know that Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth do (or did).

07-12-2005, 06:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
PoppySeedBagel15 Groupie Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 25	ok this is how it is "cheating" because 1 leg is doing the job of 2 legs its jus cheap and not showing how coordinated ur legs really are and another kind of trigger is one that u set it at a speed and then click the button and it totally goes for u with u doing anything and the drummer for as i lay dying uses both of those any1 else kno any bands that use a trigger?

07-12-2005, 09:11 PM	#9 (permalink)
pastor of muppets Guest Posts: n/a	double time is always fun...... i dont know any bands but i agree with satch, its not cheating, just a different technique....

07-12-2005, 10:18 PM	#10 (permalink)
SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	A lot of drummers use it to free up their other foot for hi-hat choke work.