The Tech Question of the Month #5 Trigger

[roddswett]

July is here. Our question of the month is about electronics. Well... sort of.
What is this trigger all about?
Cheers,

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[drummike]

Another excellent question. Perhaps it triggers a handclap sound? I also have to wonder about the seemingly warped cymbal above the octobans; someone must have really laid into that one.

[TheEqualizer]

Ha ha. "Someone."

(Seriously, is the warping just an optical illusion?)

[drummike]

Yeah, "someone," lol.

It does look warped to me, like it's been receiving some serious blows. I don't remember SC actually playing that cymbal much during the show; seems he much preferred the ones on his right.

Still no explanation for the OP's question, though. I think Jeff previously mentioned a microphone kill switch, but I think that was over on the plexiglass setlist/cup holder, right?

[ltwoman]

Methinks maybe Jeff is with Mr. C in Europe? With the Misters Cs. However you say that.

[roddswett]

The rumor has it that it triggered the actual "mysterious provenance" old snare.
Out of the joke, the reason why that 14" 2002 crash cymbal is so deform is because it is a custom "flanger" cymbal, specially made for SC. And yes - as all traditional grip players- he does not plays much upper left stuff for ergonomically reasons.

[drummike]

[quote="roddswett"]The rumor has it that it triggered the actual "mysterious provenance" old snare.
Out of the joke, the reason why that 14" 2002 crash cymbal is so deform is because it is a custom "flanger" cymbal, specially made for SC. And yes - as all traditional grip players- he does not plays much upper left stuff for ergonomically reasons.[/quote]

Excellent and intriguing relief to these burning issues. A "flanger" eh? I have to agree about the ergonomics; whenever I attempt to play with traditional grip, I hardly ever crash on the left side of the kit. The stick and the hand just don't naturally bend that way.

[zilboy]

The rumor has it that it triggered the actual "mysterious provenance" old snare.
Out of the joke, the reason why that 14" 2002 crash cymbal is so deform is because it is a custom "flanger" cymbal, specially made for SC. And yes - as all traditional grip players- he does not plays much upper left stuff for ergonomically reasons.

Excellent and intriguing relief to these burning issues. A "flanger" eh? I have to agree about the ergonomics; whenever I attempt to play with traditional grip, I hardly ever crash on the left side of the kit. The stick and the hand just don't naturally bend that way.

Try playing around with the cymbal angle until it matches the angle of your wrist. A lot of the time, I quickly switch to matched grip to swipe at the left crash, then switch back. To everyone else, it just looks like a cool stick twirl. I don't think I ever saw him hit that flanger. Or that useless side tom. By now, he's got enough of them laying around to give one to each of us!

[drummike]

Put my name on the list for one unused tom and/or cymbal. Perhaps there's an unused Paiste 602 or Sound Creation lying around that needs a new home. Or some slightly used electronic drums from the 80s?

[roddswett]

Me too!!. Even for a beat up drumhead or wood chips left overs from a drumstick!

[Neuron Divide]

That looks like a Roland RT-10S trigger or something similar. I would imagine it's for triggering snare samples to layer underneath the acoustic snare to provide a slightly different sound for different songs?

[jeffseitz]

[quote="roddswett"]July is here. Our question of the month is about electronics. Well... sort of.
What is this trigger all about?
Cheers,

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The Roland trigger was used for a deep snare support sample in songs Invisible Sun and Walking In Your Footsteps.
Invisible Sun for verses only.
Walking In Your Footstep for drum outro.

Paiste 2002 Flanger crash was paper thin. One good smash and it would deform and remain that way.

[quote="ltwoman"]Methinks maybe Jeff is with Mr. C in Europe? With the Misters Cs. However you say that.[/quote]

I am not on the Stewart-Stanley Euro tour.

[drummike]

Thanks for clearing up the trigger question for us, Jeff. I think I remember watching the DVD during Invisible Sun and noting that I was hearing a deep drum during the verses, but it looked like Stewart was playing the snare. Mystery solved!