How doz Drum Tridders Work?

Question

Do you plug in a amiplifer,or do you get sound out of them,with or without ( amiplifer ) Anybody out there know the best way that drum triggers work.

Answer 1

Drum triggers are not like microphones or guitar pickups. Those two things "pickup" the sound and send them to an amplifier, where the signal is just increased enough to drive a speaker.

Drum triggers simply "sense" the tap of the stick on the drum head (where the trigger is mounted) or on the trigger pad (which is a trigger and pad combined). Better triggers are velocity sensitive (i.e. they detect how hard you hit the drum) and will typically have more then one zone (i.e. the rim and the center of the pad). In either case that signal is sent to a device called a drum module. The drum module converts the signal from the trigger into an actual drum sound. This can be a synthetic sound or it may simply play a pre-recorded sample of drum (or other instrument).

The drum module in turn sends its audio signal to an amplifier (or PA system) where the signal is made loud enough to drive a speaker, or to a set of headphones.

Answer 2

Triggers work in sequence with a synth module. You attach the triggers to a drum, or drum pad, and the sensors (triggers) record the velocity of the strike and sends the data to the synth module which, in turn, produces a voice that you'd hear through an amplification system. Kinda like a touch-sensitive electronic keyboard will produce different sounds when you play it soft or hard. I think..........Drum triggers in and of themselves will not produce a sound, they need to be hooked up to a sound source or synth. I think.........