That is the question.
Though, you may be wondering to yourself just exactly what that is. Allow me to explain.
Drum replacement, or “triggering” as it may be said, refers to applying a different drum sound to the original sound your drums make. Whether that be the kick, snare, or toms, any number of drum replacement tools can “attach” a better, more punchy sounding drum to the “transient” of your drum performance.
Now, there’s been a variety of drum triggering tools that have existed over the years. You can put a hardware trigger on your drum that you connect to a sampler or drum pad that, when you hit your drum, sends a signal to your sampler to create a hit, not unlike when you hit one of the rubber pads on it, only it works when you play your acoustic drums.
But you didn’t come here for a history lesson.
We are all about broadcast/recorded audio, and therefore we’re gonna talk about the drum replacement applications that apply, and that is going to be software drum replacement.
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