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Old 15th May 2006   #17
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Originally Posted by le mieux
again, great answers. thank you all. the drummer can play to a click, no problem. it's just his feel or complete lack thereof really...
There's your answer!

Have him play to a click & stick triggers on kick & snare at the least so you can trigger solid hits on those & provide a good backbeat even if the drummer can't himself.

If his hitting is that all inconsistent volume wise then you might have problems getting enough seperation from the individual mics to trigger samples cleanly, EVEN with gates or something like Drumagog.

Tiggers are pretty fool proof. They're either on or off.

Sounds like you'll have it licked though!
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