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Electronic Drums or Acoustic Drums w/ triggers?

#21
The guitarist of my current band was the drummer of every other band I've been in. He used to own an acoustic kit years back, I honestly can't remember what brand it was. He sold it back in high school and bought an electric kit, once again I'm not 100% sure what it is, its an old Roland V-series something or other. Whenever we played live, he would never use the electric kit, he would either borrow a friend's kit or bum off another band that were performing the day we were. Now that he is the guitarist and split frontman, his kit is used solely for recording. Our drummer uses the electric kit for practices and for live performances, but when it comes to recording it is much easier to use the electric kit due to change of sounds and its less expensive to set that up than get drum mics for a good clear sound. In all honesty, if we didn't have that electric kit we'd be in some trouble. Either that or have sub-par drum sounds on our recordings
 
#22
However, to answer your question sufficiently, (which I just realized my last response did not at all lol) an electric kit is the way to go. If it's too loud without the shield but too muffled with it, then electric is your best option. You don't have to worry about the acoustic reverb/echo, and you can control the volume to what you want it to be
 
#23
DWBass said:
Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do for the better of the band. If the concensus is that 'you' are too loud, then ya gotta bring it down 1000! The drummer is going to have to learn dynamics. Can't just bang away all the time. Makes everyone else play louder. And also doesn't bode well for the lucky guy who has to stand on the snare side off the kit (been there, done that). I've had drummers put gels or towels on the snare in an effort to control volume.
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You're absolutely right, I've had many a gig/practice with the drummer on 'rods, and while the sound wasn't ideal, it was better than the drums overpowering everything.

I guess I should have used the term 'less than ideal' rather than 'totally destroys'! :)
 
#28
High quality electronic drums combined with real cymbals have worked well for us in the past. Run two overhead mics to capture the cymbals and close-mic the high-hat.

V-drums I can live with but I have yet to find electronic cymbals that don't put my ears on edge.
 
#29
rockstarbassist said:
My old church switched to vDrums, and you could STILL hear that guy go "whomp!" on the pads when he hit them. :lol: He was a terrible drummer so I just axed-him outta my Aviom mix.
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I hear ya. Right now I'm dealing with bad and loud acoustic drums. And don't get me started on the double bass in every stinking song like its his wubbie.
 

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