E-drums: could they be a common thing for small bands gigs?

[paisleywookiee]

Again no legitimate working sound guy in Denver at least shares your garbage opinions. Give it a rest, and pray you can still get golf course and prom gigs in the future despite the fact you self admittedly suck at running live sound

Nor Chicago. I don’t know what bizzaro world he lives in, but the trials and tribulations of acoustic drums and tube amps just aren’t here. And I say that as someone who loves modelers and owns a eKit.

But I guess we’re in for another round of multi-quote ad hominems about how we’re clueless idiots.

 

[HotRats]

Too many drum sets, amps and even Leslieeeeee!
This is unacceptable!

 

[sashimi]

Too many drum sets, amps and even Leslieeeeee!
This is unacceptable!

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This looks like a dope prom. How much does a prom gig like this pay? 10 grand? 20? They’re making that poor sound guy work for it with all those damn acoustic drums though. I bet it sounded like shit with all those real instruments on stage. Get these guys some v drums and amp modelers.

 

[fiftyshadesofslay]

Great thread.

As with most live sound in my experience, unless you’re playing somewhere so big that there’s no chance of hearing anything except the PA, live instruments need some volume on stage to sound best, be that a drum kit, a real amp, power amp and cab or whatever.

Yes you might have more control if everything’s DI with no stage bleed, but it also sounds incredibly dull and lifeless.

Also if you can’t get a decent mix as a live engineer with sound coming off the stage you’re a hack. Since when does everything need to be completely isolated for it to be possible? That’s an engineer problem, not a musician problem.

My band used to be brutally loud on stage and our engineer had no issues, and also understood that’s what made the band sound the way it did.

 

[jay mitchell]

Nope.

Then it's completely wrong.

 

[Chocol8]

Then it's completely wrong.

And yet somehow not even close to the most wrong thing in this thread!

I am so looking forward to the threads on Christoph Kemper's edrum launch!

 

[djd100]

This thread looks and smells auspiciously like TOP, just another moronic flame fest with precious few respondents even understanding the original question, or the answers and reasons given for when eDrums can be preferable to an acoustic kit in "rock" music, which assumes the style of playing and the drum sounds are appropriate for "rock" music, and that the FOH mix actually matters in "rock" music, plus of course that the drummer can cleanly play the parts needed within the eDrum's obvious triggering limitations...

...which is really sad seeing it's generally accepted here that TOP sucks for this very same reason.

Too bad...

 

[Orvillain]

This thread looks and smells auspiciously like TOP, just another moronic flame fest with precious few respondents even understanding the original question, or the answers and reasons given for when eDrums can be preferable to an acoustic kit in "rock" music, which assumes the style of playing and the drum sounds are appropriate for "rock" music, and that the FOH mix actually matters in "rock" music, plus of course that the drummer can cleanly play the parts needed within the eDrum's obvious triggering limitations...

...which is really sad seeing it's generally accepted here that TOP sucks for this very same reason.

Too bad...

ur mum

 

[KHAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!!!!!]

This thread looks and smells auspiciously like TOP, just another moronic flame fest with precious few respondents even understanding the original question, or the answers and reasons given for when eDrums can be preferable to an acoustic kit in "rock" music, which assumes the style of playing and the drum sounds are appropriate for "rock" music, and that the FOH mix actually matters in "rock" music, plus of course that the drummer can cleanly play the parts needed within the eDrum's obvious triggering limitations...

...which is really sad seeing it's generally accepted here that TOP sucks for this very same reason.

Too bad...

Small minds can't agree to disagree.

 

[paisleywookiee]

This thread looks and smells auspiciously like TOP, just another moronic flame fest with precious few respondents even understanding the original question, or the answers and reasons given for when eDrums can be preferable to an acoustic kit in "rock" music, which assumes the style of playing and the drum sounds are appropriate for "rock" music, and that the FOH mix actually matters in "rock" music, plus of course that the drummer can cleanly play the parts needed within the eDrum's obvious triggering limitations...

...which is really sad seeing it's generally accepted here that TOP sucks for this very same reason.

Too bad...

It is too bad. But when you’ve got one guy planting the flag of stupidity about it, it’s going to draw differing viewpoints, based on reality.

 

[ChordInversion]

Yes you might have more control if everything’s DI with no stage bleed, but it also sounds incredibly dull and lifeless.

I've heard a silent stage performance with e-drums sound utterly spectacular. Very lively and brilliant.

But I've also heard acoustic drums and a louder stage volume work perfectly fine in a wide range of venues