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triggers are quite necessary for really heavy music with fast double bass, it'd take ages to eq a well tuned bass drum for your average double basser and even then it might not sound good. I have used triggers and whilst theyre not neccesary for me i do quite like them. I would reccomend them for self made man! Id check out ebay for an alesis d4, out of production now but they were probably the standard in the 90s, you can get one from anywhere between 50 and 100. For triggers I have a roland kick trigger which is ace, but at the same time i have no experience of any other brand so im not willing to comment, ddrum are probably the most popular so that must mean something. And despite what many people think, you CAN set the sensitivity on most brains as well so when your playing light you hear it lightly.
To sum it up, triggers are a way to get a good bassdrum sound without having to tune and eq the bassdrum, not only that but theyre handy for samples. There is a huge stigma attached to them but really theyre sound and in no way a cheating tool (unless of course you sample dead fast double bass drum sounds from it)
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