Talk:Trigger pad

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trigger pads are not only used on bass drums, but can be used on all kinds of drums. Spearhead 16:16, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. I made the appropriate change. Feel free to change it more if you would like. AdamBiswanger1_{R.I.P. Steve Irwin} 16:30, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup[edit]

I cleaned and condensed a lot, changed Disadvantages section to Criticisms and tried to make it more neutral, and merged Advantages section since this isn't supposed to be a review but a fact sheet, though cites to some published reviews are really needed for the opinions to remain. -Bikinibomb 19:24, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reinstate the article[edit]

I think we need something here, to distinguish:

Trigger sensors or transducers to attach to drums, see
- http://www.ddrum.com/drt_triggers.php (this is the best of the links)
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs7LZMc15ZA
- http://drumsensor.com/instructions.aspx
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBs__RgDhzg
Self-contained pads that are themselves played with sticks, see
- http://www.roland.com/products/en/PD-105X/
- http://www.electronicdrums.com/pads/pads2.htm

Still investigating terminology. Andrewa (talk) 23:54, 28 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Redundant at best[edit]

I'd like to know how Trigger pad is not redundant with Stomp box. As well, both presently show a small wooden device that is meant to be stepped on.

Emphasis here is both explicitly and implicitly on small floor devices. As with the other article, it looks to be nothing more than intentionally taking advantage of Wikipedia on order to get some free advertising and establish some claim to the term (and thus market share) for these often-overpriced gimmicks.

A trigger pad is a specific device. Though of course not the only company to do so, Roland Corporation has been making these for decades; a few presently are the multi-pad SPD family and the drum-like PDX family. The term trigger pad is less often used to refer to the individual surface or button that can be touched to cause an action.

This "article" takes undue advantage of confusing the individual control surface with the stand-alone device.

A better term overall might be drum trigger. After all, to do otherwise entirely undermines the opening thesis:

A trigger pad is an electronic sensor on a drum

There ya go, then.

Because this is such a terrible article, yet clearly has its proponents, I am going to mark it up throughly so that its advoicates may demonstrate their dedication.
Weeb Dingle (talk) 14:44, 23 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I blanked the shout-out to the speed record(s?) of Tim Waterson. That teensy "article" refers to only two records, both explicitly for bass drum so clarification in the present context is VITAL seeing as "trigger pad" here still comes across as a stand-alone unit that is whacked with a stick or stepped directly upon.

And seeing as those records are 2002 & 2006 (most recently mentioned 2010), how can the reader trust that either still stands? Note also that NEITHER mentions Guinness Record status, which here thus strays close to misappropriation of trademark.
Weeb Dingle (talk) 18:16, 29 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"secret cowbell"?[edit]

If the musicians of a band have an electronic metronome, which can only be heard by all the musicians, what does one of them (Mike Portnoy) do with the trigger pad (or drum pad, as it is called in the paragraph)?

With what does Mike Portnoy hit his "drum pad": with his stick or foot? The answer to this question decides whether this information about (t)his "cow bell" should remain here or would have to be moved to the article Stomp box.

Does the metronome automatically listen to the musiacian's taps and then automatically takes over / continues his speed?

Unfortunately this information was added under an IP adddress (on 25 August 2008‎), so I can't address the contributor.
Can anyone answer these questions anyway?
Ping welcom, Steue (talk) 23:48, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

"Wrong" and (probaly) right image[edit]

@Weeb Dingle

According to the definition in the 1st sentence:
A trigger pad is an electronic sensor on a drum
the image of the "Ellis stomp box" is out of place, because it lies on the floor and is tapped by foot.

The text under this image says:
The Ellis stomp box ... can be used as a trigger.
As I understand it: This means: the "Ellis stomp box" could be used beside a drum, but I doubt that a musician would place it on one of his drums to hit this stump box with his stick.
But no matter where such an "Ellis stomp box" would be placed, this image seems not the first choice for this article.

A better image seems to be:

which I saw in the article Drum kit.

Ping welcome, Steue (talk) 00:40, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Link to "Stomp Box"[edit]

This article definitely should, at least, have a link to Stomp Box in its body, not only in the text under an image.
Ping welcome, Steue (talk) 23:44, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

MIDI[edit]

The sentence, as is, says:
Triggers can send a MIDI to a lighting control console to signal a change in stage displays.
MIDI means Musical Instrument Digital Interface.
Such a trigger pad can and does not send an interface.
Such a trigger pad sends a signal.
Ping welcome, Steue (talk) 23:44, 16 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]