From jeep99@bright.net Thu Aug 29 10:53:39 2002
Subject:Re: V drums - or attack of the percussive clones!

Steve,

Just like the early CX3 keyboard action, your e-mail seems to be
double triggering........

Dan H....Dan H....

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "Stephen Holcombe" wrote:
> I know this thread is being put to sleep, but there is another
point which
> links this stuff to an earlier thread.
>
> For at least fifteen years some drummers have used tiny mikes on
the drums
> to trigger a MIDI sound module. In other words, exactly like Billy
Joel's
> Kurzweil-in-a-shell, or a Hammond clone in a B-style cabinet, there
is no
> guarantee that the "real" drums you see at an arena show are in
fact what
> you are hearing out in the audience. As long as the sound is close
enough to
> the "real thing," few if any people will be able to tell, and just
seeing
> real drums will satisfy them. Or, as Socrates once said, what is
reality?
>
> Steve H