Acoustic Pro Triggers

GEARREVIEWS
RATING
Some shell protection might be nice
★★★★★
RATING
Great, fuss-free performance at a sensible price
There’s a reason that stuff like the Acoustic Pro triggers is relied on the world over in
settings where there’s no room for error. It’s because it performs its task effortlessly,
with no fuss, and in a package that means it’ll take a beating gig-in, gig-out. If you’re a
pro player who uses an acoustic/electronic set-up then chances are you’ll already be
using these (or an earlier version). If you’re not, but you’re serious about investing in
triggers that will outlast every other part of your drum arsenal, you know what to do…
cable routers or plastic sleeving, but again the Heath Robinson
effect is to the fore.
But really, given that ddrum triggers have been proven to
work in the toughest situations over decades, who should
worry? The design just works, and with minimal interference
to the shells and the way you play. The triggers don’t have to
be fixed to the drums so hard that they interfere with the
response of the head and they demonstrate excellent
responsiveness, with a dynamic range that takes softly-
softly ghost strokes and cracking backbeats in its stride.
The XLR connector affords a real sense of roadworthy
reliability (and is certainly a preferred option over the jack
output of the cheaper Red Dots), and the fact that the
triggers are a plug-and-play option with pretty much any
drum module means there’s no faffing from that point of
view either. ddrum also reckons that this latest showing
offers a stronger signal output (up to 20 percent) than
previous incarnations. Despite not having earlier
versions to hand during the review period, I can say that,
just as expected, these little red gems performed
fl awlessly throughout.
XLR connectors
are used on each trigger.
Because they lock into
place, there’s no worry
about cables coming loose
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