We did a pretty massive digital integration with the acoustic drum set for the Good Friday service.In addition to the acoustic drums Caleb Thurmer controlled a Mac G5 running Ableton Live to send a metronome signal with the bpm for each song into the monitor system and trigger drum loops and sweeps.
We custom made a button out of a usb keyboard and some cheap parts from Radio Shack and attached it to the drum kit so all he had to do was press the button to cycle between the different songs and elements.
We also added a set of Roland V-Drums to the side of the kit and used them as a midi controller for Battery. We set each pad up to a different sound effect...Lightning, rooster crow, dirty snare, wierd ambient effects, and added an 808 to the kick pedal. I've gotta tell you hearing the 808 sub kick peppered in with the acoustic drums sent chills down my spine!
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