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A trigger pad is an electronic sensor on a drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
 that produces a certain sound assigned from a sound module
Sound module

A sound module is an electronic musical instrument without a human-playable interface such as a Musical keyboard, for example. Sound modules have to be "played" using an externally connected device....
 once the head has been struck. This device allows drummers to play at a constant dynamic regardless of the physical force used.

Triggers are also used to add more definition to drum sounds and prevent bleeding between sound sources, making it easier to hear clearly every drum hit without rumble or excessive cymbals.






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A trigger pad is an electronic sensor on a drum
Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion instrument group, technically classified as a membranophone.. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with parts of a player's body, or with some sort of implement such as a drumstick, to produce sound....
 that produces a certain sound assigned from a sound module
Sound module

A sound module is an electronic musical instrument without a human-playable interface such as a Musical keyboard, for example. Sound modules have to be "played" using an externally connected device....
 once the head has been struck. This device allows drummers to play at a constant dynamic regardless of the physical force used.

Triggers are also used to add more definition to drum sounds and prevent bleeding between sound sources, making it easier to hear clearly every drum hit without rumble or excessive cymbals. An example is where very rapid bass drum
Bass drum

A bass drum is a large drum that produces a note of low definite or indefinite pitch . There are three general classifications of bass drums: the concert bass drum, the kick' drum, and the pitched bass drum....
 hits become difficult to distinguish or even hear in the presence of a full band.

Other uses

Triggers are often used as a way to count and monitor drum hits, usually as a training device (to see if a drummer misses hits, for example) or in speed attempts. Mike Portnoy
Mike Portnoy

Michael Stephen Portnoy United States of America drummer primarily known as the drummer and backing vocalist for the progressive metal band Dream Theater....
 uses an electronic drum pad with a hardwired electronic metronome as what he calls the "secret cowbell", to count off the songs in a way that only his fellow band members and the technicians can hear it. Tim Waterson
Tim Waterson

Tim Waterson is a Canadian drummer who formerly held the world record for the fastest number of strokes on a bass drum, with a record of 1,057 single and 1,407 double strokes per minute....
, the current world record holder as stated in the Guinness Book of World Records, uses trigger pads to record his speeds.

They can also be used to send MIDI signals after processed by a sound module to a Light Desk controlling different lights.