Ben Langfeld Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Ok, this is one small thing that to a lot of you is probably really simple, but it's starting to get at me because I can't figure it out. At many concerts there is quite a tall rack of gear near the drum kit, usually to the drummer's left, but what's usually in these racks? I can't think of anything which the drummer would need access to, but the rack always appears to be facing the drummer. Can anyone shed any light on this? Here's an example photograph to demonstrate what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomM Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Often things like click track, backing tracks will be controlled by the drummer, and would be in such a rack. It may also contain the speakers for a drum fill - perhaps top and bottom with tracks in the middle. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulears Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 And some drummers use triggers on the kit to fire off samples - like mega kick drums - odd thumpy toms and other odd sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
london sound Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Can't see a rack in your picture, however sometimes the drummer may have triggers in the drums to trigger samples etc. and control for these could be in a rack.A drum fill would be near the drummer and would be either a wedge or larger speaker stack, for instance the drummer with whitesnake used to have 6 stacks of Martin F1 around him (a bit overkill). Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Langfeld Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 Thanks guys. The click track idea sounds like a reasonable one. Samples are an interesting idea, although Christoph Schneider uses quite a large rack of something and Rammstein have Flake on keyboards/samples. Hmm. Anyone have any more ideas? @Ian: The rack in that picture is to the drummer's left. It's fairly obvious in the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
london sound Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Sorry but in the picture or the resolution I get I do not see a rack. Ian Right just re-rendered the picture in Photoshop, yep trigger rack, case underneath probably either empty case or amps for throne shaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbsy Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Not a new idea, but, from the limited view in the picture, the kit in the top half of the rack does look like a sampler to me. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Pearce Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Just in case you're confused, its not a drum rack (a bar that everything clamps onto thus eliminating the need for many tripods), he means a flight-case rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Lewis Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I can't think of anything which the drummer would need access to, but the rack always appears to be facing the drummer. A 12U fridge stocked with Bud and Jack Daniels ? ;-) Nah, it probably is just a rack of samplers etc. Big Mick Hughes talks of running trigger signals down multicores to FOH. It doubled the cabling requirement for the tour... you can see why the sound company would be keen to place the rack close to the drummer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerman Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Yep, then if the drums sound crap out front, the engineer FOH can honestly say it wasn't his fault.The rack probably has some flashing lights on it to mesmerise the drum-trog during long breaks between numbers, so that he doesn't wander off looking for bananas and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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