Traps?

I believe the sound is called a trap. It's usually placed between a kick and a snare. Anyone know where I could get more of these. I normally have to steal them off my cd collection but I would like to get a sample CD with them. Anyone know where I could get these at? I'm really not sure if it's called a trap so correct me if I'm wrong.

interesting.....i'd like to know more...is it a cymbal kind of sound like a high hat or ride or is it more percussion based?

Could you describe the sound for me? I've never heard of a "trap" so i'm curious.

I'm intrigued by this "trap" you speak of... Could you give an example of a track that uses this... As you've said, you steal it off your CD collection.... Maybe you know a track off the top of your head that uses this because I think I can speak for most people hear when I say I've never heard of a "trap"...

Is it when you hit the snare skin and the rim at the same time making a pop sound?

I played drums for years and the only place I heard the term trap was some people used it in the context of "Trap Kit" which is an older term for "Drum Kit" or "Drum Set" depending on which side of the pond you live on. They still use the term "Trap Case" which is a case that drummers use to transport stands, sticks and misc percussion instruments etc.

It almost sounds like a reversed cymball.

guitman wrote:I played drums for years and the only place I heard the term trap was some people used it in the context of "Trap Kit" which is an older term for "Drum Kit" or "Drum Set" depending on which side of the pond you live on. They still use the term "Trap Case" which is a case that drummers use to transport stands, sticks and misc percussion instruments etc.

One of my best friend's a drummer and sez he thought it was the jazz players expression for the hihats when they are played with just the peddle. I tried it with the drum kit in the studio and it sounds almost like a reverse sample becuase the sound stops more suddenly than it starts, by making so when the cymbals come together.

i have played the drums for years and never heard of a "trap" sound. a "trap" is the actual drumset.

when you hit the snare and rim of the snare at the same time drummers call that "cracking the snare". lenny white of "return to forever" and he has a few solo albums it the best at "cracking the snare".

I am no drummer or expert but I know exactly what sound you talkin about...
Alejandra called it too...
That's what I alway called that sound too and always heard it called that, not by drummers and producers, but by different Martians and Bhudda Smokers around the way...

'trap kit'

traditional kit with hardware that "traps" a performer behind it.

it corresponds to the semi-circular arrangement of the kit not the tone.

just the info i'm carrying with me

im very confused

'the trap'

is nothing more than a 4/5 piece kit with throne and hardware arranged in a semi-circular manner. from my understanding it's an orchestral term for the player who sat at a throne with drums (different that cymbal/tympani/chime/vibe/bell etc.)


someone who plays conga plays 'percussion' vs a person who can keep feet and hands plays 'trap'.

vibes/bell and some say glock/harp are percussion as well but that merging category of strings and percussion.

personally i think it's all percussion and the attack ratio differs for each acoustic environment.

peace.

to add alittle more confusion, the piano is a percussion intrument too. anything where something is stucked to make a sound is a percussion instrument.