I’m almost sure the thing that makes Red Shots work so well is the fact that they are secured to the drum by the actual tension lug. Other external triggers operate on about 90%-95% accuracy depending on the trigger. Redshots react correctly, and accurately nearly 100% of the time, probably somewhere in the realm of 99.9%. Nothing drives me more crazy, ruins a recording or performance more than a trigger that is not reacting to what you are playing correctly. To me this is a small price to pay for being able to play without ever getting a mistrigger. Unfortunately Red Shots are only single zone triggers, so that means using one on your snare will give you no rim zone. I’ll go over that further down this post. There is not a single company on the market that makes a perfect external Kick trigger that I have tried, but there is a solution.

I had decent luck with it on a tiny 14″ Club Jam Flyer kick, but nothing else. The Red Shot kick drum trigger is very hit or miss and doesn’t work so well depending on the module and size kick you’re using it on. It may seem hard to believe, but this simple $20 trigger from ddrum beats out every single other trigger I have tried! This includes Yamaha, Roland, Pintech, Drum Dial, 2box, and even the ddrum pro triggers! I’ve tried literally every brand out there making external triggers at this point and the Redshots kill them all! HOWEVER….

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