Can you beat a BT-1?
digitalDrummer revisits an aux trigger bar which continues to divide the market. We regularly get reader questions about the Roland BT-1, often complaining about the performance of the triggers with non-Roland modules. Users are quick to diagnose ‘faulty’ products and we feel sorry for the retailers who have to deal with returns of triggers which are actually performing perfectly. The main issue is that people don’t understand the technology and configure the aux trigger incorrectly. Unfortunately, the BT-1 is something of a victim of its own success and drummers assume that it is the new ‘standard’ in external triggers. This means that drummers looking for a trigger bar will buy a BT-1, believing that it will be the best option […]