Steven Slate Trigger

Slate Trigger is a very useful tool that is able to replace drum sounds with the high quality options available within the plugin browser, or any other samples that are in WAV or MP3 format.  I employed trigger on the kick drum and snare drum on the mix that is embedded below.  For a metal song, replacing the kick and snare really helped to provide the signature bombastic nature of the drums in accordance with the metal genre.  

I first did some research about trigger so that I could familiarize myself with how the plugin functions.  I found the following links to be most helpful.
 www.soundonsound.com/reviews/steven-slate-trigger  
​www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziJi9MOnW0A

Within trigger, I achieved a blend of two different kick drums that I liked and blended them to taste within the plugin.  I then made sure that the sensitivity was set correctly and I wasn't hearing incorrect triggers of the replaced kick drums.  A screenshot of my kick drum samples within trigger is shown below.  I did the same thing with the snare, only this time choosing to blend four snare drums together.  After adjusting the level of each sample, I flipped the phase on two of them since my ears liked the resulting sound.  A screenshot of my snare drum samples within trigger is below.  After achieving the sound I wanted within trigger, I then added subtle EQ and compression within Pro Tools in order to thicken up the sound just a bit.      

Kick

Snare