Can a drummer hit the snare, ride, and crash at the same time?
I'm producing a song and I'm using virtual drums via midi notes to achieve the drum sounds. I want a real drummer to eventually perform this piece so I'm asking you drummers out there if it's practically possible for a drummer to hit the snare, ride, and crash at the same time (this is performed inside a sequence of other "hits" (if that makes any sense), so it isn't a thing performed independently in the piece)..
It doesn't seem possible from an outsider's perspective or if it is possible it doesn't seem to be an easy thing to accomplish (and it may be a problem if it's a too advanced thing to do)..
PS: I've probably gave you insufficient data about my situation (due to a lack of real drumming knowledge) so feel free to ask for more info and I'll try to answer..
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I spent the entire 90s being paid (quite handsomely, tyvm ;) to seek & destroy 3-handed-drummer syndrome in midi/sample playback songs & styles for a major instrument manufacturer.
No, a drummer cannot do that & someone, somewhere, will spot if you do it.
On the other hand [pun intended] any half-decent drummer can be riding the ride, flip in a quick crash & be back to the ride before anyone would even notice he'd missed one. The crash will easily cover a fair bit of where the ride would have been, so you don't need it there at the same time.
Unless you are producing 'pure electronic'/sample playback music, where frankly anything goes, then avoid 3-handedness like the plague.
It really does help, when programming drums to actually know how a drummer would do it - even if that drummer is better than you;) Study drummers, they will teach you things about drum programming. You don't have to be able to play yourself… so long as someone can.
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