Logan Shaw wrote:

But, what about the idea of replacing some of the parts of the drum
kit with dummies? For example, get a set of V-Drums, and then
replace the drums with V-Drums, leaving the cymbals in place, and
record that. Then afterwards, switch everything out so that you
have V-Drum cymbals and real drums, and record that. If you want,
you could even mix the V-Drum and real drum components together
into headphones for the drummer, so that they can hear a whole kit.

Of course, I'm not a drummer, so this idea may suck. :-)

- Logan

I would not want to do 2 passes, one with electronic cymbals and one
with real cymbals, except as an avant-garde experiment. Talk about a
massive "phase wash" sound. Even editing the 2 versions on a DAW to
line up would be problematic. It would be somewhat more doable to
track "drums only" in 2 passes (one electronic and one acoustic, with a
cymbal pass on one of the 2 versions) and then edit the drum hits in a
DAW so they all line up. It would save 90% of the time doing this
exercise if the acoustic drums were played first with the acoustic
cymbals, then the acoustic drums were used as triggers for the
electronic drums, then do any necessary clean up or line up work in a
DAW. Then blend the electronic/acoustic drums to taste.

RP