hey folks, question...

i'm currently doing FOH for a band that really needs a really smooth
and tight groove sound. the first thing I really want to clean up is
the snare/kick sound.. if budget allowed, i'd run a trigger through
the direct out to a stand-alone drum machine, but there's other things
i'd really like to approach first before asking for something like that
(ie, getting the rest of the band on in-ears). so i'm trying to think
of an alternate way I can get the effect i'm looking for here, as
standard micing and eq/compression just isn't cutting it like i'd like.

is there any way to use my digi002 through protools to route out drum
samples via a trigger in something like reason? i've got pretty much
everything standard in the way of plugins/external programs. my only
concern there would be latency, but in a live setting i'm not thinking
it would be that big a problem.

my only other thought would be to run a signal generator to put a very
low frequency around 40-60hz and then insert a gate keyed to the kick
signal, and mix that in to add depth. that might work out fine but my
main approach with this band has been to get a very solid rhythm
section down because their stuff is very groove-jam oriented, and in
order to do that i've tried to keep most of the bottom end very clean,
keeping the kick low-passed and keeping more of the low end coming from
the bass being layered on top of the kick's snappiness.

any suggestions for getting a tight groove sound is highly
appreaciated. thanks!