@vandahh those are the standard felt beaters. I only use those for playing my electric kit. On real drums I use black rubber. It's harder and it sounds better. Felt is awful pretty much.
are those Iron Cobra beaters plastic beaters or they have a softer surface? john blackwell has those and they sound amazing with white coated head, that soft clappy sound, thanks for the video
@aurash17 this sound bugs me but I cannot figure it out either. I can only hear it on my electronic pad so I assumed it was the pad, which is a Roland. Maybe the acoustic drums drown it out, but I have done several studio recordings with this pedal and no engineer has ever noticed the sound...
I've noticed that you're pedals also make the metal hitting on metal/vibration noise that my Yamaha pedals also make. You can hear them around 01:00, when you're hitting harder. Do you know why this is happening or how to prevent this?
@dondonbestari that's the exact thing this video is trying to warn against. ie it would be silly for me to explain that to you since I would rather you didn't do it for your own sake.
@fVc4FACE well your problem is not the beaters its your throne position. Move back about 6 inches. Your heels should be in front of your knees. In order to get hit in the shin with the beaters you must be playing with your knee in front of your heel, i.e. way too close to the bass drum. At the worst case, if you are sitting in the right place, the beaters might hit the instep of your foot. Scooting back will be much simpler and easier than trying to adjust your pedal.
I have the stability problem as well. I put an old sock on a trailer hitch ball insert (to keep it from scratching stuff) and laid that over the legs of the pad. That thing weighs a good 10lbs so it keeps the pad fairly steady. It also fits surprisingly well into the structure of the pad. Not a perfect solution, but more effective than nothing.
how did u stabilise ur kd8 pad? mine's attached properly with the velcro and carpet fasteners provided but still sways a little bit when playing (esp double bass).
ive never played longboards for more than a few minutes in the store. i am not sure how they exactly respond, but theoretically the technique shouldn't change much. this beater distance concept has pretty much nothing to do with the length of the footboard.
Sounds like you need to adjust back to normal. Take all the crazy settings back to a regular setup. Get another non-adjustable pedal out and compare. Also, all I can say is practice and maybe watch my other technique vid.
Played drums since i was 13. I could do very fast double bass drum patterns but then i started to experiment with the adjustments on my demon drive.s.now my skill si all gone, like...ALL gone..can't even do an easy double pedal slow paced rhythm...help me out..=/
I am not sure what type of kick trigger your kit has but as you can see I am using a standard iron cobra double on a Roland kd8 pad. This stuff is all fairly universal so any double pedal ought to be able to work with any pad, and any pad should connect to
i dont even know how you change the settings on the beaters o0
toarullesajag 2 weeks ago
@vandahh those are the standard felt beaters. I only use those for playing my electric kit. On real drums I use black rubber. It's harder and it sounds better. Felt is awful pretty much.
ryukintakeda 1 month ago
are those Iron Cobra beaters plastic beaters or they have a softer surface? john blackwell has those and they sound amazing with white coated head, that soft clappy sound, thanks for the video
VanDahh 1 month ago
@aurash17 this sound bugs me but I cannot figure it out either. I can only hear it on my electronic pad so I assumed it was the pad, which is a Roland. Maybe the acoustic drums drown it out, but I have done several studio recordings with this pedal and no engineer has ever noticed the sound...
ryukintakeda 2 months ago
I've noticed that you're pedals also make the metal hitting on metal/vibration noise that my Yamaha pedals also make. You can hear them around 01:00, when you're hitting harder. Do you know why this is happening or how to prevent this?
aurash17 2 months ago
thanks, pretty informative :D
lumyingluo 2 months ago
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maxxxcore 3 months ago
@dondonbestari that's the exact thing this video is trying to warn against. ie it would be silly for me to explain that to you since I would rather you didn't do it for your own sake.
ryukintakeda 4 months ago
My beaters are hitting my shins. how do I make a slight adjustment more towards the bass head?
fVc4FACE 6 months ago
@fVc4FACE well your problem is not the beaters its your throne position. Move back about 6 inches. Your heels should be in front of your knees. In order to get hit in the shin with the beaters you must be playing with your knee in front of your heel, i.e. way too close to the bass drum. At the worst case, if you are sitting in the right place, the beaters might hit the instep of your foot. Scooting back will be much simpler and easier than trying to adjust your pedal.
ryukintakeda 6 months ago
I have the stability problem as well. I put an old sock on a trailer hitch ball insert (to keep it from scratching stuff) and laid that over the legs of the pad. That thing weighs a good 10lbs so it keeps the pad fairly steady. It also fits surprisingly well into the structure of the pad. Not a perfect solution, but more effective than nothing.
ryukintakeda 9 months ago
how did u stabilise ur kd8 pad? mine's attached properly with the velcro and carpet fasteners provided but still sways a little bit when playing (esp double bass).
exoapoc 9 months ago
ive never played longboards for more than a few minutes in the store. i am not sure how they exactly respond, but theoretically the technique shouldn't change much. this beater distance concept has pretty much nothing to do with the length of the footboard.
ryukintakeda 11 months ago
What do you think is better for this technique? IC's or longboards?
I'm thinking of trading in my LB's, they're too light feeling.
sovereignsjust 11 months ago
Sounds like you need to adjust back to normal. Take all the crazy settings back to a regular setup. Get another non-adjustable pedal out and compare. Also, all I can say is practice and maybe watch my other technique vid.
ryukintakeda 11 months ago
Played drums since i was 13. I could do very fast double bass drum patterns but then i started to experiment with the adjustments on my demon drive.s.now my skill si all gone, like...ALL gone..can't even do an easy double pedal slow paced rhythm...help me out..=/
Oerger89 11 months ago
(this Comment is a continuation of previous)... To any brain. Roland to Yamaha, Alesis to Roland, Roland to Alesis. Doesn't really matter.
ryukintakeda 1 year ago
I am not sure what type of kick trigger your kit has but as you can see I am using a standard iron cobra double on a Roland kd8 pad. This stuff is all fairly universal so any double pedal ought to be able to work with any pad, and any pad should connect to
ryukintakeda 1 year ago
i have a alesis kit and i hate using the hi hat pedal for a double bass do u know any double bass i can get for the alesis?
xMiNDChaNgeRx 1 year ago
@xMiNDChaNgeRx They have a kickpad on musiciansfriend i think like $99 any double will work
rockexpert 7 months ago
Same here. 15 years, no problems, no need to change to some passing fad.
ryukintakeda 1 year ago
Totally agree man. I've played this way for 15 years. It's not all about speed, it's about consistency and power. That's what drums are.
wulfshayde 1 year ago