bass drum beater distance explained

a lot of guys put their beaters right up on the head for the apparent speed benefit. this is my attempt to explain why that isn't the most practical way of setting up a pedal for most normal playing situations.

this is specially true if you don't have triggers but i think its valid even if you do. as you can see i practice on an electric kit and i've never felt like a closer beater distance was going to somehow help me out even though the electronic kit is the same as having triggers.




note: at no point in this video am i trying to play fast or loud. its just a pedal setup video.

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[ryukintakeda]

@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.

[Mirozenx]

@ryukintakeda sick bro, could you tell me what spring tension settings, board height and how you maintain your pedal please? Thankyou (:

[ryukintakeda]

@Mirozenx springs are tight, the boards are at a regular height, and i use oil for things that should move and and a drum key or wrench for things that shouldn't. its pretty straightforward.

[ryukintakeda]

@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...

[fVc4FACE]

My beaters are hitting my shins. how do I make a slight adjustment more towards the bass head?

[ryukintakeda]

@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.

[toarullesajag]

i dont even know how you change the settings on the beaters o0

[VanDahh]

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]

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?

[lumyingluo]

thanks, pretty informative :D

[ryukintakeda]

@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.