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I like it when he says "slower stuff" meaning up to 190 :D

Marthyn, sadly I cannot afford your full courses right now, but I am so thankful for the few free stuff you gave us on youtube! Maybe one day I'll be able to join your program as well! Thanks :)

I don't know you guys...but since i started following these videos, doing everything he is teaching...i felt a great difference now!!! Cheers from CV Islands

Hey, Marthyn. What you explain really helps me a lot! Thanks you so much! One thing that has not been covered yet is throne positioning. How to find the right distance for putting the throne (say, the center shaft of the throne) relative to the pedals and how to find the correct height of the throne? Could you please shed some light on that? Thanks again.

Thanks Marthyn! Awesome and helpful videos as always!✌🏻

You know man, even if I don't have now so much time, or will, to work a lot, your explainations are like gold to all drummers. Thank you again for all that stuff.

You're the man, Marthyn! 👊

Absolutely excellent lesson, very well explained.

Thanks for addressing this Marthyn I appreciate it!

Thank you for this pedal tutorial!

Gracias, por compartir sus conocimientos. 😎

Great stuff man! Thanks!

Vielen Dank für dieses Video!! Eigentlich ist es so einfach😅 und ich wundere mich warum ich nicht immer so schnell spielen kann... jetzt weiß ich dass meine Feder einfach nur leicht eingestellt ist. Das werde ich direkt mal ändern. Vielen Dank Marthyn. Ich schaue deine Videos sehr gerne. Mach weiter so!!

Really instructive video! For me, after 26 years of practice, I've discovered that the most confortably setting is a power setting (beater near 60°) with a spring's tension between 90% and 100%. I play with double strokes technique but wanna try the ankle technic. Thx for your tips Marthyn ;)

I love these short tutorials you’ve been releasing lately! I’ve been watching your channel for a long time now and just sucked up everything like a sponge! But I just wanted to say these latest tips and questions being answered on these videos have basically helped me with the last few things I needed to figure out in order to increase my speed AND overall control of my double bass playing! I can now play at 260+ bpm very accurately with very little exertion or effort and for a very long time once I’m warmed up! I was a twitchy, tensed-up, sloppy mess anywhere above 200 bpm only a month or so ago and now I’m here thanks to what you’re doing...so I am forever grateful! I would join the academy if I could, but as things are right now it’s not in the cards. Sorry for the long rant, but thank you very much! You’re doing a lot of drummers around the world an amazing service and deserve a lot of praise haha!

Great video, thanks!

Dude drum professor you rock-thanks again!

Thank you for this

Throne height, and angle of your feet

Good tutorial 👍🤘

Great explanation! It would be great if you could cover the footboard settings too. I have a Pearl Eliminator P2002C pedal and as you know you can also move the heel forwards/backwards and you can adjust the footboard height. It would be great to know how to tune these properly. Thanks!

“When using the ankle technique, the weight of your entire leg is supported by the pedal.” This one sentence answers so many questions I’ve had. Thank you Marthyn!

Hello Marthyn one of your students from North Carolina - Perfect - Just what I am currently working on. Using Pear Eliminators with the red cam, 45 degree beater angle at slightly under middle spring tension, easy fun playing speeds between 170 - 190 BPM. You answered my question go back to a 70 degree beater angel for more power, and probably lower my spring tension. What I really need is help at the freakin 140 - 150 range, gee help us with in between using leg and ankle technique. I suck at using swivel, technique and like the way you teach us how to use the ankle technique with out using a swivel at least for now. On your next tutorial help us with those in between leg / ankle technique if you could. Love your teaching style and thank for the awesome lessons.

Wow, I had my spring tension at maximum :D Maybe that's why it was soo hard to play above 190bpm xD

Thank you 😊

This video confirms what I already suspected regarding the power and speed settings, but it's great to watch a detailed explanation from the world #1 expert. Thanks very much for the spring tension part too..that's seriously useful.

I just Love this dude haha

So what about thrown setting so i know if i have to go up with my seat or down thanks

Thanks for your tutorials. They are helping me improve immensely. The issue I've been having is getting an extra beat when I relax my calf muscle after contraction. Especially at slower tempos. Similar to heel toe double strokes but totally unintentional. I've found that switching to heel down for slower tempos is more comfortable but it causes lag in the transition. Any suggestions? Thanks again!

Hey Marthyn, what is the best settings for the Roland Trigger module (TM-2)? I use ankle motion and use footblaster. Thx so much!

Marthyn, thanks for your incredible videos, you explain everything in so much detail, and that opened my eyes on how much mistakes I made! I watched your video about ankle technique a couple of days ago and realized that this could help me a lot, cause I'm struggling with mid tempo 140-190, there are days I could play theml and there are days I'm not, so I immediately run to practice it, but I should have watched this first, cause I have high spring tension, and my legs are so tired now after two days of work out, that I can't play anything at all. I'm pretty skinny guy, so I assume high spring tension is not what I need :) I will try again after couple days of break. And are you lefty and play the right-handed set-up? If that so, so do I, I'm lefty and I have also a couple of thoughts on how that could affect my playing. Trying to lead with the weak side is not the fastest way to master things :)

Hi Marthyn! Your videos have helped me out a lot with the ankle technique but got one question or an idea for a future video maybe?:) I mostly used to play acoustic but the last months I have only been practising double kick at a digital drum set which means I have only played with my new ankle technique on this. How big of a difference will it be when I switch over to an acoustic kick? I have a Roland KD-9 which seems to decently resemble the acoustic feel.

nice!!!!!!!!

@Marthyn Is there any video or opinion on footboard height/angle? My Trick Pedal allows for footboard height adjustment relative to the beater angle. I’m a beginner and this alone creates a huge variation in the way the pedal can feel.

Angle of your feet, throne height, beater height, distance from the pedal and sitting balance also affects

What about beater length/height? How do you balance it with spring tensions down angles? Will this work with double and triple strokes?

Just for my understanding: When using the speed setting you need triggers or a base drum mic, because you're not able to get enough volume? i.e. when playing on a accoustic set with no mics at all?

Silly question, does footboard height influence ankle technique? Also about footboard, the length changes the position of the foot? for example, if I'm using longboard pedals I should step forward or right in the middle as you recommend to shortboard pedals?

When talking about tempo on bass drum, what subdivision are you talking about? 16th notes? Quarter notes?

Hey I am having trouble with my slave pedal where it has less power than the main pedal I use pearl demon direct drive pedals and I heard there was barely any pedal lag at all but when I got them the left one just seemed to be really weird compared to the main (It could just be the weight of the drive shaft but I'm not sure)

Hi-looking for some technique-280 bpm 32's without practicing...some advice? Cheers!

Get Frost or Hellhammer if possible. Also Hoglan

One struggle that I have is to find settings (pedal and also seating position) that allow me to play fast double bass but also play more groove oriented stuff where doubles in the right foot are happening more frequently. For groove stuff I use the slide/moeller technique and I always found my playing to be inaccurate when everything is geared towards speed. For my single foot doubles to feel and sound good, I need the pedal to feel a bit heavier and not so feathery light but also buttery smooth. Is it just not possible to find a sweet spot for both speed and groove ? Or is the approach you show here definitely viable for "both worlds" ? I would love you input on this.

Chris Turner did a play through for Heir To The Throne by I Am Abomination a couple months ago. You should check it out.

What beater weight do you use?

Hey there! Loved the explenation. One question. Besides all the throne height and positioning... what about the footboard height because never saw anything about that? For example I have the demon drives and i have set the footboard for standard position, beaters are at an 70-80 degree angle and I get this senastion of the pedal „throwing” the beater at the end of the swing Cheers from Poland!

Hey Marthyn, quick question about beater angle- is it 45° to the bass drum head, or from the footboard?

Hello, do you have any advice for how to build control at really slow tempos at like 80-110 bpm as I am a beginner and practice with a metronome a lot but can never seem to be able to maintain a consistent tempo and never seem to be getting anywhere with constant practice

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What about pedal board height?

i find beater hight has a lot to do with the settings

Ok, cool video... But I Play with Heel Toe technique ... What setting do you recommend?

what about bass drum tuning. size of bass drum, muffling, unported vs ported vs no front head. that shit has a big effect on bounce back. it would be interesting scientifically. a just past wrinkle batter head will def rebound slower than a cranked head. but where is the happy medium that sounds good while giving decent rebound.

This is an instructional video of D.D. and chain

Are there really people that use ankles for 140BPM? I've always used flat foot until around 160-170 then switch to ankles around 175-210 then at 220 and up it's all heel toe. These vids are great though dude some of the most layman's terms pedal videos I've ever seen.

Wouldn't a bigger beater distance be better for speed since the spring will want to return alot more when playing fast, near the bass drum? Or is this just extra work and won't actually make you be able to play faster?

that smile... that fucking smile...

I ruined my playing following youtube drummers speed settings here is my conclusion after a whole year of high spring tension bull a lot of soar cramped horrible playing i whent back to ky 45low tension sprimg and im sort of back in the game