single double bass.

[Jorge89]

Thomas Pridgen, tony royster, and aaron spears do it mad good. What techinques, beater height, and tension would I need to make it easier and comfortable.

[JT1]

You will always get the same answer on these types of threads, there is no secret setting to achieve what you desire, you just need good practice. Play along to songs that require single pedals that seem very difficult and don't give up. Your pedal settings can however make it easier but you need to find out what technique you prefer to use whether it be full leg motion, ankle motion or flat foot. Pedal settings can only do so much and you have to do the rest.

Me personally i use loose spring tension but not all of the way loose, i have my beater height about an inch of maximum height. My footboard angle is about 50 degrees and my beater is 6 and a half inches away from the head. You musn't forget that throne height and position is also a big part of it all. I sit so that my legs are parallel to the floor when i raise my heels on the footplate. But at the end of the day it is all personal preference and down to you to see what is comfortable. Try using my settings and see how this works for you then if you find it easier then great, if you find it harder, make minor adjustments to make it feel more comfortable.

Hope you find what you are searching for. Good luck.

[Therma lobsterdore]

Heel toe and constant release are the techniques to look into, both involve a two part motion with the foot. Start off doing doubles, and once you've got the technique down you should be able to do more successive hits.

[Tim Waterson]

Thomas Pridgen, tony royster, and aaron spears do it mad good. What techinques, beater height, and tension would I need to make it easier and comfortable.

There is no BEST technique.
Tony slides it might not work for you
I get emails everyday from drummers asking whichj technique tesion beaters etc etc
One of the reason I tried to cover EVERY technique on My TMA bas drum dvd wwas to give drummers every available option for their feet
Tim

[Dedworx]

Thomas Pridgen, tony royster, and aaron spears do it mad good. What techinques, beater height, and tension would I need to make it easier and comfortable.

i worked on my right foot based on john blackwell's first dvd pedal demo, the rocking motion on the ball of your foot. overtime its gotten faster(not crazy wfd speed but enough to mimic slow double bass clean). my pedal settings have always just been default.

i;m pretty sure the gospel guys build their pedal speed from practising all the linear ideas they do. - over and over, slow to start and over a period of time get faster and faster until they can do what they do now.

[Delwrick]

Well... There is no real technique. Personally I just got to the point where my foot slides back and it somehow drops twice. I wouldn't be able to explain it until I record it with a camera and put it into slow motion. My foot started doing it's own thing when I was put on the spot to do this. After that it's all practice.

Try covering some Yellowcard stuff. That's how my foot came around.

Songs like, Five Becomes Four and Life Of A Salesman.