Did you get your cam yet?
I ordered mine on Wed (10th), and got it today. Had it on, and set like the other one in about 5 minutes.
Ordered mine on the 3rd directly from the Eccentric website..still haven't received them....
Did you get your cam yet?
I ordered mine on Wed (10th), and got it today. Had it on, and set like the other one in about 5 minutes.
Yeah, Lucas was a very cool guy when I tried (& bought) the cam at the Chicago Show.
At first, I didn't really sense any real benefit from it either, but after messing with the settings of the openings, it really made the difference. After I set the openings, the stroke is more even feeling in both directions.
It was subtle at first, but then I dialed in the spring tension, and wow, what a difference in things I had a bit more trouble keeping consistent with over a whole song.
Things I could already do, most of that is just smoother, but the things I couldn't do as well improved a whole lot, and it's easy to shift from a couple feels doing shuffle beats during a song, and keeping one multi-beat pattern solid through a whole tune.
What do you mean by the openings? I did notice that once I loosened the spring tensions, they felt better.
There are two chrome hex head screws--one on top, one on the side. They open and close the cam for a slightly different feel.
Oh yeah, there's a much better feel with the spring tension lower. In my case, it was a LOT less tension. I got all the action and power I was used to, but felt better and smoother than before--without feeling too smooth, and like nothing under my foot.
What settings are you using?
Did my first ACTUAL GIG with the cam on the pedal. A 3 setter night.
Pedal felt even better than before, and was SO EASY to play. Very happy with the addition of the Quick Torque cam to my pedals.
This is the first I'm hearing about this.
What do these things do?
The way you describe it, it sounds like it just makes sense. Why couldn't we engineer this on normal pedals? Seems as it would cost the same, just use a different jig for the cam. I may be checking this out.They delay the onset of high spring tension until just before your beater hits the head, ie you have the spring looser than normal to start with, so there is less initial resistance but as the beater approaches the head the QTC 'catches' more of the spring and ramps up the tension which provides for a quicker return.
So the pedal is easier to push on, like having loose spring tension, but still returns to starting position as fast as if it was using a higher spring tension.
It's like the red beater cam on Pearl Eliminators but used on the spring instead, and it's adjustable.
Let us know the results, PLEASE! I may be getting a couple of these.I just bought the Speed Cobra pedal. It hasn't even arrived yet. I read this thread and just ordered a Quick Torque Cam for it. You guys sold me.
Why not have the best performing pedal I can right?
Alright so here's my 2 cents after a months use:
Basically, the Speed Cobra already comes stock with the same technology that the QTC is supposed to provide, thus, there is no need for a QTC on a Speed Cobra.
I did some hunting around and it looks like the Speed Cobra has been having consistent problems with springs breaking even without the QTC.
I think I'll A/B the pedal with the stock spring and the pedal with the QTC & a normal spring once I get it.
I'll let you all know what I find.