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Just looking for information on the slave pedal, and if it plays and feels exactly like the main/right pedal....There drive shaft is supposed to erase this (according to the description and on the pro 1-v).
Just looking for information on the slave pedal, and if it plays and feels exactly like the main/right pedal....There drive shaft is supposed to erase this (according to the description and on the pro 1-v).
This is one of those 'it ain't gonna happen', no slave pedal feels like the main, its just not reality.
If you take a look at the trick website for the pro 1-v, they state that they've made that pedal feel exactly the same for both pedals. Close your eyes, and you would sware you were playing two single pedals. Then again, both pro 1-v and the dominator are supposed to be two seperate pedals linked with a zero backlash, free floating driveshaft that is supposed to be the reason both of these pedals feel the same for the slave and the main pedal.
This is one of those 'it ain't gonna happen', no slave pedal feels like the main, its just not reality.
If you take a look at the trick website for the pro 1-v, they state that they've made that pedal feel exactly the same for both pedals. Close your eyes, and you would sware you were playing two single pedals. Then again, both pro 1-v and the dominator are supposed to be two seperate pedals linked with a zero backlash, free floating driveshaft that is supposed to be the reason both of these pedals feel the same for the slave and the main pedal.
PEARL probably says the same thing about their DDRIVE double. Keep in mind everything you read from manufactures that entails 'selling' a product is nothing but a claim, you the buyer are the only one who can decide what's reality.
Advertisers hope you're not aware of this fact and willfully trust they're opinion, their product claim(s), happens all the time, its called getting screwed.
Any double pedal connected by a shaft will not feel the same as the primary w/o a shaft, its just not possible, it can feel real good compared to what's out there, but never the same. This is my opinion of course, I've been playing double pedals since the mid late 80's If I never played a double pedal in my life, I might probably question the whole slave feeling the same as issue.
When double pedals first hit, no one questioned the slaves lack of response, it was what it was, you just tried to make it work.
I've purchased the Trick pedal and the slave is not as responsive as the main pedal, like how it is with most double pedals. This is what I expected unfortunatley, though I haven't made any crazy adjustments yet......
Anyway, it's cool that this pedal has a footboard adjustment on it. Major downside???
When you adjust this your changing the angle of the direct drive linkage and it affects the feel of the pedal. By raising the footboard it seems to make the pedal have a heavier, harder to play feel, especially when you raise it significantly.
Another thing I've noticed is that the footboard seems thicker than most, and is pretty heavy prob because of the material it is made with.
I found mine to be as responsive as the main pedal. I would assume though that you've got to lose perhaps a tiny bit of response based on the path the energy travels:
I have the driveshaft set up almost perfectly straight so I know it has nothing to do with the angles. If you release both of the pedals at the same time, when the beaters are resting against the drumhead, you'll notice the right beater continues to move freely while the left (slave) beater comes to a stop a couple of seconds before the right.
If you're talking about the travel of energy, look at where the energy needs to go for a standard slave pedal, as you mentioned in your post.Slave footboard -> 1st U joint -> shaft -> 2nd U joint -> Main post -> slave beater ... It has to travel through the whole driveshaft and into the connection on the main pedal. (My theory as to where this slave lag comes from)
I have the driveshaft set up almost perfectly straight so I know it has nothing to do with the angles. If you release both of the pedals at the same time, when the beaters are resting against the drumhead, you'll notice the right beater continues to move freely while the left (slave) beater comes to a stop a couple of seconds before the right.
If you're talking about the travel of energy, look at where the energy needs to go for a standard slave pedal, as you mentioned in your post.Slave footboard -> 1st U joint -> shaft -> 2nd U joint -> Main post -> slave beater ... It has to travel through the whole driveshaft and into the connection on the main pedal. (My theory as to where this slave lag comes from)