What a GREAT idea..... I just did it and I love it. I also changed my actual hi-hat setting to be closed all of the time without needing to press the controller pedal.... Thanks for sharing this.
So great, man. Thanks for this video. I waited forever to decide on an electronic drum kit because I wanted double bass. I saw your video back in November and got the same kit. I'm having a blast playing some speedy, metalcore songs because of this vid. Peace man
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Thank you!!!! My drums is on my way and I was wondering about duble kick drum and you explore me a secret that we can set double kick on hit hat so I dont need to get extra pedal! So glad I found you!:)
Keep up the great work. I just got my nitro mesh kit yesterday for Christmas and let me tell you something I never built a kit more faster in my life I was so excited to get started
Great tip! I have this kit and an actual double petal and it has been a bit of a struggle. I have the beaters as close as I can get them and neither one strike the center of the pad enough to get the full trigger of a single petal. I have spent hours trying to get it just right and I have it as even as possible. What I did is turned up the sensitivity and the volume of the bass pad to even it out with the rest of the kit. Works great now. So if you do go for the double petal, keep this in mind. Also for you and anyone reading this, this kit works great with Reason 10 and 11 with the Kong Drum Machine and the Reason Drums rack extensions. I did have to adjust the pad sensitivity to get a more “real” sound for rolls and ghosts.
@@prdsatx4467 If you talking about the double bass pad settings, I believe I had the sensitivity up all the way and the volume as well. I'm not 100% sure if that was the setting, as I'm using a completely different setup now with the Alesis 8" mesh bass pad from the surge kit. I found it used for cheap. I would recommend that if you can find one. I was fed up with the nitro bass pad with my double petal.
All my electric kits except my roland td27, my double bass pedals NEVER worked. Ever. If I went faster only one of them would register the sound. You. Are. A. Life. Saver.
I found an excellent way to do double bass on the Nitro Mesh kit. I bought a 2nd identical Alesis kick pad tower & pedal cheap, then hooked it up via a "mono" 1/4 inch 2-way splitter to have double bass. Seeing as both share an input, they have the exact same settings, as well. It works so much better than my double pedal did, as the beaters weren't hitting the pad in the center enough to work that good. The 2nd tower has been working wonders, however, for over a year.
@@demonicsweaters Also, I heard the using the hi hit pedal isn't a good idea, because the spring is only a smaller single spring, or so I've seen in another video. But a 2nd Alesis kick tower pad only ran me around $70. eBay seller drumsrus usually always has one, and if not, he restocks. Then a mono 1/4 inch Y splitter works, or hooking it to Tom 4. I have a 1 male to 2 female Y splitter, mono, not stereo.
I just got my new drum kit after using a double bass aon acoustic and haven't put it together yet and I didn't know how I should do the double bass on an edrum until I saw this video. Thx so much!!
Thanks for the tip. This was the deciding factor for me whether or not to buy this kit. Now I can have dbl bass w/out having to buy dbl pedals on a cool inexpensive kit 😀
If anyone ever uses the hi hat as a second bass like me and they’re hearing hi hat sound I just isolated the sound during settings and turned the volume all the way down on it, bam easy peasy lol. Happy jamming everyone!
I have used the bass pedal from my old Roland kit and plugged it into the back of the module where it says Tom 4. Feels perfect and only triggers one sound.
@evil kava I used to use a little amp but for the last 8 months or so I’ve been just using headphones and the isolated sound is the best in my opinion.
I love this idea. It has inspired me to plug the bass pedal from my old Roland kit into the input for Tom 4. I wouldn't want to use the hihat pedal because it seems kind of flimsy and not likely to stand up to such heavy use. I suspect using it as a kick pedal would break it fairly quickly. But, yeah, I am very thankful for your videos on editing kits in the module.
Thanks for the tip. This was my deciding factor on whether or not to buy this kit. Now I can have dbl bass on this cool inexpensive kit without having to buy dbl kick pedals 😀
First the "real" manual, and now this! You have surely been cutting the Nitro trail for us. Thank you for this awesome freebie! I have been using Addictive Drums 2 and it resolves the hi-hat pedal issues with its excellent midi-mapping. I can't bear the Alesis samples...lol
Hey! Have recently set up my kit (first time drummer, 2 months in) but having trouble as getting double hits with one kick of the bass pedal. The beater is bouncing off the pad. Any idea how to adjust the spring tension other than turning the top ‘bolt’, which seems to make no difference? The bottom spring bolt doesn’t budge, even using pliers. Thanks in advance!
If you're getting double hits from the pedal bouncing you just need to learn to control your foot better. Spring tension is mostly personal preference.
Will this develop any bad habits for when I invest in an actual double kick pedal?(like responsiveness on an acoustic kit). I'm just learning drums solely for studio recording but it would be nice to be able to get a gig or two a few years down the line on drums. I'm still working on upping my speed on a single kick.
A comment I found on reddit that (possibly) addresses this situation: "... On the nitro hi hat pedal, there's also a "hi hat half-open" position that will make you drop Y Cymbal notes while using double bass if you don't adjust it... What you have to do is hold the hi hat pedal about 3/4 of the way down (if you look at your midi output you'll see it change, I think the default is 23), then change the hi hat output for half-open to whatever the default is for full open (I want to say 49? not positive about that.) This will fix the dropped note issue." Source: www.reddit.com/r/Rockband/comments/5t3vo6/double_bass_trick_for_alesis_nitro/
You can get it out by pushing very bottom of the hi hat pedal and you will get some number and then set the hi hat sound to the drum pedal you want to, it’s that simple
Get ready: Just insert a simple overdrive or boost guitar pedal between the stock kick pad and the module. The pedal raises the volume of the signal that is transmitted to the module. This way the pad becomes MUCH more sensitive for weaker hits. I did this because I bought an 8" mesh kick pad for my Nitro which didn't work any better. I talked to Thomann about this and he told me that every module requires a different signal level in order to process the hits accurately. Since piezos are also used as pickups for acoustic guitars, this works AND saves money.
I bought the nitro on a whim based on price and was disappointed that I couldn’t get a great sound with double pedal even though manufacturers said it would work. I decided to spend $60 more bucks and found musicians friend selling the Simmons KP2 kick tower on eBay and bought it. It was a perfect fit and the most cost effective way to make the Nitro perfect for me.
I've an extra bass drum pedal and bass drum pad stand so, can I reprogram either the extra Crash jack input or the Tom 4 jack input at the back of sound module to a bass drum sound? thanks.
Thanks for posting! I tried this same cool trick with my Alesis Nitro Mesh Kit. It works amazing except I don't know how to double kick. I know. Shame on me. Heheh One other thing I did was changing my snare rim sound to a Splash Cymbal. That really helped me out.
I bought this kit bundled with the pdp 502 double bass pedal, from Sweetwater. It arrived yesterday. I think I still would have bought a dbp for it anyway, even if I would have watched this first, it seems awkward having different pads being assigned to different sounds and I think it would have messed with my ocd lol
You saved me a few hundred bucks lol I was going to buy the slave pedal with drive shaft but now I can just do this 🙏 I have the same exact drum kit aswell lol
This definitely works but at least for me, the 2 different feelings on the pedals makes it harder to keep good time cause I'm new and I fuckin suck lol but this is an easy workaround for sure.
Hey.. I got alesis nitro mesh kit.. not able to get the right sound.. can you please help me out which drum kit and what other settings need to be done to sound better... thanks
check out some of my Nitro programming vids. Here's a full playlist of all my Nitro content ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bkEI9tdnAIs.html
for the primary kick drum that uses an actual kick pedal and kick drum tower, could that be switched for a hi-hat pedal? in my current apartment, the neighbors say the kick drum makes too much noise as though im thumping against the shared wall. I am wondering if i can switch the kick drum/pedal for a hi hat pedal to circumvent this issue
My pedal needs to be pressed rather hard to register a sound. i did tinker with the sensitivity and whatnot, but is there anything other than taking the thing apart that i can do? really dont want to get a dbl bass pedal just to find it doesnt fit the pad.
I think for it to be plausible though, you'd need the hi-hat to default to open, since it can longer be controlled. If it ends up being stuck on closed you'll just end up with a click click click sound out of it. Can the hi-hat be set to open ?
just bought th kit today !! i have a question, i succesfully putthe bass drum on the hh pedal .... but now my hh pedal shut the hh and play BD at the same time LOL . how do i fix that and how i can make my hh always shut without pedal ? btw love your video, always clear, no fuss no muss, straight to the point ! keep the good work my friend!
Can you just split the highest pedal with a 3rd pedal for double bass? Most likely, you would have to use a rim line for the drum splitter - obviously something that is not going to be played at the same time.
Found someone selling an Alesis kick pad and pedal online. Thinking I'll pick that up and just plug the second kick pad into the tom 4 port. Considering what they're asking for the pad and pedal, it's actually cheaper than buying a double kick pedal.
I received the second kick pad and pedal, for about half to one-third of what they cost online. Hooked the new pad up to the tom 4 port, and it works like a charm! I now have dual kicks on my nitro mesh, and I'm TERRIBLE with them. Definitely gonna be a while before I can play a cover of BabyMetal Death or Lamb Of God's Now You've Got Something To Die For. The only issue I'm having is I can't seem to set the hi-hat open to use the closed hi-hat sounds. I have the pedal duct-taped closed for now. It'll do until I can figure out how to set it properly.
I just got a double pedal, but i'll probably experiment with this later down the road. I have a feeling i'll be upgrading my surge kit ALOT, to include a new module. But right now, i'm just learning baby steps. My goal is to eventually move to an acoustic set. Right now, this electric one is perfect for what I want and need at my level.
OK, so my question is can I use the extra Tom port on the back of the drum module to add another kick drum pad? Giving me two kick drum pads for double bass. Again, can the extra Tom port in the back of the drum module be used to add a second kick drum pad?
Do this going forward is not the best option though because the pressure and distance of the beater will throw you off as you advance with the style of the hi hat pedals. Best bet to get a cheap one off ebay to learn!
Hi Justin. Great channel man. I just want to check, when you use a double kick pedal on the tower are there drop off issues due the sensor being centered and being quite small? I really want to use my double kick and not to keen on the hi hat pedal as my second kick.
