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Left handed pedal configuration

Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2025 8:12 am
by Cliffyboy1962
I am only two days into my aerodrums journey and am extremely impressed with everything so far.

I have a question relating to the position/placement of Bass drum/Hi-hat pedal placement when left-handed kit is selected.

I have found that, whilst the order of pedals from right to left (hh-bd1-bd2)is as you would expect, placement seems to still be as if it where a right handed setup i.e. hi-hat right of snare drum, bass drum 1 and 2 to the left of snare drum.

Maybe I am just so new to this that I havent figured out how to change this but so far I havent found a way.

I was very much looking forward to playing with a double bass drum setup but as you can imagine, at the moment I have to drag my right foot all the way to the left of the snare drum to reach the 2nd bass drum pedal which is quite a stretch and ends up with both knees together which feels very awkward and hopefully is just a config error or a misunderstanding on my part.

I hope this all makes sense as I know it hurts the brains of you right handed drummers to think about our weird left handed setups :)

Re: Left handed pedal configuration

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2025 6:37 pm
by Richard
I'm sorry for the delay, I wanted to check this for myself. It seems to behave correct for me with the preset kits that have a double kick pedal. In right-handed mode, two pedals are to the left of the snare drum and one pedal is right of it. In left-handed mode, it's the opposite - two pedals are to the right of the snare drum and the third pedal is to the left of it. Let me know if that's not what you're seeing with the preset kits.

There is a setting that can control the spacing between the pedals. It's the slider here: Settings → Feet → Foot Spacing. Increasing it will increase the distance between pedals which might help. Another option would be to create a custom drum kit with the pedals placed where you want them.

If you're still having problems with this please let me know.

Re: Left handed pedal configuration

Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2025 11:23 pm
by Cliffyboy1962
I have to be honest. I assumed that all kits would be set-up for double pedals and clearly I was being stupid. On a kit with no double pedals, I would bring my hi hat foot to the middle and basically use both feet on the same pedal. I am sorry for the misunderstanding.

Re: Left handed pedal configuration

Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2025 12:09 am
by Richard
Ah, I see. No worries, that is an easy mistake to make. I appreciate the reply.