Looks like the video has a tambourine under on the left foot and a Wild Dog stomp box under their right, I think the Dingo.

Stomp boxes are a nice way of getting a kick-like thumpy sound with much less hassle than a traditional kick bass drum.  A lot of them are analog (some sort of shell around a piezo) though I think I've seen Nova playing with a digital one (Roland SPD::ONE?)

I've tried a few different ones in my playing and ended up using beaterless kick pedals with the brain from an electronic drum kit.  One thing I really like about this setup is I can change how the drums sound depending on what I'm doing (traditional vs electronic) and I can even send the signal to a little computer and play bass with them.

If you're getting started, I think the main question is what direction you want to go?  If you just want a thumpy kick sort of sound, tapping your foot, a simple stomp box (maybe something like the Meinl) is good.  If you want to play drumkit with your feet, then I'd recommend either something like the Farmer Footdrum (analog) or patching together beaterless kicks and an old electronic drum brain like I do (or see Mezerg for a higher-end setup).

Jeff

On Tue, May 16, 2023 at 12:31 PM Emily Addison via Musicians <musicians@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hey fellow dance musicians,

I was originally just going to write to Jeff Kaufman as I know he has experience with lots of pedals but then I thought it might be a fun discussion for the dance musician list. :)

I'm wondering if anyone knows what foot board the East Pointers are using in this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17klDfqmLgk&ab_channel=SofarSounds
There's a good shot of it at 5:36.

Have you used something like this? Have you used something like this or another drum-like approach? (Beyond a foot percussion board for Quebecois-like rhythmic stuff.)
Any tips?

I'm looking for a relatively easy in to a foot board/drum sound.

Thanks!
Emily in Ottawa

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