While strolling along with the iPod today, Motorhead's old chestnut "Overkill" popped up with its insane bass drum intro. I think I've read this was actually played on a single drum pedal, but it sure feels like a double bass drum pedal to me, and I starting wondering how to imitate that kinda double bass drum vibe in DB.
I don't know enough about the dynamics of drumming to really know what makes what sound like what, but I'm guessing maybe one foot (the drummer's dominant?) would consistently have a harder attack, and therefore different sound? Perhaps one could just make a "left" and "right" foot in the dbkit (like the ns_kit Mike made has "left" and "right" snare) using a slightly lower velocity for the "left" foot (assuming a right-footed drummer, though the ns_kit snares actually use sampled hits made by a left and a right hand, I think :) Or perhaps a sample from a different but similar kick drum for the other "foot"?
I guess one might want to pan the two feet a bit to either side of the stereo spectrum, though that's more a mixing issue ....
Any thoughts from people who understand these things better than I?
Cheers, Carl