Full practice
without a kit.
Sticking patterns, dynamics, timing drills — all on a practice pad. The hotel room, the couch at midnight, the twenty minutes before the kit is free.
What you can do on a pad
Sticking patterns
36,700+ stickings from the fill builder — paradiddles, doubles, temple patterns, kick-integrated stickings. Want flams? Add them to any pattern in the builders.
Dynamic control
The dynamic control drill cues different volume levels. Build pp to ff range with just a pad and sticks.
Internal clock
Train your internal pulse without the kit. When the click drops out, can you keep time on a pad?
Accent placement
Practice accents on specific beats. A pad isolates the accent mechanic without kit distractions.
Tempo building
Build hand speed progressively. Start slow, end fast — every run's tempo and duration land in your practice history.
Pad sessions
Chain a warm-up, two rudiment drills, and a dynamics block into one 15-minute hands-free run. Voice cues move you through it.
A 15-minute pad routine
Chain it as a session and let the voice cues run it, or just work down the list. Pad, sticks, phone.
Warm-up singles
3 min · RLRL 8ths @ 80 → 16ths @ 80Loose alternating strokes, full height, no accents. Halfway through, double up to 16ths at the same tempo. If your shoulders are up by your ears, slow down.
Paradiddles with moving accents
4 min · RLRR LRLL @ 70 BPMOne minute each with the accent on note one, two, three, then four. The unaccented notes stay at ghost level the whole time. This is the block that changes your hands.
Doubles speed ladder
4 min · RRLL in the Tempo Builder, 90 → 120Tempo Builder in Build mode, +5 BPM every 30 seconds. Rebound does the second note at the bottom of the ladder; fingers take over near the top. Stop climbing the moment the doubles turn into buzzes.
Dynamics finisher
4 min · Dynamic Control, 8ths @ 75Crescendo mode, pp to ff and back. After twelve minutes of pattern work, holding a clean eight-bar ramp is harder than it sounds — which is exactly why it goes last.
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