Well, I can't seem to break 16ths at 130 bpm cleanly with my double bass singles, but the double strokes start about there and go easily to 200 bpm and above.
I...I just feel guilty, like I'm cheating using this method. It's too easy.
Granted, it's not like I'm using a Dualist pedal, HEAVENS NO!!! It's all coming from me. But, who's to say which way is right or not?
I do need to retrain my hands to  play around the kit, do fills, whatever, with my feet working this way instead of the doing singles, it feels "funny."
But, all in all, is it wrong to do one way over the other? I guess I'm just hitting a crisis here.
I know I've taken up I guess three threads on the topic now, but, it's frustrting, when I was younger I could fly on my twin kicks, and now, I basically crawl. The heel toe ( THANKS DRUMMERMOM!!!!) is going to get me through my audition tomorrow, and, well, I dunno...any thoughts?


P.S. Yes, I know I can'
t rely solely on doubles. Triplets are not so easy with heel toe doubles, but I can play a triplet roll with singles at 175 bpm, and faster (which is just over 130 bpm when switched out to 16ths). I just find triplet rolls easir for some reason...

Your goal is to impress people at an audition right?  You obviously do not have enough time to develop your single stroke roll technique so really, whatever you have to do to impress these people is what you should do.

Asking us if you think double strokes are cheating or not doesn't really matter.  The people you are auditioning for are the only ones that do.

Now, if you want to go outside and beyond you focusing on your audition, then I'll ask one question:
What style of music are you getting into?

In some styles of metal (usually extreme grind) you will definitely be cast out for using double strokes of any kind.  That style is all about the speed of single strokes.  Those bands are really about how fast can their drummer play.  Things they don't like to see are double stroke kicks/snares/rolls or any kind, and abosolutely no snare triggering.  That will get you shunned in a heart beat.

I agree that the bottom line is you should only be worried about how good something sounds when it's done, as long as you can reproduce it live.  But, you may still get some flack for using doubles, if you are using them when most other fast drummers still use singles (like 240bpm and below on the kicks).  But really, you only get flak from the teenage fans, you won't see any from other drummers, especially the touring pro's.  But unfortunately, it's the fans that support the band so their opinion seems to count sometimes...

what kind of cheating are you talking about? it is the technique. a lot of people, including me, consider the double stroke rolls on double bass much harder technique than single stroke roll, so - think only about the sound. if you think the sound is appropriate, and it's easier for you, nothing else matters

Well it's the sound that matters.  Close your eyes and do singles, then do doubles at the same speed (it doesnt have to be fast).  If you cant hear a difference in the sound, nobody should care how you get the sound.  But then again, why listen to a 14-year-old kid who does doubles too?