Hey fellow animals, I'm in need of some insight: I have a right-footed double bass drum pedal currently ("normal"), but I have an ACD middle pedal on order. However, practicing the other day I realized that, on a middle pedal, the snare would be in the "line of sight" for where the beaters would hit the bass drum head. I am not comfortable enough going only by feel with the beaters hitting the bass drum head; I want to SEE them (this is helpful for me with tempo, accenting, getting left and right foot as even as possible, etc.). So my question is: does anyone have experience with, or insight on, this issue? I appreciate it guys, thank you! :)

I own a ACD middle pedal but I use it as two single pedals now, so the middle part is safe in it's box. I also like to watch the beaters from time to time
but I never found it a problem that I could not see the beaters playing the middle pedal, you can still see your feet and knees. If you want to get an idea of what your beaters are doing you can place a rod in each pedal's beater slot so you get an idea of the movement.
I hope this is helpful enough ;-)

Hm, I ever played with Double or two Single pedals and never felt the urge seeing the beater hitting the bass drum head. I think I need my eyes to see all the other drums an cymbals on my setup :D
I also ordered a middle Pedal, so I think I can report more experiences then... summer 2024 I guess. :D