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Re: My next project...

Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:03 am
by cain
The sub adds the bottom end and makes the bass drum on a recording sound excellent. I was surprised how much better the recording sounded with the addition of a sub. I thought it might ruin the acoustic bass drum sound or that it the effect would be negligible but it really makes a difference.

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:40 am
by bclaire
Going to try to put it all together tonight... I'll get back to you.

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:12 am
by not_again
Best of luck...bet it will be kick *ss!

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:59 am
by Frank H
Great....Like I'm not crowded enough in the rehearsal room. Let's set up the spare drum kit on your side.
btw. I've never seen anything likethat either. Drummers...Go figure.

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:44 pm
by bclaire
Frank H wrote:Great....Like I'm not crowded enough in the rehearsal room. Let's set up the spare drum kit on your side.
btw. I've never seen anything likethat either. Drummers...Go figure.
Ha ha ha ha!

Re: My next project...

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:59 am
by bclaire
DONE! Just needs tweaking, like loosening the back head, but it's pretty cool. Can't wait to really hear it through a PA...

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Re: My next project...

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:47 pm
by Borderline Productions
Paul McCartney used a speaker as microphone to record the bass parts to Paperback Writer and Rain (I'm not completely sure if these were the songs, but it is in Geoff Emerick's book). That is how he got the weird, yet cool bass sound on those songs.

Re: My next project...

Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:27 pm
by bclaire
Borderline Productions wrote:Paul McCartney used a speaker as microphone to record the bass parts to Paperback Writer and Rain (I'm not completely sure if these were the songs, but it is in Geoff Emerick's book). That is how he got the weird, yet cool bass sound on those songs.
That's right- I hadn't thought of that. I'll have to try it in front of the bass rig, too!

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:08 am
by bclaire
UPDATE:

used it at The Allens' gig Wednesday night and it was really cool- added some good low end. Here's Skippy in action with the subkick:

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Re: My next project...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:29 am
by Neiloler
Very cool Billy. Would you say it added any more sound/bass than just using a regular kick mic?

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:30 am
by Randy Bass
Cool stuff. Is the speaker wired up backwards to make it work like a mic?

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:49 am
by bclaire
Neiloler wrote:Very cool Billy. Would you say it added any more sound/bass than just using a regular kick mic?
The low end was more pronounced but you need a second mic to get some of the high end as well...

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:50 am
by bclaire
Randy Bass wrote:Cool stuff. Is the speaker wired up backwards to make it work like a mic?
Maybe... I just wired it up and hoped for the best! :lol:

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:06 am
by Neiloler
Cool. This would at least be worth trying out for recording flavors.

Can you take a close up shot of how you fastened the speaker to the drum head?

Re: My next project...

Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:27 pm
by Nork
uh oh...neil's brain is percolating...next project, perhaps...?

that's really interesting. don't see'em used a lot tho...