My next project...
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My next project...
As if trying to get the OMEC up and running wasn't enough, I'm in the process of building a subkick- like the Yamaha Subkick, but with a matching 10" tom for my Ludwig kit. I have a 6.5" woofer, am going to mount an XLR connector where the vent hole is, and have a snare stand on the way to mount it in front of my kick. Trying to get that oomph on record.
Here's a Yamaha one:
but I think mine will look better... pix coming!
Here's a Yamaha one:
but I think mine will look better... pix coming!
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It's going to be hard to beat the looks of the Yamaha, but a bigger, deeper shell is a good place to start. I've always wondered how the Subkick works. If you get good results, I might have to copy the idea with my spare snare shell.
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What is a sub kick and what does it do?
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a subkick is essentially a speaker used as a microphone. the speaker is quite good at catching low frequencies. if you look at the backside of a yamaha subkick, you will see a speaker(white?) behind a some kind of screen(like from stockings)
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Wow, I played drums for 5-6 years and this is the first time I've ever heard of one of these haha.
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Basically, the cool part about it is, the inherent nature of a woofer is that it's only going to pick up very low end- so you get the thump but without any bleed through from any other drums or cymbals or stuff!
I got it wired up and drilled the hole tonight. I'm mounting the speaker to a metal speaker grille, but just discovered that the grill slips though the rim mount of the drum... I was hoping to simply clamp down the rim mount and away I go but no.... I'm going to have to make some sort of mounting clip that attaches to the drum lugs...
and my kit is wine red- the 10 inch tom I got matches the kit (and is Ludwig, too) so I think my subkick might look better than the Yamaha when complete.
I got the idea from watching The Roots on Jimmy Fallon and got to wondering what that little drum in front of the kick was all about...
I got it wired up and drilled the hole tonight. I'm mounting the speaker to a metal speaker grille, but just discovered that the grill slips though the rim mount of the drum... I was hoping to simply clamp down the rim mount and away I go but no.... I'm going to have to make some sort of mounting clip that attaches to the drum lugs...
and my kit is wine red- the 10 inch tom I got matches the kit (and is Ludwig, too) so I think my subkick might look better than the Yamaha when complete.
I got the idea from watching The Roots on Jimmy Fallon and got to wondering what that little drum in front of the kick was all about...
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That's a very ingenious idea! Way cool thinking. Let us know how it turns out Billy, I'm curious to know how you'll match impedances and such!
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We've done this a couple of times with my band, but always the other way around. Playing on a 20" bass drum with a larger one behind it. Last time we had a 26" behind.bclaire wrote: Trying to get that oomph on record.
I get the theory behind doing this, (smaller kick, larger sub) but why do you want the smaller drum behind?
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Where the heck did you find a 26" speaker?Orphin wrote:We've done this a couple of times with my band, but always the other way around. Playing on a 20" bass drum with a larger one behind it. Last time we had a 26" behind.bclaire wrote: Trying to get that oomph on record.
I get the theory behind doing this, (smaller kick, larger sub) but why do you want the smaller drum behind?
(I take it you didn't!)
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The small drum is merely a housing for the woofer- it doesn't function as a drum but is used to preserve "a look."
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That's pretty cool. Just as an aside, I remember reading the beatles used a sub as a mic for McCartney's bass...maybe around Sgt Pepper...
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My 24" Starclassic Birch and a bass drum mic has plenty of low end. I'm not sure what these things do that a Beta 52 or D112 and a little EQ can't?!
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i'm trying to understand this.
so the subkick is a speaker that catches the signal from the kicks and repeats it? so the sound comes from the subkick primarily, feeding off the sound produced by the kick?
so the subkick is a speaker that catches the signal from the kicks and repeats it? so the sound comes from the subkick primarily, feeding off the sound produced by the kick?
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Can I summarize? Thank you. It works exactly like a microphone, it just looks different, and doesn't hear the sound of your other drums. Basically a bass frequency only mic.
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those things are so sick. my drummer built one by using an old computer speaker housing, and putting a mic in there, along with some other stuff. i have no clue how, but it sounded pretty good!
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