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Re: My next project...

Post by cain » Sat Nov 13, 2010 12:03 am

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.

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Re: My next project...

Post by bclaire » Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:40 am

Going to try to put it all together tonight... I'll get back to you.

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Re: My next project...

Post by not_again » Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:12 am

Best of luck...bet it will be kick *ss!
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Re: My next project...

Post by Frank H » Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:59 am

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.

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Re: My next project...

Post by bclaire » Sun Nov 14, 2010 2:44 pm

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!

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Re: My next project...

Post by bclaire » Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:59 am

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...

Post by Borderline Productions » Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:47 pm

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.
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Re: My next project...

Post by bclaire » Fri Nov 19, 2010 4:27 pm

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!

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Re: My next project...

Post by bclaire » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:08 am

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...

Post by Neiloler » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:29 am

Very cool Billy. Would you say it added any more sound/bass than just using a regular kick mic?

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Re: My next project...

Post by Randy Bass » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:30 am

Cool stuff. Is the speaker wired up backwards to make it work like a mic?
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Re: My next project...

Post by bclaire » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:49 am

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...

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Re: My next project...

Post by bclaire » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:50 am

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:

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Re: My next project...

Post by Neiloler » Sat Nov 27, 2010 10:06 am

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?

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Re: My next project...

Post by Nork » Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:27 pm

uh oh...neil's brain is percolating...next project, perhaps...?

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