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Questions? Comments? My email.
One of the major drum companies
offers a "sub-kick" product that
The cost of mine was probably under $40 although I didn't actually keep track and many of the parts were just laying around anyway. Update1: It sounds really great but the signal was REALLY hot, so I built an attenuator pad into the XLR jack. I created a simple "L pad" by placing a 10K ohm resistor in series with pin2 and a 1K ohm resistor (shunt) across pin's 1 & 2 (I didn't get very scientific with the resistor sizing, so this probably is not the optimal impedance matching - but hey, it works!). This drops the signal around ~20dB and helps so it doesn't overdrive my preamp. I usually use it with an Audix D6 inside the kick. Update2: I got an old 10" drum shell ($10), stripped the hardware off and mounted the speaker (mic) in it. This can prevent the sound from reaching the back of the speaker and causing phase issues (or cancelling some frequencies). I stuffed some foam in the back to reduce the potential of any "ringing" inside the shell. Update3: I received some requests for some sound samples of the subkick. These are excerpts from some recordings I have done recently. If you have good speakers or headphones it should be obvious that the "A" sample is with the subkick. Subkick1A Subkick1B Subkick2A Subkick2B
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Last updated 08/02/2008 |