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Uploaded by on May 18, 2009

A comparison between my homemade "Subkick" microphone and my old Superlux kick mic.

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  • alot of people dont realize how important a resonating chamber\THE DRUM is in the yamaha version, its what helps you get more volume and a balanced drum-like sound.. and i believe the reason your getting a ping noise is because you have not shock mounted the speaker. i made one out of an old crate 15 watt 8" guitar speaker. i used a plastic bucket and shock mounted it using tied down cables. try getting a cheap first act drum from walmart for kids. they sound great

  • @timothywaldvogel Very good point -- the pinging is coming from the tuning of the drum, not the mount though. i didn't want a secondary resonance from a drumshell, and if I did I'd want a big one like DW Drums' "Woofer" resonators. In either case, it'd be fun to play around with different shell sizes and constructions to see (or hear) their effect on the sound.

  • is it not just easier to duplicate the bass track in your DAW and EQ it to the low frequencies and remove the highs?

  • @skatepark02 Hey, yes and no. The particular mic I was using didn't pick up as low, so i'd have to use some pretty ugly EQ followed by a bunch of gain up. It could be done, but the subkick makes it much faster. (Assuming there's enough mic channels for it, of course!)

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  • @Chippy569 Very true, suppose its a lot easier if you were playing live as well. nice idea, i might give it a try!

  • @kmjbmtpt yes you will!!!!

  • @Chippy569

    Yes I hear it young man! I hope you get what I'm trying to say!

    I'm a recording engineer. I pay the bills doing this!

    If you have the sub mic, have any other mic to capture the smack (the transient attack) and blend those.

    Also all those extra low freq that the Large cone is picking up, may not be suitable for commertial components.. So its double work! those freq must be rolled off.. like below 50hz

    Take care..

  • @kcdrummer13 All its doing is adding sub freq that you have to roll off doring the mix to play back on commercial systems buddy!

    A sub mic is used best to give bottom to a small kick drum. ALSO for concerts and plain just show off..

    now go checkone of my videos "The Hulk" its a SM57 by it self as a kick mic - without and with processing..

    cheers

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