This may be a stupid question, but I've experimented for a bit and tried to find an answer online to no avail. So here goes...
I have an old pair of Event Project Studio 6's, and I thought I'd try one in front of the kick as a subkick. I have used guitar speaker cabs as subkicks before, but never a smaller speaker, like these Events. So I use my usual path - out of the input of the Events, and into the DI of a Sebatron vmp2000e, but I'm not getting a signal.
The Project Studio 6's are powered monitors. Is there something in their signal path that may prevent their use as a microphone, as opposed to using a passive speaker? Just to be safe, I tried them on as well; still no signal.
I'm betting I'm missing something very basic... any thoughts?
Thanks guys!
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Re: Subkick question
Your plugging the input of an amplifier - not the output of a speaker - into your preamp. Not going to work.Shellacattack wrote:I'm betting I'm missing something very basic... any thoughts?
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That won't work but any passive woofer will work. Pawn shops, garage sales and even thrift stores always have old subs or cheap house speakers. I love experimenting with little projects like that. Worst case scenario is you record that track and don't end up using it. Just keep it in phase with your other mic/s.
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