subkick vs beta 52 or D6
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subkick vs beta 52 or D6
I'm thinking of getting a sub kick mic (yamaha) but I was just wondering if it is neccessary or would it be equivilent if I used like a D6 or beta 52 a and just hyped the low lows in addition to my D112? would it give me the same or close affect?
What y'all think?
What y'all think?
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The sub kick is really "sub" not many kick mics will even produce that many lows.
Make yourself one with a spare speaker you have around and try it out. It will save you some cash.
Make yourself one with a spare speaker you have around and try it out. It will save you some cash.
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Nope, you dont need an enclosure, just something to hold it up. A 6" speaker will work pretty good as well.Dark star Balla wrote:You know I have a 15" eminece and was thinking of that but wouldn't know how to wire it correctly for one and 2 wouldn't I need to build a case or enclosure for it? which seems to be a serious task in itself.
If you wire it wrong you wont tear anything up. There are several ways to do it but the simplest is to wire the + of the speaker to the - XLR connector and the - to the positive. Some ppl use a transformer but its really not necessary.
BTW XLR Pin 1 = shield (ground) Pin 2 = (+) Pin 3 = (-).
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I've seen snare drum stands used to hold speaker mic's, so if you've got a spare one of those around, you're in business.Dark star Balla wrote:You know I have a 15" eminece and was thinking of that but wouldn't know how to wire it correctly for one and 2 wouldn't I need to build a case or enclosure for it? which seems to be a serious task in itself.
i use the subwoofer (still in the enclosure)from a decent computer surround sound system as my sub-kick... the thing is HELLA sensitive, pretty much has a built-in low-pass, and sounds reeeeal nice. i got it out of the trash on move-out day in my dorm when i was in school.
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This is great, thanks! Couple questions:RodC wrote:Nope, you dont need an enclosure, just something to hold it up. A 6" speaker will work pretty good as well.Dark star Balla wrote:You know I have a 15" eminece and was thinking of that but wouldn't know how to wire it correctly for one and 2 wouldn't I need to build a case or enclosure for it? which seems to be a serious task in itself.
If you wire it wrong you wont tear anything up. There are several ways to do it but the simplest is to wire the + of the speaker to the - XLR connector and the - to the positive. Some ppl use a transformer but its really not necessary.
BTW XLR Pin 1 = shield (ground) Pin 2 = (+) Pin 3 = (-).
1. What do you do with Pin 1 of the XLR?
2.This is as simple as cutting the end off an XLR, then do the wiring?
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So you're telling me that I can grab an old JBL 6-inch stereo speaker I have (in it's wooden enclosure) and simply insert the wires into the back of it (as if I were connecting it to my stereo normally) and cut up a mic cable, and solder the speaker's + to the XLR's -, and the speaker's - to the XLR's + ????RodC wrote:There are several ways to do it but the simplest is to wire the + of the speaker to the - XLR connector and the - to the positive. Some ppl use a transformer but its really not necessary.
That's it?
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Or if you have a speaker cab with a 1/4 plug and a XLR to 1/4 cable, you can just set the enclosure in front of the kick and plug it into a pre. I did this with some old PA cab I had around - I did disconnect the horn first.
It's real simple. just think of the spaker as a mic and find a way to plug it into a mic amp.
It's real simple. just think of the spaker as a mic and find a way to plug it into a mic amp.
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Yupbradjacob wrote:So you're telling me that I can grab an old JBL 6-inch stereo speaker I have (in it's wooden enclosure) and simply insert the wires into the back of it (as if I were connecting it to my stereo normally) and cut up a mic cable, and solder the speaker's + to the XLR's -, and the speaker's - to the XLR's + ????RodC wrote:There are several ways to do it but the simplest is to wire the + of the speaker to the - XLR connector and the - to the positive. Some ppl use a transformer but its really not necessary.
That's it?
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I got new car speakers and took one of my old car speakers, a 6.5" "nissan" 4 ohm speaker and made a subkick out of it.
Basically I nailed it to a piece of wood, screwed the metal part of a mic clip into said piece of wood. Soldered a 1/4" cable on the end and plugged it into a countryman DI. Works great. I might eschew the DI and wire up an XLR on it instead to save me some trouble.
Basically I nailed it to a piece of wood, screwed the metal part of a mic clip into said piece of wood. Soldered a 1/4" cable on the end and plugged it into a countryman DI. Works great. I might eschew the DI and wire up an XLR on it instead to save me some trouble.
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drumsound, Im gonna need some CAD images of that with some dimentions.
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