Jarhead Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 I was just thinking, the Yamaha Subkick is designed to pick up low frequencies, so why don't we use it for micing bass amps? Would it work well for this application because I have some speakers knocking about that aren't being used, and if it would work well then I'll build one. Has any of you recording engineers or anyone else tried this before? Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 [quote name='Jarhead' post='698476' date='Jan 2 2010, 12:02 AM']I was just thinking, the Yamaha Subkick is designed to pick up low frequencies, so why don't we use it for micing bass amps? Would it work well for this application because I have some speakers knocking about that aren't being used, and if it would work well then I'll build one. Has any of you recording engineers or anyone else tried this before? Zach[/quote] I engineer for a band using a subkick on the kick. It certainly adds some nice movement at the low end. Although I haven't tried it on a bass cab I suspect that the frequency range and sensitivity is quite limited so might end up with rather an unbalanced sound if used on its own. It might be useful in capturing some air noise (if thats your thing) with another mic & a DI ? Let us know if you try this - I'd be interested to see what kind of sound you get. Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doddy Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Mike Gordon has been using a Yamaha Subkick to mike up his Eden/Meyer Sound rig on the current Phish tour. [url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/3864749117_1028aecdf7_b.jpg"]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/386474...028aecdf7_b.jpg[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted January 2, 2010 Author Share Posted January 2, 2010 I think that I'm going to try this to capture the big lows in my new project then run that through the PA, to get some extremely thick bass. Anyone got a guide to making one? Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gray Posted January 2, 2010 Share Posted January 2, 2010 Have a look at this [url="http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35920"]http://www.drummerworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35920[/url] I was told that the drivers used in the subkick are the ones out of NS10 studio monitors, but this could be a malicious slur on NS10's. Cheers Gray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 Yeah I have and do use a subkick on bass all the time (esp if I'm micing my fliptop as it happens.) Sounds great esp for that old school vibe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted January 3, 2010 Share Posted January 3, 2010 [quote name='Jarhead' post='698902' date='Jan 2 2010, 05:57 PM']Anyone got a guide to making one? Zach[/quote] The Yamaha one does use NS10 cones but you can use pretty much any speaker. The smaller the cone the less bass. The bigger the cone the less tight the bass is. 10 inch is a good compromise between the two. All you need to do is make a stand for it to hang on and wire it backwards. Job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted January 3, 2010 Author Share Posted January 3, 2010 Cool, thanks mate. So if I use 10's I'll have a nice fat sound with loads of bass? Love your refurb thread BTW. Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeBrownBass Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 [quote name='Doddy' post='698753' date='Jan 2 2010, 02:40 PM']Mike Gordon has been using a Yamaha Subkick to mike up his Eden/Meyer Sound rig on the current Phish tour. [url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/3864749117_1028aecdf7_b.jpg"]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3437/386474...028aecdf7_b.jpg[/url][/quote] A bit off topic but those meyers are amazing!! My uncles the UK distributer for meyer and everytime i borrow the stuff for gigs, it blows me away!! Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 (edited) [quote name='Jarhead' post='699769' date='Jan 3 2010, 06:18 PM']Cool, thanks mate. So if I use 10's I'll have a nice fat sound with loads of bass? Love your refurb thread BTW. Zach[/quote] Yep. 10s work very well. Try not to get something with too rigid a cone (like a hartke or something). Just a sensible 10 inch middle of the road speaker cone from a guitar cab will be fine. Keep watching the refurb. Much more to come! Am just too busy to do anything at the moment! Edit: I see you are in Derby. Drop by some time and I'll show you around the place. T Edited January 5, 2010 by Rimskidog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 [quote name='Rimskidog' post='702231' date='Jan 5 2010, 10:23 PM']Yep. 10s work very well. Try not to get something with too rigid a cone (like a hartke or something). Just a sensible 10 inch middle of the road speaker cone from a guitar cab will be fine. Keep watching the refurb. Much more to come! Am just too busy to do anything at the moment! Edit: I see you are in Derby. Drop by some time and I'll show you around the place. T[/quote] Wow, thanks for the offer mate, where in Derby are you? I may well take you up on that, if you don't mind me bringing a mate who's really into the whole recording/tech side of music, he's the guitarist/DJ in my new DnB/Dubstep, and really likes seeing and talking about the whole technical side of things. Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimskidog Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 [quote name='Jarhead' post='703065' date='Jan 6 2010, 04:40 PM']Wow, thanks for the offer mate, where in Derby are you? I may well take you up on that, if you don't mind me bringing a mate who's really into the whole recording/tech side of music, he's the guitarist/DJ in my new DnB/Dubstep, and really likes seeing and talking about the whole technical side of things. Zach[/quote] I'm in Birmingham but it's only 40 mins down the road! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarhead Posted January 8, 2010 Author Share Posted January 8, 2010 Cool, I'll see if my mate wants to take a train down for the day, have a look at shops then drop by your studio and get a tour lol Zach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
man_at_arms84 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I've used Subkick to record bass for my band a couple years ago. And vocals. Definetly cool..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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