What the h=€£?
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Silas Pradetto
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Sennheiser 901 barely fits through. A well tuned kick with a good drummer doesn't need gadgets to sound good.
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Of all the gadgets musicians brings to a gig, this is probably the least troublesom.
It's their money, let them have their fun
Of all the gadgets musicians brings to a gig, this is probably the least troublesom.
It's their money, let them have their fun
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Yep. Nobody said you have to place your mic inside the drum (or that you can't use a 57, for that matter)
Of all the gadgets musicians brings to a gig, this is probably the least troublesome.
It's their money, let them have their fun
Yep. Nobody said you have to place your mic inside the drum (or that you can't use a 57, for that matter)
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The Kickport...instant solution for screwing up the kick drum sound.
Annoying as the new generation of drum hoops, where no clip mike fits anymore...
The Kickport...instant solution for screwing up the kick drum sound.
Annoying as the new generation of drum hoops, where no clip mike fits anymore...
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I had one of these this weekend too. The drummer attributed the great and thunderous kick sound I dialed in- to this little gadget. I preferred the tone he had before he added it when I've previously mixed for him, but whatever....
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With enough subs and a decent EQ you can get that "great and thunderous kick sound" from an orange. I have definitely heard awesome kick drum sounds from: 1) A suitcase. 2) A plastic 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot. 3)A cardboard box. 4)A wooden box. 5) An old band instrument case. 6) A phone book and 7)A case of copier paper. There are probably others but those I remember well. The 5 gallon plastic bucket was especially awesome through the six EAW SB1000s I was using as well as the coffee can snare drum filled with BB's and various nuts and bolts that was a part of the same "kit".
With enough subs and a decent EQ you can get that "great and thunderous kick sound" from an orange. I have definitely heard awesome kick drum sounds from: 1) A suitcase. 2) A plastic 5 gallon bucket from Home Depot. 3)A cardboard box. 4)A wooden box. 5) An old band instrument case. 6) A phone book and 7)A case of copier paper. There are probably others but those I remember well. The 5 gallon plastic bucket was especially awesome through the six EAW SB1000s I was using as well as the coffee can snare drum filled with BB's and various nuts and bolts that was a part of the same "kit".
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I know one musician who can rock a fiberglass guitar case as a cajon. Bass tones from the body, and snare from the neck section. I also have done a suitcase kick many times. Basically, anything that will vibrate at bass frequencies and then quickly damp will be a fine source as a kick drum.
It is especially funny when you are on a 5 band bill, and the marginally tuned Yamaha's, and Pearls, and DW's sound like a cardboard box, and the Samsonite with a SM57 is thundering. (Guess which band had brought their own tech and which 4 were relying on the house tech.)
I know one musician who can rock a fiberglass guitar case as a cajon. Bass tones from the body, and snare from the neck section. I also have done a suitcase kick many times. Basically, anything that will vibrate at bass frequencies and then quickly damp will be a fine source as a kick drum.
It is especially funny when you are on a 5 band bill, and the marginally tuned Yamaha's, and Pearls, and DW's sound like a cardboard box, and the Samsonite with a SM57 is thundering. (Guess which band had brought their own tech and which 4 were relying on the house tech.)
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I used to use a cardboard box and a whisk broom for "brush percussion" when we played on the radio.
I used to use a cardboard box and a whisk broom for "brush percussion" when we played on the radio.
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Same here. Shure Beta91 for the kick sound, and SM57 for the "snare-sound"...sounds...interesting
Same here. Shure Beta91 for the kick sound, and SM57 for the "snare-sound"...sounds...interesting
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Yup, adding a port to a kick drum is (mostly) harmless. I haven't done a rigorous analysis of the physics, but my suspicion is that the added mass of the plastic port is more significant to the drum head behavior than the port opening is. Kick drums thumping away at the fundamental resonance are not as complex as the smaller drums in the kit making the full series of overtones. More mass = lower pitch.. simple math. I don't know if it's lower pitch than just leaving the front head off. Perhaps lower and louder for kick drums that aren't run through the PA.
Maybe gaff tape a few 50 cent pieces to the head?
JR
Yup, adding a port to a kick drum is (mostly) harmless. I haven't done a rigorous analysis of the physics, but my suspicion is that the added mass of the plastic port is more significant to the drum head behavior than the port opening is. Kick drums thumping away at the fundamental resonance are not as complex as the smaller drums in the kit making the full series of overtones. More mass = lower pitch.. simple math. I don't know if it's lower pitch than just leaving the front head off. Perhaps lower and louder for kick drums that aren't run through the PA.
Maybe gaff tape a few 50 cent pieces to the head?
JR
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I'm getting a pretty good kick sound right now tapping my thumb on the mousepad. Didn't even need to use a KickPort.