DIY SUBKICK

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:46 pm

For this job I sacrificed one two of the back speakers in my 87' honda accord. Housing and all. And a blue guitar cable. Haven't tried it on kick but it def picks up some sub frequencies!

And here is why I kept it in the housing the second time....

Al_ · Post by **Al_** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:31 pm

I made one of those awhile back. Don't really use it all that much. I made mine out of an old speaker in cabinet.

Odd that you're using a guitar cable--why not use a balanced cable? I think the impedance is going to be off if you want to use it like a mic.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:43 pm

Domo Kun!

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:20 am

I'm running it through the DI. And it seems to be working right. Not too noisy or anything. I might modify it later.

I've seen people do it both ways, balanced and unbalanced. Yes, Domokun guards my studio. Its unfortunate that mainstream has caught on to domokun though.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 12:39 am

I've been wanting to make one of those, but the way this guy did it at instructables.com with a drum shell, it looks fucking sweet:

http://www.instructables.com/id/SPKR-Mi ... a-speaker/

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:56 pm

That would be sweet, but I don't have an extra drum laying around haha.

luke · Post by **luke** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:00 am

Yeah, the original Yamaha Subkick comes like that:

Certainly looks cool with a kit:

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:07 am

i tried fucking with a mix where the band had used a subkick. i didn't really find it useful.

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 2:29 am

I am going to do a more complex miking for the drums on the new record I'll be working on. So I am upgrading my system to have 16 inputs instead of 8 inputs.

Things I still need before I start tracking

Sub Kick Mic
AKG 414 BXLS (So I'll have two total for room mics or overheads)
Shure SM-7
Aphex 142 converter
Cables and Stuff...

And more Pre's!

MOAAARRRR OUTBOARD GEAR MOAAARRRR

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 3:55 am

OH FUCK DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS 1 1/2 TWIN REVER SPEAKERS IN HIS CLOSET? ME. DO YOU KNOW WHO HAS 2 EXTRA DRUMS? ME.

More Cowbell · Post by **More Cowbell** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:43 pm

Nice work!

Ian · Post by **Ian** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:49 pm

Tested it against my friends diy subkick. I get a really nice deep kick sound. Probably about somewhere in the 50-150 range. My friends was more resonate than mine. I still need to test it against the actual thing though.