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Post by vanman on Sept 20, 2010 5:47:23 GMT -6
google kick port or try kickport.com
This is one humdinger of an addition to your arsenal to your sound. Its an acoustic sub-woofer device that you attach to the resonant head and by itself is nearly all the muffling you'd need on the kick- even with just the raw unmuffled batter head (though I prefer using my Evans EMAD head still. I performed with this just this past weekend and I must say it was well worth the ~40 bucks at guitar center I payed for it.
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Post by Rusty on Sept 20, 2010 16:41:53 GMT -6
Gonna have to check into that one Van
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Post by vanman on Sept 21, 2010 22:40:18 GMT -6
If you do, I think you'll really like the end result. Especially if you want big booming bass. Another reason I like these is because I'm tired of sound guys who think your supposed to mic an un ported bass drum from the front or resonant side. While this certainly works you sacrifice "punch" for ease of micing placement. There is no punch coming from the resonant head of any drum. Having your drum ported allows you to get the kick mic about 3/4 way into the drum so its on inches away from the batter head. You still pick up the boom but get the definate punch as well. I heard a guy at the same venue doing some killer double bass work that I was envious of (I have no double pedal, nor do I want one BUT it certainly sounds cool if the style of music calls for it). Only problem was, once again, an unported bass drum being miced from the front. Once he went into overdrive all you heard was bass drum wash. I knew what he was doing with the 16th and 32nd notes on the bass but you acould hear no definition. So it WAS cool certainly but could have been a step above in simply porting the bass drum or micing it from the Batter head, probably closest to the floor tom position but still as far away from the pedal as you can get it. Make certain to keep your pedal oiled up so no squeaks get picked up by the mic too
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Post by Rusty on Sept 22, 2010 12:07:40 GMT -6
My drummer is anal about squeaks and rattles, to the point of putting a thin rubber gasket between the lugs and the shell of his kit. Waxing the bearing edges, keeping his hardware clean and lubed,and this shows in the sound of his kit. That being said, we use a Shure Beta 52 bass mic inserted through the port about 4 inches where the entire head of the mic is in the drum. This is what seems to sound best. We spent a lot of time working with mic placement and which mic to use, and ect. There is an art to getting a good sound from an acoustic set of drums.
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Post by vanman on Sept 25, 2010 23:21:39 GMT -6
Cool- glad you've found the right sound for your music
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