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« on: October 10, 2006, 06:22 PM »

I want to experiment with technique for recording kick drum. Its the one where you use a speaker to capture some low end. Id like to combine this channel with my primary kick channel.

I have a few speakers to choose from and hoped for some advice. For one I have an average quality 15" stereo speaker woofer. I also have an mid quality 8" subwoofer that seems to be a bit stiffer as you might expect in a subwoofwoof. Which should I use? I have tons of smaller car speakers. Oh I also have a 10" Alpine subwoofer in my truck. Just splice a plug on the end? Would the subs be better suited to closer placement?

Any suggestions are appreciated


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Chris Whitten

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Re: Woofer recording Technique

« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2006, 04:20 PM »

The most used speaker is one from a Yamaha NS10. That'll probably be about 8 inches I guess. So try your 8 incher.
Wire it as if a microphone. Place the speaker flat (vertically), close to the front head (obviously not touching), off to one side - like a normal mic.


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Re: Woofer recording Technique

« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2006, 02:07 PM »

Basically...what Chris said...

Anything much bigger than an 8" is likely going to capture freqs to low to be useful... and be careful of distortion, the raw speaker will likely put out LOTS of level - make sure you don't clip your mic-pres (maybe even run the thing into a line level input)

David