How does yamaha subkick work

Sure, the initial kick-drum transient starts the diaphragm in motion and the coil will generate an output voltage that approximates to the acoustic pressure wave but with a very poor transient response. Now it just so happens that the size and natural free-air resonance of the NS10 driver is about right for resonating with the fundamental of a typical kick drum, thus delivering a nice low-end boom that complements the sound of some kick drums rather well.

As I said, the NS10 driver just happens to have a free-air resonance at the right sort of frequency and low damping to resonate nicely in front of a kick drum.

Just like a speaker cabinet, the enclosure alters the natural resonance frequency and the damping characteristics of the driver, changing its performance and tonality substantially. So, if you want to make your own Subkick, you need to look for a bass driver with a suitable free-air resonance characteristic and damping to generate an appropriate output signal.

If you plan to build it into a cabinet, the same kinds of speaker-design calculations will apply to deriving the appropriate size of enclosure and tuning. The original subkicks were made from the woofer from a Yamaha NSM monitor because there were lots of replacement drivers lying around at the time.

It turns out that an NS woofer happens to have a free-air resonance at the right frequency and the right damping so that it resonates nicely in front of a kick drum. The problem is that Yamaha no longer produces the NS, and the factory that made the woofer has closed. The problem is that it never sounded the same as the homemade version with the NS, and has since been discontinued. Since then a number of new subkick mics have been produced to fill the void.

All subkick mics that you can buy come with their own stand. Use it wisely! Re: Ns 10 thang!!!! Originally posted by kudzu Is it a NS10 woofer in the subkick? A mic pre amp likes to see 75 to 1. Some kind of transformer would be ideal, as well as a pad. If there's no transformer on the subkick maybe the impedance of the transducer is higher than that of a "normal" woofer.

I have to use a pad on almost any non dynamic mic I put in front of a kick. Speakers have a lot more copper than mics, maybe just an impedance change to line level out would work better for those who are making their own. The speaker in on a DI has worked for me, the impedance is right and it's very attenuated, but I think that something better could be thought up.

This sounds like a mission for Little Labs. Headphones work cool as mics also, instant telephone. I want one! Dave Martin was so nice as to loan me his sub kick to compare it to my speaker contraption.

Both were very close in sound I use a 6" speaker from a Infinity cabinet. Even on the lowest gain settings the Vipre get's kicked pretty hard by the level coming out of the speaker, but I actually like the little bit of distortion it produces.

A transistor mic pre might not take it that well and produce distortion that is not as pleasant on that track. For the price the subkick is well worth it and the setup is easy with the supplied stand, as long as you can get close enough to your kick drum.

Yes, you can always timeshift the track in your DAW later, but it sure is nice to be able to just sit in front of your monitors and dial in the amount of low end you want in realtime. Here is a photo of my "contraption" made out of HomeDepot parts and a mic cable. I think a 6" is a good choice. I've tried 18" that through the Speaker in of a normal DI worked fine into a mic pre adjusted properly. I always find myself reversing the phase to get a proper translation to the speaker, that the speaker's monitor initial response is positive towards the listener infact I find that this sounds better on most drum tracks and I always end up with most of my bottom drum tracks initially out of phase, I do a lot with the angling and distance between mics to avoid any real disaster.

I've yet to work with the IBP, I try my best with the other methods which works out fine, but I'm sure that it works wonders. My kiks would be and bottom mics would be and my top mics would be compared to my OH if i were to think in a 2 dimensional system, for 3D I'd have to experiment a bit. My Studio. DM's new toy Last night I recorded Dave Mattacks live. He brought his Shure 91 and the Yammy Subkick.

Very very nice combo. Its not good With a U on the beater side you're set. I've stopped augmenting my kick hits with samples since I've started using it I have the happy pleasure of using Russ Miller from time to time on projects. When used alone or in combination with a standard kick drum microphone, the Subkick will capture the full range of frequencies coming from the drum without EQ, compression, or any other signal processing. The Subkick features a in.

The drum shell focuses sound waves in a strong, directional pattern through the speaker.