Speaker used backwards for bass drum???

Thomas W. Bethe · 21st March 2010

I saw this SKRM-100 andwondered if anyone had tried this in a live recording situation or had used something similar?

Thanks in advance!

gareth.h.rees · 21st March 2010

That just links to the sweetwater home page...

Yamaha subkick? Never used one :p

bishopthomas · 21st March 2010

I've used it once for live SR. It was kind of cool, nice low end. Combined with a Beta 91 to get the snap of the beater. However, it's an old trick to use a reversed-polarity speaker as a microphone. Yamaha just packaged it and put a hefty price tag on it. I have found the Sennheiser 901 does everything that the two mic setup tries to do. The SubKick also doesn't fit in the mic case as well.

jnorman · 21st March 2010

afriend recently wrote me this:

"...some black things I used for kickdrums. I built the kick thing out of a old Speaker (8" out of the passenger door of my kid's car"... I put it in a paint can and hooked it up to a little preamp (an old $100 ART). Believe it or not, THIS IS THE BEST huge Bump I've gotten for hip hop and techno... It cost me zero."

daveg62 · 21st March 2010

Built one awhile back as a DIY project. Used it a few times. Great low end, but I just found i didn't really need it, kind of overkill for the low-end really. So it's sitting here collecting dust. Actually I wouldn't pay what they are asking for the Yamaha, easy enough to build your own if you want to try it.

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Thomas W. Bethe Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Oberlin, Ohio Posts: 3,273 Thread Starter 1 Review written	Speaker used backwards for bass drum??? I saw this SKRM-100 andwondered if anyone had tried this in a live recording situation or had used something similar? Thanks in advance! __________________ -TOM- Thomas W. Bethel Managing Director Acoustik Musik, Ltd. Room with a View Productions Oberlin, OH 44074 www.acoustikmusik.com Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness.

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jnorman Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,807 2 Reviews written	afriend recently wrote me this: "...some black things I used for kickdrums. I built the kick thing out of a old Speaker (8" out of the passenger door of my kid's car"... I put it in a paint can and hooked it up to a little preamp (an old $100 ART). Believe it or not, THIS IS THE BEST huge Bump I've gotten for hip hop and techno... It cost me zero." __________________ jnorman sunridge studios salem, oregon

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daveg62 Gear maniac Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Eastern PA Posts: 184	Built one awhile back as a DIY project. Used it a few times. Great low end, but I just found i didn't really need it, kind of overkill for the low-end really. So it's sitting here collecting dust. Actually I wouldn't pay what they are asking for the Yamaha, easy enough to build your own if you want to try it. Attached Thumbnails

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gareth.h.rees Gear addict Joined: Apr 2008 Location: Wales, UK Posts: 317	That just links to the sweetwater home page... Yamaha subkick? Never used one :p

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bishopthomas Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,565	I've used it once for live SR. It was kind of cool, nice low end. Combined with a Beta 91 to get the snap of the beater. However, it's an old trick to use a reversed-polarity speaker as a microphone. Yamaha just packaged it and put a hefty price tag on it. I have found the Sennheiser 901 does everything that the two mic setup tries to do. The SubKick also doesn't fit in the mic case as well.