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From: Joe Kotroczo on 23 Jan 2008 19:20 On 24/01/08 1:11, in article 01ede5db$0$15659$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com, "Peter Larsen" <plarsen(a)mail.tele.dk> wrote: > Joe Kotroczo wrote: > >> In my experience, sometimes you need a pad, sometimes you don't. > > I recall seening a multimeter deflect to 800 millivolts with an AKG mic > inside a kick drum conneted to it, one might as well connect that mic > directly to the poweramp of a "Dead style" column of say 8 15" K140 > loudspeakers in ordinary bass reflex boxes. I believe that, but it does not mean that you _always_ need a pad. Who know what console and what mic you're gonna have on the next gig. >> And the EQ applied to the kick changes a lot, depending on the room, the mic, >> the drum, the player, etc. > > All of this is correct, but in case of a kick drum that is padded down to > sound like a cardboard box the required processing is in fact predictable. Again, I agree, but at least in my neck of the woods this seems to go slowly out of fashion. Not a bad thing, IMHO. >> So the idea of having always the same pad and the same EQ seems to be >> a limitation to me. > > At a guesstimate it turns a linear microphone into a "kick drum microphone" > by attenuating the midrange. And it takes away the freedom to create your own sound. If everybody were to use presets, everybody would sound the same. -- Joe Kotroczo kotroczo(a)mac.com
From: Phildo on 23 Jan 2008 19:22 "Peter Larsen" <plarsen(a)mail.tele.dk> wrote in message news:01ede5db$0$15659$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... > Joe Kotroczo wrote: > >> In my experience, sometimes you need a pad, sometimes you don't. > > I recall seening a multimeter deflect to 800 millivolts with an AKG mic > inside a kick drum conneted to it, Ah, you've met Belle then [1] Phildo [1] I think only me and Joe K will get that one unless Alan is still reading
From: tbmoas58 on 23 Jan 2008 19:46 " na" <na(a)na.com> wrote in message news:1j5690.q38.17.1(a)news.alt.net... > > "Phildo" <Phil(a)phildo.net> wrote in message > news:5voi79F1nej56U1(a)mid.individual.net... >> >> " na" <na(a)na.com> wrote in message news:1j2mt4.r1q.17.1(a)news.alt.net... >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Just wondering if anyone had occassion to try one of these gadgets out, >>> and if so, what is your opinion? >>> >>> http://www.earthworksaudio.com/32.html >> >> Looks like a real gimmick to me agreed I can't imagine what it would do to my usual beta 91/d6 kick combo that will deliver ANY kind of kick sound you can imagine I am a bit surprised as Earthworks does not have a reputation of selling junk, I am also surprised that this device doesn't say"Bose" on it george
From: tbmoas58 on 23 Jan 2008 19:47 > If everybody were to use presets, everybody would sound the same. like the blows PAS system George
From: Joe Kotroczo on 23 Jan 2008 20:24
On 24/01/08 1:22, in article 5vq41tF1mhp3pU1(a)mid.individual.net, "Phildo" <Phil(a)phildo.net> wrote: >> "Peter Larsen" <plarsen(a)mail.tele.dk> wrote in message >> news:01ede5db$0$15659$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >> >> I recall seening a multimeter deflect to 800 millivolts with an AKG mic >> inside a kick drum conneted to it, > > Ah, you've met Belle then [1] > > Phildo > > [1] I think only me and Joe K will get that one unless Alan is still > reading Ah, Belle, the destroyer of kevlar drumheads and aluminium drumsticks. He does this while wearing high heels and makeup. Also, he could find employment as a human metronome, he must be among the most consistent drummers I've head the pleasure working with. -- Joe Kotroczo kotroczo(a)mac.com |