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Have a look at this crazy idea I’ve been working on during my lunch hours.
Essentially it’s an all-in-one e-kick, disguised as an a-kick but with an integrated sub woofer, amplifier and module.
Has anybody ever thought of doing this?
My diagram shows how the piezo trigger sits inside floating cavity; it sends signals to the module (think Roland tm-2) built into the side. The module will have a MIDI out so you can hook it up to other modules / PC recording. The LFE mix in allows you to connect to it to mixer board so you can use the sub with another source e.g. your music – or be used completely independently, with only power cable and kick pedals needed, hybrid with a-drums.
I made an attempt at solving a potential design flaw straight away, with the acoustic dampening around the trigger system – I figured that you might end up with the vibrations and air pressure inside, inadvertently triggering the piezo again; causing an infinite loop.
Vibrations may also travel up the spokes too, so either it will be suspended with silicone type cables or one could write a simple crosstalk algorithm that measures exactly the latency between hitting the trigger and the sub emitting sound, then ignore any input during a short window while the sub is resonating bass - although this isn’t going to work while using the LFE mix in.
The advantages of doing this however, is that you’ll never have to unpack or transport a bulky sub for your PA when going on tour. Instead, you’ll just have a really heavy bass drum.. But no risk of it crawling away from you!
My marketing blurb: The over-engineered kick-woofer contraption (real name TBA) can be turned up and down, played quieter while pounding into it, or even louder than a real acoustic could, while barely moving a muscle. For the audience, the bass will emanate exactly from where the drum is.
Originally I had the vents on the side of the shell, but instead I thought it would be better for the air to vent towards the drummer so he/she receives the direct thump.
Plus all the other advantages that vdrums usually do best. E.g. different sounds; a super tight dance bass, tuning on the fly, EQ, etc.
In serious, this is kind of a joke, I have no intention of building this monstrosity myself. But if it does work, I’m going to patent it and make a million pounds!
However I have thought seriously about buying any cheap used kick drum, just so I can hide a sub woofer inside it with a layer of felt over the front lol, protection and good looks!
Essentially it’s an all-in-one e-kick, disguised as an a-kick but with an integrated sub woofer, amplifier and module.
Has anybody ever thought of doing this?
My diagram shows how the piezo trigger sits inside floating cavity; it sends signals to the module (think Roland tm-2) built into the side. The module will have a MIDI out so you can hook it up to other modules / PC recording. The LFE mix in allows you to connect to it to mixer board so you can use the sub with another source e.g. your music – or be used completely independently, with only power cable and kick pedals needed, hybrid with a-drums.
I made an attempt at solving a potential design flaw straight away, with the acoustic dampening around the trigger system – I figured that you might end up with the vibrations and air pressure inside, inadvertently triggering the piezo again; causing an infinite loop.
Vibrations may also travel up the spokes too, so either it will be suspended with silicone type cables or one could write a simple crosstalk algorithm that measures exactly the latency between hitting the trigger and the sub emitting sound, then ignore any input during a short window while the sub is resonating bass - although this isn’t going to work while using the LFE mix in.
The advantages of doing this however, is that you’ll never have to unpack or transport a bulky sub for your PA when going on tour. Instead, you’ll just have a really heavy bass drum.. But no risk of it crawling away from you!
My marketing blurb: The over-engineered kick-woofer contraption (real name TBA) can be turned up and down, played quieter while pounding into it, or even louder than a real acoustic could, while barely moving a muscle. For the audience, the bass will emanate exactly from where the drum is.
Originally I had the vents on the side of the shell, but instead I thought it would be better for the air to vent towards the drummer so he/she receives the direct thump.
Plus all the other advantages that vdrums usually do best. E.g. different sounds; a super tight dance bass, tuning on the fly, EQ, etc.
In serious, this is kind of a joke, I have no intention of building this monstrosity myself. But if it does work, I’m going to patent it and make a million pounds!
However I have thought seriously about buying any cheap used kick drum, just so I can hide a sub woofer inside it with a layer of felt over the front lol, protection and good looks!
I wonder if he's made a million pounds yet... Hmm, doesn't say how much it costs, or if he ships to the UK.
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