Anyone else use guitar/bass cabs as bass drum mics?

[FischmungaXTR]

I tried it today for the first time sounded cool, not exactly sure how I'm gonna end up using it in the mix but it captured a tonne of decent sub-bass.

 

[oroinvictus]

What do you mean, using a cabinet as a mic...? Do you mean mic'ing a bass drum out through a cab?

 

[Harley Barley]

i think he means he used the speakers as a microphone, kinda like the yamaha subkick or other speaker transformed to microphone things.. he just used an entire cabinet full of them?

 

[oroinvictus]

i think he means he used the speakers as a microphone, kinda like the yamaha subkick or other speaker transformed to microphone things.. he just used an entire cabinet full of them?

Yeah, that's the only way I could see this making sense...

 

[FischmungaXTR]

yep that's exactly what i did, sounds like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26807484/bass cab as a mic.mp3

 

[oroinvictus]

yep that's exactly what i did, sounds like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26807484/bass cab as a mic.mp3

lol I'm trippin'. Lots of low-end, I like it.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

I use an 8" driver out of a BX8a:

Sounds like this:

Home made subkick

 

[if6was9]

Yup, used a 2X12 on a few sessions. You just connect the speaker input(which acts as an output here) to either a DI box or a 1/4in jack in on your interface. Even a few feet away the signal can be pretty hot! Heard it got used on a Cardigans record before, they used a Marshall 4X12 to mic the kick.
I stopped using it cause I found it a bit shit sounding and built a proper sub kick instead, which I prefer the sound of. Used an 8inch speaker I got in maplin for around 10€. Just soldered a jack cable to the end and use it with a DI box. Also using a snare stand to mount it.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Oh yeah, haha.

I need to attenuate the output of my home made sub even with it placed a couple feet in front of the kick. Shit is way hotter than a regular mic.