Re: Powered Subs

[kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com]

Kris,

You will love the subs.

Another person mentioned that subs allow you to deliver a BIG sound at  
moderate volume levels.  That is precisely why I use them on my system.

Incidentally, a 32' open pipe (Contra-low C) has a wavelength of 64'   
at 1056/ft per second that equates to a frequency of 16.5hz.  The  
sound of a flue pipe is kind of like a tympani roll -- a reed pipe  
sounds kind of like a motorboat.

One does NOT need these huge pipes to play the organ -- but, oh man...  
when they are there the sound is awesome!  :)

Enjoy those subs!

-- Kevin

Quoting Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net>:

> I just bought two of the powered Mackie 1501s. I couldn't resist the  
>  Guitar Center price. :) The rooms I would be using these for would   
> be anywhere between 100 to 500 seaters, or a medium size club (10K   
> square feet?)
>
> Kris
>   ----- Original Message -----
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>   What kinds of rooms Krispen?  The PA I had most experience with   
> was 2 x 2x18 push-pull cabs with 2k watts apiece,  and it was   
> amazing outside on an open field, and removed tooth fillings   
> indoors.  We were on sort-of a budget, and used Peavey but the sound  
>  was clean enough that Ray Brown (amazing jazz bassist) used one of   
> these as his bass amp during a jazz performance on our campus and   
> remarked "wow! that's serious low end, I like it"  If it's enough   
> pound for outside, and clean enough for jazz upright bass, I'll take  
>  two :)
>
>   When we unpacked everything in a store room, hooked it all up in a  
>  gleeful rush, put in the then recent crystal method vegas cd, and i  
>  skipped to 'cherry twist', while my boss said "hey, do you think   
> this thing is going to be very loRRRAAAAAAMMMP" as three foam   
> ceiling tiles fell down because I "accidentally" had several knobs   
> marked gain turned up beyond reasonable levels....  Delicious.
>
>   I also conveniently had neutrik speakon connectors for the   
> subwoofer for my van at the time, and this subwoofer in there was   
> just insanity.  It was an astro, and it would open the side windows...
>
>   <end of bass nerd gush fest>
>
>
>   On Jan 2, 2008 8:27 AM, Travis Hartnett <travishartnett@gmail.com> 
>wrote:
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>     An octave below 41.2Hz would be 20.6Hz.
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>     On Jan 2, 2008 8:06 AM, Krispen Hartung <khartung@cableone.net> 
>wrote:
>     > As many folks know on the list, I use laptop processing via   
> max (looper,
>     > other octave effects) that completely transform the sound of   
> my guitar. It
>     > is not uncommon for me to play a low E on the guitar (82.4hz), and 
>then
>     > apply a two octave drop.  I'm not sure what that would be. It   
> would be below
>     > 41.2hz, which is low E on a bass guitar.
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>   --
>   ---Miles Ward