hurleyman0485
Junior Member
im torn between the two brands for my batter and reso bass drum.... any suggestions or experiences with either? looking for a good thump.
If you play out miked the SK will do fine.
If you play out unmiked the SK/regulator combo will be hopeless, use PS3s front and rear. Tune for boooooom.
I've played out several times with the Super K 1 and Regulator combo (un micd) and it wasn't hopeless or anything close to it. The PS3 will be boomy because it isn't as muffled as the Super Kick. Either way, both brands are good combos for the job but the Aquarian combo isn't hopeless. It just depends on what you want to hear.
The SK/Regulator combo is quite heavily muffled, and sounds very soft unmiked. Perhaps in a small venue with some kinds of music it might suffice.
Things often sound different from the driver's seat--or under the mics!--than they do out in the audience in a venue-sized room. This level of muffling usually makes the bass drum too soft in that circumstance.
Further, it is "boom" that lets you be heard when unmiked. Once again, it sounds different from the driver's seat and from the audience. From the driver's seat it sounds like an awful lot of sustain. But from the audience it sounds like a bass drum that can actually be heard.
Yep. All true.. I was just trying to say the SK/ Regulator combo can be heard and felt as long as nothing else is in the drum. If the SK is used in a live band (un micd) Situation, it is very important to use the SK 1. The SK 2 is too damn heavy on anything under 26 inches. The SK 1 will have more volume than it's 2 ply brother.