help for reggae dub sound
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Topic: help for reggae dub sound
Posted By: king david
Subject: help for reggae dub sound
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 10:40am
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Posted By: Static Age
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 11:14am
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why not use 4 18" single reflex boxes, i think they would sound better on the low notes than 15's. ------------- 
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Posted By: Tom Umney
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 1:03pm
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Microscooper 15's [smaller than normal 15 inch scoops] on castors would be your best bet for a reggae sound.
They can easily be moved around on your own as long as your not carrying them up flights of stairs.
Or even 4 Punisher Horns are they are compact and light.
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Posted By: Matthias
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 7:38pm
| go for 5kw and i would advise you: 2x X1 with a recommended speaker for deep Bassline, 2x Hd 15 for kickbass and your tops. Be sure to give the X1 not too much power, lets say a 1000 watt driver not more than 1,2k because its a bandpass and will overheat. this should be a good set but for real vibes 150 people it is not that much. X1 is a heavy cabinet and gives you deeeep bassline but its not throwing the sound too far. for indoor supreme. |
Posted By: Matthias
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 7:39pm
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toms option is good too, the punishers are a fine enclosure...
lol, punishers are compact but not light...!! |
Posted By: Tom Umney
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 9:01pm
Well light enough for 1 person to carry is what I meant.
Not a 2-3 man job like an 18 inch scoop.
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Matthias wrote:Posted By: king david
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 10:05am
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Posted By: mykey
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 11:21am
2 double 18'' reflex will do you ------------- ......just all them hanging there like giant bananas. |
Posted By: Tekasis
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 11:50am
You don't 3 people to carry a full size scoop, 2 is enough, even 1 person can roll it onto one end, then the side & so on & get it into a van without a tail lift.
Have you considered a Mini-scoop on wheels King David ?
Believe me, they do sound good, especially the 18'' ones. If they are built correctly, they do play & sound deep/low.
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Posted By: ceharden
Date Posted: 24 February 2007 at 12:43pm
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For portability and best all-round performance the single 18" boxes as Static Age suggested are your best bet. B&C Sub18 design is a good example and the plans are on their website. 15" reflex boxes tend to be nice and punchy but can lack the real low frequencies. Scoops will give you the classic reggae/dub sound but tend to be large cabs. In terms of mid-tops S200 have a lovely sound to them but you have to be careful as they won't handle a massive amount of power and replacement diaphragms are getting more and more difficult to find. If you've got them already then stick with them. Some single 15" + 1" mid-tops (like X15 but you can make the box smaller than on the plans without sacrificing anything important!) are another simple but effective option. For the size of parties you're talking about, 12" +1" cabs would also be ok. |
Posted By: king david
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 8:32am
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Posted By: Matthias
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 12:10pm
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if you have 200-300 (!) people on your sessions, dont think of doing it because you dont sound like a Soundsystem with 500 W reflex...double it and hornload your complete system because this is a big crowd...
I would still advise you to take something like X1 and punishers, but you must know that the X1 throw the sound not too far ( Bandpass ) but really loud and 2 of them with Void drivers will give a serious feeling in your chest. ( I have one too 1,2kw into driver, nothing but heavy) as mykey said, if you only take punishers you will need min. 4 ( staying together with hornmouths ) to get 40hz but its loud then. X1 give you 30-80hz(alone), thats the important bass for dub, because these frequencies are the ones you feel...and are the ones which the tunes are produced. One love |
Posted By: king david
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 12:48pm
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Posted By: Matthias
Date Posted: 02 April 2007 at 2:11pm
| 100 people would be OK but not optimum. I bet 2x X1 with recomended driver would be louder and heavier than 2x double 500w Reflex. X1 is a small cab, good to lift. Maybe you are lucky and you can run your 15"1 tops down to 80hz sounding well then you have a nice set even with 2x X1 |
Posted By: king david
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 1:16pm
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Posted By: Tom Umney
Date Posted: 03 April 2007 at 5:33pm
As double 18 inch boxes are very large, your better off building 4 18 inch super scooper 18's loaded with PD1850 or PD186 or Void V18-1000.
18 inch scoops will beat double 18's for loudness and chest kicking bass and go quite deep too.
Double 18 inch reflex will go deeper but will be about 4x quieter than 18 inch scoops, and lack any real chest kicking bass.Which most reggae sounds have.
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Posted By: king david
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 4:06am
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Posted By: king david
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 10:20am
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