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I was listening to a cd the other in a friend of mine's car. She has the basic "rap system", with the 15" subwoofers in the trunk and a 4,435,146,750 watt power amp. Anyway, we were listening to some rock/metal cds. These typically sound like shit in this type of system.... because of the subwoofer all you hear is low end muck. Then we put in one of my favorite cds and and I noticed that it didn't have much low end muck at all. The bass guitar was barely coming through the subs, which kept it from being muddy, and the only thing the subwoofers were really punching on was the KICK DRUM. It sounded awesome!!! If was really clear sounding, and underneath it all you could feel that "doo... doo-doo... doo..." from the kickdrum.
How do subwoofers work? I mean, what are the frequency response ranges, what the hell do those "d-bass" things on sterios do, etc? I wanna know how I could mix it to where the subwoofer mainly pushes the kick drum, if possible.
Fun fact : the funny thing about this is that is that one of the worst sounding cds with the low end muck was a major label release (the band's name is From Zero) that was recorded on an $800,000 budget. The one that was well balanced and really had the kick that kicked was the very same bands independent album they had before they got signed... which they had mixed themselves.
How do subwoofers work? I mean, what are the frequency response ranges, what the hell do those "d-bass" things on sterios do, etc? I wanna know how I could mix it to where the subwoofer mainly pushes the kick drum, if possible.
Fun fact : the funny thing about this is that is that one of the worst sounding cds with the low end muck was a major label release (the band's name is From Zero) that was recorded on an $800,000 budget. The one that was well balanced and really had the kick that kicked was the very same bands independent album they had before they got signed... which they had mixed themselves.
