Alesis M1A Monitor One? Great video man! I just tried taking apart my old PA and soldered it to an XLR connector, it works! Sounds good too. I'm going to find a used 10x10" tom and literally cut it in half and I'll have the dimensions of a Yamaha Subkick, and make 2 since I have 2 PA speakers! Going to make a video on it over the next couple week on my process!

Alesis M1 Active Mk2. Points please :)

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The even smarter trick is to leave the speaker in whatever box it's already in. I made mine out of a home stereo sub.

You're very welcome!

Me too!

Thats awesome!

Not a clue there. Thats above my pay grade. I did testing and it surprised me. It could be something with this particular cabinet, its venting, its damping, or lack there of.... not sure.

@@RecordingStudioLoser Interesting! Gotta research more on this

that is because the box takes care of all the resonances. That's why we put the speaker in boxes. They act as a helmholtz resonator and obviously there's more acoustic science to it but that's the basics of building good studio monitors.

@@manuelninogarces9574 Thanks!

I'm not totally sure... I've experimented with speaker size... I know anything above 10 just doesn't yield as cool of a result. But I think within that smaller speaker size is has more to do with speaker tuning maybe? Each speaker I've tried has a different fundamental I just keep checking until I find the one that has the fundamental I tend to like the Round about 60 hz.... From that point its which one has the strongest fundamental in relation to other frequencies.. And I have no idea why... but the Gaff tape seemingly thrown together on that mic stand holding up the speaker has sounded better than putting that same speaker in multiple different enclosures.

Recording Studio Loser thanks so much for the response. I totally understand what you mean about each speaker having a different fundamental. Also lots of speakers are made out of different material which will effect how easy it’s coil is activated, how long, etc... I just thought I’d look at FB messenger for a 6” or 8” speaker and give it it a go. Cheers and thanks again.

That enclosure had some really weird fundamental. So i tested it out and it sounded way better. That’s not a blanket statement for all speakers. But it was for this one.

@@RecordingStudioLoser Hmmm Might have to A/B mine in/out too Great channel btw, came here from Creative Sound Lab

Thanks!

Sure. It’s an inline pad. To knock down the super hot signal coming from the speaker, to keep it from clipping the preamp.

thats an interesting thought. My initial thought is no because most DIs are for Low Z inputs... but a speaker may be considered low Z .... Not sure. Of course you'd need the correct connector on the end. But Try it out and see if it works.

Someone out there is so confused... for sure.

Not sure I agree with less money and hassle. I talk about using things you already have. Getting it right at the source means touch sensitivity is always accurate where a sub instrument would necessarily respond the same as the player. And you can get it at the source rather than fiddle with midi which can be convenient...but rarely perfect.

@@RecordingStudioLoser Good insight, thanks! :)

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