Subwoofer?

[dbdrummer89]

Our band just bought a subwoofer system
( http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pr ... sku=609008
http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pr ... sku=501104 ) and we have no idea how to use it haha.

We were told that it would be great to have when we start playing more shows so we went ahead and picked it up. Can the bass guitar/bass drum both plug directly into this thing (if we have a splitter) or does it all go through somewhere else?

[Ron]

You can't plug directly into it. Do you have a PA system?

[lonewolf]

I'm not sure what I'd use that stuff for. My 1st inclination is that you should take advantage of the 45 day guarantee and return the stuff. If not...

Did you buy 1 or 2 speaker cabinets? If you bought 2, you need another one of those power amps--one in bridge mode for each speaker. 200 watts per channel into those subs isn't going to do much.

Normally, you buy at least a pair of subs to enhance your main speakers. You take the signal from the mixer's main out to an active crossover. You take to signal out of the crossover's low output to the power amp and power the subs with the power amp. The crossover takes all the low notes and routes them to the subs and everything above that goes to the mid/high speakers.

I've seen people mix the bass guitar and bass drum from a send on the main mixer and use stuff like you bought as some kind of "PA bass amp", but that doesn't work very well. If that's what you had in mind, that's how you'd do it.

[dbdrummer89]

Thanks for the replies guys. I'm a complete n00b at sound...appreciate it

We do have a pa system. We have one of these ( http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/pr ... sku=630192 ) and two cabinets for it. We don't have a mixing board ourselves, but the guy who does our sound does. We also have a snake if that helps.

We only got one cabinet...do we need another for it to be effective at all?

[BloodyFingers]

For the clubs around here you don't need subs. The White Lady is big enough for subs. So go with that size of a room and larger. Most of the time the bass carries enough low end out of its amp and you would not need subs. Now if your doing hip hop and rap then a set of subs would be ok. Hip hop and rap don't use instruments just beats so subs do help out there. But try as they must it's still not music. LMAO

[KeithReynolds]

I wouldnt count subs out.
Talk to some of the bands and soundguys that actually play out around here and see what they think about subs.