First project: A drum "musical" Hello everyone Dilettandomi a suonare la batteria, un giorno I tried to purchase on ebay of a drum of 14 inches, to complete my set .. Unfortunately, the seller sent me a nice drum 12, because, neophyte on the subject, had the wrong size ..
not replace potendomelo and having paid a pittance, I decided to keep it groped for some experiments.
I've come up with the idea of \u200b\u200ba spy from drummer to "camouflage" in the set, of course, provided that the acoustic properties are fit for purpose.
will try to explain the procedures that I followed to achieve it.
The material I had available for the project was:
1 Tom 12 "(brand indefinite .. hehe).
a 10 inch woofer, which is also of dubious origin.
a Sand leather.
a leather mesh.
Chipboard 22 mm. Pyramidal
insulation.
Moreover, being the home of Tom in a color that I liked, I decided to change its appearance using a self-adhesive plastic-coated paper.
The phases of creation were as follows:
Starting from the original tom (the photo is indicative, I have forgotten to photograph the tom
start working ...):
I stripped the frame and apply the adhesive paper, achieving this result:
At this point I made a ring in which to set the Trucial
speaker, which I then painted black to draw the spots of adhesive paper
:
I have also done so boring the trunk to connect the XLR for electrical connection to the power amp.
AThis point I connected the woofer and I applied the skin mesh
that in addition to repair the speaker and be acoustically transparent, it allows me to tighten the circle, get back the full beauty of the drum:
done, I got a drum support for the auction route for plates and leg for an old car seat.
The drum is ready to go!
Notes functioning ..
I have not had the chance to test it thoroughly .. casino casino and makes the interesting thing is that as a good drum is tunable, meaning that depending on skin type resonant mounts, you can narrow or broaden the bandwidth of the speaker ..
currently mounted a heavy sand leather which I glued inside the pyramid to reduce the resonance and decrease the cone .. I also tried without skin and in that case you will get a bandwidth large, covering an enormous down .. certainly strives significantly the cone, which, being an object purchased in quantities of 30 € / 4 cones .. I do not think it can guarantee maximum reliability .. I
in forecasting the possibility of equipping the light with its own internal amplifier from a few hundred watts to maximize the portability of the object ..
What do you think?