Kick Port

[drummer]

Drum Bum just added this new thing called a Kick Port. Pretty intriguing. Any of you guys own one? I'm thinking about doing a kickport review for them but I don't have it in my hands yet. The Kickport apparently boosts the low end in your bass drum. It mounts in the bass drum head of all places (kinda weird), but artist players are raving about it. Check it out:

KickPort Bass Drum Enhancer

[pastor_bob]

Now that's one of the most interesting new ideas I've seen in a long time. Thanks for the heads up Drummer!

[Russ]

is that the thing that cuts perfect holes in kick resos?

[SEAN8293]

looks like it cood create the sound im looker for in my bass drum, il proabably wait till i get my set to get it though, im saving up for a Pearl Vision Birch

[backtodrum]

I will order one and review it as well!

[Larrysperf]

looks like someone took a cone from a speaker box. It is the same principal boosts sound coming out of box to make subs sound louder. Very cool

[RHD03]

That looks pretty cool!! Depending on your review I may order one myself if it does what they say!!

[DamageDrummer]

ill have two of these in about a month, ive been looking into these because i have a new kick head with dual ports on the way. this one looks a little bit different from what ive seen, but its the same concept. now everyone knows my secret plans

there are not alot of these out there yet, good find drummer!!

[Yoda]

I saw this one a NAMM video on youtube....looks pretty awesome. I will probably be buying one at some point.

[defcon235]

That thing looks pretty cool. I think i'm going to have to pick one of those up when I have some spare cash.

[Fades Away]

Very interesting, but for those drummers, or studio engineers that like the kick mic deep in the drum, would that still help? Just curious if anyone knows yet, i'm excited to see a review on this!

[pastor_bob]

FA, the Drum Bum site says that it fits in a 5"-5.5" ported head, so I would think that micing would not be much different than it would be if you were trying to get a mic deep in a 4" ported head. Also, since the KickPort focuses the sound coming out of the port, you might be able to get away with simply mic'ing at the port rather than having to get so far into the drum. Lots of interesting possibilities.

[drummer]

Originally Posted by Larrysperf

looks like someone took a cone from a speaker box.

That's what I thought too. I could have used something like this kickport years ago when I had a 20" kick that I couldn't ever get to really sound out. I loved the drums for jazz gigs but had to get rid of them because the kick always sounded thin, even when mic'ed.

[MartyM]

Well all from what i read ( maybe i may have missed something ) looks like you have to have a reso head thats NOT already ported! right? i will take another looksee...if that is the case then will it fit into a ported reso? anyway looks interesting..i will wait to hear reviews from the rest of you.

[pastor_bob]

Marty, the Drum Bum website says that it fits into a 5"-5.5" port. If you already have one, you're good to go. If not, you just have to port the head, and insert the KickPort.

[MartyM]

Hey Thanks PB, i new i missed something...just tired i guess..will have to wait for reviews on how effective this new gadget is..but it does sound interesting

[Russ]

im gonna make a "santa" port. since i dont have any kind of porting device, ill just put cotton balls around the edges of the cutout

[Cuz Doc drummer]

Originally Posted by Russ

im gonna make a "santa" port. since i dont have any kind of porting device, ill just put cotton balls around the edges of the cutout

Good idea Russ maybe use red, green & white dingle ball fringe around the port like they done in the low-riders, back in the Cheech & Chong days...

eh! musta been up to early...

[drummer]

Maybe we should be calling them "airports" since a lot of air gets pushed through there.

I used to play this room where the stage was high and there were tables right in front of the stage. The guests used to set up little napkins and watch them blow across the table from the air coming through the port of my bass drum.

[Bish]

Originally Posted by drummer

Maybe we should be calling them "airports" since a lot of air gets pushed through there.

I used to play this room where the stage was high and there were tables right in front of the stage. The guests used to set up little napkins and watch them blow across the table from the air coming through the port of my bass drum.

ROFL...audience participation...I'm jealous.

[Larrysperf]

Originally Posted by drummer

Maybe we should be calling them "airports" since a lot of air gets pushed through there.

I used to play this room where the stage was high and there were tables right in front of the stage. The guests used to set up little napkins and watch them blow across the table from the air coming through the port of my bass drum.

Now thats cool lol

[Russ]

Originally Posted by drummer

Maybe we should be calling them "airports" since a lot of air gets pushed through there.

i laughed so hard at this

[Halon451]

This is a classic example of not knowing you need something until you see it, lol. I'm very interested to hear some reviews on this myself, to see if it lives up to its claims. If so, I guess I've got yet another thing to add to my already long wish list of drum goodies.

[Russ]

does this only come into effect if i have a kick mic set up either inside or near the port hole?

[quikstang2]

I saw this on another forum, and the inventor posted about it later but hasn't shown any numbers or details on how it does what it does. I havne't seen one in person and YouTube videos are about worthless for these things. So..... I'm gonna need to see some solid data before I blow that much money.