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Yamaha NS10 (woofer used as microphone)
Speaker cone used as a kick drum microphone, NS-10 made 1978–2001. An NS-10 bass driver wired backwards as a large moving-coil microphone; its lightly damped cone rings near the kick's fundamental and so produces a big low-frequency thump. The usual do-it-yourself 'sub-kick' microphone.
Source, read 15 Nov 2026
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- No plugin suggested. This is a speaker used as a microphone in front of the kick drum; like any microphone, it captures the sound rather than processing it, so no plugin stands in for it.
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Records it appears on1
What it was used for on each. Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.
Stay with Me
2014Sam Smith · In the Lonely Hour
- Drums and percussion · MicrophoneVerifiedAlbum sessions, not stated for this song: Sub microphone on the kick drum of the RAK drum kit.