B-band Ukko User Manual download pdf

BOOTH 3.0 B70

www.b-band.com/ukko

“I just received the Ukko system and i

really love the way it sounds. I have

been using it as a way to easily run my

kick and snares through effects for

recording and now with the Ukko i can

work on making it happen in a live set-

ting. I really see alot of uses for this

system in my music al life. Thanks for

getting this out to me...”

Matt Chamberlain

www.mattchamberlain.com

“The UKKO drum contact mics have a

very natural sound and are very easy

to work with. In the studio and live, the

sound I get is really focused without

the sound bleeding into other micro-

phones. I find that I use less equalizati-

on and dynamic processors to get a big

warm tight sound.”

Kimmo Ahola - top recording and live

sound engineer recently working with

leading Finnish heavy metal bands Night-

wish, The 69 Eyes and Lordi.

“Live or in the studio UKKO systems

provide high-resolution, transparent

sound with unparalleled dynamism of

the toughest bassdrum kick to the ea-

siest of the snare c arpet - and without

the usual cross-talk problems with

other toms or cymbals.“

Veysel Koryurek, Germany

REVIEWS

& USERS‘ COMMENTS

“B-Band’s Ukko drum contact miking system has a lot to offer in

the way of great sound and ultimate convenience. Combined with

a good pair of overhead microphones, the Ukko system, with

its flexible tone-control options, yields an amazingly clean,

present, and punchy sound from the entire kit…”

DRUM! magazine

March 2009

“These mics give a very clear and

isolated sound; they really do

cut through”

Drummer magazine

August 2008

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DRUM!

March 2009

drum

magazine.com

innish folk my thology has

it that Ukko, the god of

thunder, creates thu nder

by mating with his wife,

Akka. Judging by its moniker,

B-Band’s Ukko serie s drum

contact mikes and preamps

have been design ed with a

nod to Ukko, aim ing to pick up

thunderous so und when mating

with your drum set. The system

features inter nal contact mikes

and stealthy cl ing-on preamps,

promising a l ow profile, ultimate

convenience, and o utstanding

sonic control.

THE FULL MONT Y

I received the ultra-convenient

Ukko-Pack for this rev iew. Each

of the Ukko cont act mikes and

preamps are avail able indi-

vidually, but the Ukko-Pack

conveniently throws them

all together i nto a complete

system to ins tall on a 5-piece

drum kit. Sweet! The pack

includes five Ukko-T contact

mikes, replacemen t adhesive

tape for th e contact mikes, one

Ukko-S snare drum preamp,

one Ukko-K kick d rum preamp,

and three Ukko-T tom pr eamps,

along with mo unting hardware

to affix p reamps to rims (with

rubber clips) and/or the drum

shell (via the air vent or a drilled

hole), the required tool, and an

instructio n manual.

The electret transducers are

made from B-Band’s unique

high-tech Emfit film, which is

the same stuff the company

uses for all its contact mikes.

According to B-Band, this exclu-

sive film behaves a lot like a

condenser mike, giving you a

more natural-sounding repro-

duction of acoustic instruments

over piezoelectric elements. The

Ukko preamps, which require

15- to 48-volts phantom power

to operate, are tailored specifi-

cally to capture the tonalities of

the various components of your

typical drum set: snare, kick

drum, and toms.

The pre amps for th e toms

and the snare can either be

mounted to the ri m via the

supplie d rubber c lips, or by

attach ing them to the air ho le

on the shell or a drilled ho le

with th e supplied bolts and

nuts. The kick dr um preamp,

on the other hand, must be

attach ed to the shell becau se

there’s no rim to at tach a clip

to. The housing of the preamp

is made of a chrom e-colored

lightwei ght plastic that dis-

creetly resembles hardware on

the she ll and doe sn’t add any

signifi cant weight to the drum

— doub le bonus.

Because the contact mikes

affix to t he inside of the drum

shell and th e preamps mount to

either the r im or shell, there’s

nothing about the setup that’ll

get in the way of your playing.

Mike cables co nnect directly to

the preamps, eliminating the

need for th e typical garden of

mike stands tha t usually sprouts

up around your kit at shows or

in the studi o. After the initial

installation of the miking sys-

tem, everythi ng comes together

in a snap.

B-Band

Ukko Series Drum

Contact Miking

System

Instal ling this sy stem on

your dr ums is a bi t of a com-

mitment , but in t he end it’s a

worthwh ile effor t because the

system is so unobt rusive. The

top hea d must be removed in

order t o stick the contact m ike

to the inside of t he shell, c lose

to the batter hea d in a swee t

spot. T he lead get s drawn out

through the air ven t so that it

can be attached to the prea mp.

The ex tra length of lead is then

secured to the ins ide of the

shell by double-side d tape so

it doe sn’t flop aro und. The to p

hood o f the preamp must be

removed w ith the sup plied tool

in orde r to gently plug the co n-

nector into the a ppropriate pins

inside the device. Also locate d

inside each preamp are two

BOLD SNARES

MAKE SERIOUS

STATEMENT

By Karen Stackpole

the front he ad, so the condition

wasn’t ideal to rea lize the full

low end potent ial of the kick

drum transduc er.

The kick drum preamp has

two mini switches to contour the

sound: a 6dB mid cut at 330Hz,

and a 6dB high boost at 5kHz.

Engaging these switches and

cutting around 6dB at 650Hz

at the console gave the sound

more cajones by tightening up

the midrange. Overall, the kick

sound with the Ukko installed

really cut through and had a lot

of presence and punch, even

with a port on the front head.

UKKO TOMS

The Ukko tom system captured

amazing definition in the st ick

attack , and while drier soun d-

ing tha n the exter nal micro-

phones , the trans ducers stil l

capture d the reson ance and

life of each of the toms. They

were not as muddy s ounding

as the microphones , exhibitin g

a brigh ter high end and much

better isolation. The tom pr e-

amp fea tures a swit chable 6dB

high bo ost at 5kHz and a 6dB

mid cut at 1kHz, b ut we didn’t

use the se tone co ntrols on th e

toms. To b eef up the sound a

bit on the contac t mikes, we

added a little b it in the l ow

mids an d low end f rom the

console to achieve a rounded

sound that was cris p and

punchy a nd very sat isfying.

Everyone was impressed with

the excellent isolation from sonic

bleed from other instruments

over standard microphones, as

well as the punch and defini-

tion this system provided. It was

really clean and convenient to

just plug in the preamps without

having to fuss with stands and

positioning mikes around the kit.

UKKO SNARE

The Ukko snare sy stem picked

up both the snares and top head

really well. You would need two

external mikes — one on the

top and one on the bottom — to

be able to capture that kind of

snap. The cont act mike picked

up great att ack and crispness

because of i ts stealthy posi-

tion inside the drum. It was also

sensitive to th e sympathetic

vibrations of the strainer from

tom hits, b ut isolated extremely

well from othe r sound sources.

Compared to a Shure Beta 56

on the snare, t he Ukko setup

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tone-con trol dipswi tches that

let you contour th e sound to

your li king.

SUMMONING UKKO

I broug ht the Ukko D rum

Contac t Miking Syst em into

Ex’pressi on College F or Digital

Arts for a live-sou nd drum-

miking lab, which al lowed me

to put the system through its

paces i n a control led environ-

ment. I installed the mikes

inside an older Pe arl kit with

Remo Pin stripe hea ds, and a

metal Ludwig Supra- Phonic 14"

x 5.5" sn are drum wit h a Remo

coated Ambassador on the

batter side.

I opted to use th e rim

mounts for the sn are and toms ,

and at tached the kick drum

preamp to the air vent as per

B-Band’s r ecommendati on.

The pre amps are de signed to

not blo ck the air flow through

the vent . Putting the preamps

togethe r was easy, and install-

ing the contact m ikes was

simple as well. I h ave to admit,

I was i nitially a l ittle dubi-

ous abo ut the sta ying power

of the thin ribbo n connectio n

betwee n the mike an d the pre-

amp sho uld it acci dentally sna g

on som ething, but I encoun-

tered n o such misha p, and in

the end the conne ction seem ed

plenty sturdy enou gh to stan d

up to a ny rock assa ult.

It took a few attempts to

connect the contact mike lead

to the kick d rum preamp, and

one of the t om preamps to suc-

cessfully get the sound happen-

ing, but all t he others worked

right away. Out of th e gates, the

Ukko system sou nded impres-

sive and had pl enty of cut.

To help draw a bea d on the

qualities of the B-Band Ukko

system, I also put a typical

array of microp hones on the kit

for reference: a Shure Beta 56

on the snare, a Shure Beta 52

on the kick, Sennheiser e604s

on the toms, and a Senheiser

e609 on the fl oor tom. I ran

the sounds t hrough a Crest

console, moni toring through a

Meyer system, an d recorded the

results to D igital Performer for

analysis afte r the fact.

didn’t sound qui te as meaty, but

was much more defined and

crisp. The snare preamp incor-

porates sel ectable switches fo r

a +3dB mid boost at 500Hz and

a 6dB high cu t shelving above

8kHz, and engagi ng the 500Hz

boost at th e preamp and adding

about 6dB at 140Hz from the

console round ed out the crisp

sound and re sulted in a very

pleasing, well-bala nced thwack.

UKKO KICK

The Ukko kick dr um setup had

a hot output that was pres-

ent, tight, a nd well-defined.

The sound was similar to the

Beta 52, thoug h the 52 had a

bigger low en d and sounded,

not surprisingl y, more open.

B-Band recomme nds using a

solid front head on the bass

drum for a f uller low end, stat-

ing that a po rted or completely

absent front head would result

in a thinner sound. The drum we

used had a p ort already cut into

B-Band’s Ukko drum contact

miking system has a lot to offer

in the way of great sound and

ultimate convenience. It can

be installed without modify-

ing your drum set and adding

weight and bulk or getting in

the way of playing. The sys-

tem can stay with the drum,

even when packed into cases.

Combined with a good pair of

overhead microphones, the

Ukko system, with its flexible

tone-control options, yields an

amazingly clean, present, and

punchy sound from the entire

kit without the hassle of mul-

tiple mike stands, which is a

boon for both the drummer and

the engineer.



Ukko-Pack Drum Contact Miking System





$599.99



UKKO

(Drum Shell Transducer) Transducer

UKKO-S Preamp (Snare)

  

60Hz–35kHz (-3dB)

   

+3dB mid boost @ 500Hz; -6dB high cut

shelving > 8kHz

   

12- to 50-volt





200 ohm balanced



52g/74g with rim mount

 

76mm/48mm/40mm without rim mount;

102mm/48mm/66mm with rim mount

UKKO-K Preamp (Kick Drum)





22Hz–35kHz (-3dB)

   

+6dB high boost @ 5kHz; -6dB mid cut @ 330Hz

   

12- to 50-volt

  

200 ohm balanced



52g/74g with rim mount

 

76mm/48mm/40mm

UKK0-T Preamp (Toms)

  

22Hz–35kHz (-3dB)

   

+6dB high boost @ 5kHz; -6dB mid cut @ 1kHz

   

12- to 50-volt

  

200 ohm balanced



52g/74g with rim mount

 

76mm/48mm/40mm without rim mount;

102mm/48mm/66mm with rim mount



B-Band, Inc .

510-266-3820

b-band.com

“A great solution for my piccolo toms”

Terry Bozzio

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