Single BKE-LFE seat mounted for only engine vibration and gear change is fun

[aronjn]

Edit: Links broken so uploaded them to imgur album.

I enjoy a strong engine vibration and gear change thuds and is the configuration I've settled for. This may answer the questions I had before I began experimenting, though I have no idea what I'm doing so any suggestions very welcome!

Idle Engine Vibration

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Hardware list for mount:

• Buttkicker LFE
• Behringer NX3000D
• USB Sound Card to be dedicated output to Amp
• Cable from USB Audio Device to Amp: 3.5mm Male TRS Tip Ring Sleeve to 2 x Male XLR
• Cable for AMP to BKE-LFE: Banana 5 Meter 16FT Cable THICKEST 13 Gauge 2.5mm
• TrakRacer TR160 frame
• TrakRacer Rally Seat
• 8x M8 Rubber Isolators

The lower back padding is removable so fortunately no drilling through visible fabric.
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I marked the holes on the inside of the chair and drilled 4 holes.
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Required some spacers to get an event mount for all 4 corners.
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I can't feel these flat heads through the back padding so haven't bothered to get flat bolts.
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For isolation there's 8x M8 bobbins. The frame does not shake or rock as with other configurations where the LFE was mounted to the lower frame and sideways. Or when the seat was higher. This feels good.
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Amp software, out of the box I feel under 40hz is strong with this setup. Above 40hz the punch softens a lot so I've tried to boost it so it feels more natural as it revs out.
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Simhub. These are the only two effects enabled. Adding a third makes it feel muddy.
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This setup rattles my VR headset off my face if not on tight. It can be pretty hard to see at idle, probably not good for brain.

 

[goophoba]

Hey, I just got a LFE and the iNuke 3000D (prior version to your NX). Was there any setting needed to get the amp to accept single/pure tone sounds? I can't get mine to react to Simhub, or browser based tone generators. But movies on YouTube work fine for some reason.

 

[metalnwood]

Hey, I just got a LFE and the iNuke 3000D (prior version to your NX). Was there any setting needed to get the amp to accept single/pure tone sounds? I can't get mine to react to Simhub, or browser based tone generators. But movies on YouTube work fine for some reason.

There is nothing that you should need to do, i can only assume that you are not outputting the signal on to the correct channel and that it is working on youtube because youtube might be outputting to multiple channels if you were playing something with a multichannel mix.

 

[goophoba]

I'll try the full range of channels. I was thinking something similar before so that's why I even tried taking the signal from the amp of the currently working shakers and plugging them into the iNuke. Nothing

After finding youtube worked with a movie I brought up a tone sweep video without changing anything. But the tone sweep didn't register with the iNuke, so I tried the movie again and it's fine.