Cajon Tuning

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Cajon Tuning

#1 Post by jbass »

A while back I built a prototype cajon drum just for fun and it turned out pretty well apart from being ugly (I used cheap plywood). Now I want to do things right. It occurs to me that cajons and speaker cabinets have a few things in common and that it might be possible to accentuate the low frequency thump by playing around with the port size. Has anyone tried this? I've got an adjustable port tube with an ID of about 4.5" which would allow for some experimentation.

Thanks for any ideas.
Two J110s for bass (no piezos)
Two J110s with piezos
Currently building SLA Pros and T24s

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Re: Cajon Tuning

#2 Post by Bill Fitzmaurice »

If it has a port and a duct then it would be tuned just like a speaker. The longer the duct the lower the tuning.

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Re: Cajon Tuning

#3 Post by jbass »

Thanks...that's what I was hoping to hear.
Two J110s for bass (no piezos)
Two J110s with piezos
Currently building SLA Pros and T24s

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Re: Cajon Tuning

#4 Post by Audio Geek »

Play around with this site: http://www.outsidetheboxdrums.com/calculate.php ...

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Re: Cajon Tuning

#5 Post by jbass »

Audio Geek wrote:Play around with this site: http://www.outsidetheboxdrums.com/calculate.php ...
Very cool. Thanks!
Two J110s for bass (no piezos)
Two J110s with piezos
Currently building SLA Pros and T24s

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