Building a Killatone

Hey guys, I started building Barefoot's Killatone speaker. I'll take pics shortly. I'm halfway glueing the enclosure. In my case, I decided to build just one speaker, I'd like to use it mono placed at center (i like to mix in mono a lot !!) Stay tuned

Cool - I'm currently working on 2 studios that are using Barefoot monitors - they love them !! :thu:

Does anyone know how did Thomas paint his prototype with that texturized effect??

My guess is with one of these things (only other density):

Right! I'll see what i can do... Anyway. Can i use standard rockwool for the baffle?? (the itchy one)

All right. project finished! Here are some pics.. I couldnt take pictures of the sanding etc stage but Thoma's pictures are pretty much the same thing. I did everything by the book except on the wool thing. In my case I found some little foam pieces used to fill some pillows and i though they would work as well. At least the resonance in the cavity was gone after I filled it with the foam pieces. I tried the speaker before the fill and I liked it a lot. It almost had the same mid range as the NS-10's but will less low end and smooth highs. Thanks Thomas for this project, I hope you still read the forum So, there you go! http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/2162/speaker.th.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/168/ptpy.th.jpg http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8043/frontfj.th.jpg http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9673/foam.th.jpg http://img684.imageshack.us/img684/8615/circuitq.th.jpg http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/3755/backlf.th.jpg

cool javier! well done mate. - Yes I hope Thomas gets to read your thread. :thu:

Thanks John! :)

Hey guys, I really encourage you to build this monitor... It has changed my life 8) Seriously, its GREAT for placing the instruments on the mix, and one (mono) setup is really cool. I start all my mixes on this speaker, placing everything carefully.. then when I switch to my mains, it really has attitude, you can hear everything well Cheers

The name Killatone is a play on the name Auratone which was a small speaker used by many mixers to check for mono compatibility.

I know the Auratones John :P