The Buttkicker

[Cro-magnon579]

Does anyone here use the Buttkicker (not the Buttkicker Gamer 2) ? Is music supposed to be coming out of the Mini Concert (the piece bolted to the chair)? I thought only it is supposed to shake. Any help out there about this subject?

[Ryu]

Well, it's a transducer much like the part of a speaker that moves the cone to produce sound. It moves in direct relation the the sound frequencies being fed into it. If you don't have a low-pass filter on it then you're sending all the sound to it.

[Cro-magnon579]

I see. It gets a little technical. I’m taking this equipment cannot/should not be used with American Truck Simulator or any other similar simulator. Any alternatives, suggestions? Thanks

[Ryu]

Oh it can work just fine for this or any other game. I was just explaining that without that filter you're likely to get more than just the bass vibrations. You could get a filter from your local stereo shop or from online retailers. They aren't that expensive and would go in-line between your source and the transducer.

[Robinicus]

It's actually a high pass filter you need not a low pass and there are several software versions available for free....AFAIK there is also a built in one in the BK amp with an on/off switch.

[Ryu]

If a filter passes low frequencies and blocks high frequencies, it is called a low-pass filter. ;)

[Sandhill]

You can simply hook up any low pass filtered amp system (subwoofer) to the Sub out of your ordinary soundcard and use that to power a vibration transducer attached to your chair or cockpit, but in that case all you get is generic low frequency vibrations and not for specific information.
Not all games support FFB wheels, not all games support proper use of vibration transducers like Buttkickers. In some games (I expect that ATS and ETS2 fall into this category) a vibration transducer system (there are others besides Buttkickers) is just a subwoofer attached to your chair.

If the OP question was "is it a good idea to use your chair as a speaker cone to listen to music" the answer is no, it will happen, if you are passing high enough frequencies, buy why would you want to?

[Robinicus]

Hmmm...was a headscratcher for a minute there...I am used to using bandpass filters in the studio which work the opposite....sorry for any confusion

[Cro-magnon579]

Sounds good (no pun intended) Ill try these suggestions. Thanks

[Chrgr739]

I had issues getting the hapticonnext software to pull the telemetry data for ATS. Found the solution through simhub because buttkicker offers no faqs or guides to handle when there is an issue, but sim hub did. And honestly I'm not thrilled with the input from the 4 corners buttkicker on ATS so far. Only put in about an hour on it last night, and it's not really blowing me away.

[Duke]

Buttkicker gamer 2 does add a lot to ATS. Feel the engine rumble etc through the seat. Adds another dimension to the experience. I cant drive without it.

[Devil in me.]

Will the neighbours complain is the bass super loud? want to get for ATS and use it on sofa, wondered if next door will think i am using a sexual device.. lol.

[Lazarus {FATE}]

Originally posted by Devil in me.:

Will the neighbours complain is the bass super loud? want to get for ATS and use it on sofa, wondered if next door will think i am using a sexual device.. lol.

Driving on the rumble strips again?