One of the drawbacks of using in-ear monitors is that you lose the feel, vibration, and air displacement of 15” wedges pointed at your body. So, when you hit the kick drum, you hear it, but don’t feel the thump. This can effect your playing a bit, especially if you like to dig into the kick drum and feel it through your body.

Enter the Aura Bass Shaker…

The Aura DSK-50 Bass Shaker is a sub speaker magnet that you can mount onto your drum throne, and when properly amplified, reproduces the low-end vibrations of the drum set. It doesn’t feel as great as a big fat wedge, but it does come in at a close second, I use two of them when doing large gigs. I power them with a little Behringer XENYX 802 mixer and an Alesis RA150 Reference Amplifier, all in a rack. All you need is a feed from the live stage mix, and away you go. This system works well, especially if you are trying to save your hearing by using an in-ear system.