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Bass Shakers

A sim racing bass shaker bolts to your rig and turns the low frequencies in the game audio into vibration you feel through the seat and pedals. Gamer Gear Direct stocks the Trak Racer shaker and amplifier range in Australia, shipped from our Adelaide warehouse.

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What a bass shaker actually does

A bass shaker, also called a tactile transducer, is a speaker with no cone. Instead of pushing air to make a sound you hear, it pushes against whatever it is bolted to, and your rig becomes the thing that moves. Feed it the low end of the game audio and the kerb strip, the road surface, wheelspin, the engine note and the moment the rears let go all arrive through the frame instead of only through your headphones.

It is worth being clear about what it is not. It vibrates the rig, it does not tilt or move it, so it sits well below a motion platform in both price and effect. If you want the rig itself to pitch and roll under braking, that is the motion simulators category. Plenty of people run both, because the two do different jobs: one gives you the big weight transfer, the other gives you the fine surface detail.

Where the shakers go on the rig

The Trak Racer 10W Pro Haptic Bass Shaker (Set of 2) is the small pair. They are sized to bolt onto the controls rather than the frame, which is why the set ships with brackets, fasteners and the tools to fit them. Mounted on the pedal deck, the shifter or the handbrake, they put the effect directly under the part of you that needs the information, so a lockup arrives through your foot rather than through the whole chassis.

The Trak Racer 100W Pro Haptic Bass Shaker is the single large unit, and it does the opposite job. It bolts to the seat or the frame and moves the whole rig, which is what you want for road surface and engine rumble. It ships with speaker wire but no bracket, so pick up a mount with it unless the frame already gives you a flat face to bolt onto. Most of the sim racing cockpits we stock do.

Trak Racer 10W Pro Haptic Bass Shaker with mounting brackets

Kits that include the amplifier

The Trak Racer 4CH 40W Amplifier with 2 Bass Shakers & Mounts is the one to look at if you want separation. Four Class-D channels drive two of the small units with mounts included, and the two spare channels take a second pair later, so you can end up with one shaker per control and a different effect assigned to each.

For the single large shaker there are two kits. The Trak Racer V2 Pro 200W Amplifier & Bass Shaker Kit with Rig Mount pairs the 200W amplifier with a 100W shaker, a rig mount and a wired remote, so the level knob ends up somewhere you can actually reach. The Trak Racer 200W Amplifier & Bass Shaker Kit V2 is the same amplifier and shaker supplied with RCA and 3.5mm input cables instead, with the mount bought separately, which suits a rig that already has a bracket or a flat rail to bolt to.

Trak Racer four channel amplifier kit with two bass shakers and rig mounts

Every shaker needs an amplifier

This is the part that catches people out. A bass shaker has no electronics in it, so it cannot be plugged into a USB port or a headphone jack. It needs speaker-level power from an amplifier, one channel per shaker. Buy a shaker on its own and you are buying the transducer only; the kits above exist because most people want the amplifier sorted in the same box.

The signal itself comes out of the PC as a second audio output. Software reads what is happening in the game and sends the right effect to the right channel, which is how a shaker on the pedals can fire on ABS while one on the seat handles the road. Trak Racer names SimHub for assigning effects per channel on the small shakers, and the amplifiers carry a low pass filter so only the frequencies you want to feel get through.

Choosing where to start

If you are starting from nothing and want the biggest single jump, take one of the 200W kits and put the large shaker on the seat. It is the loudest effect for the least setup, and the amplifier has a free channel for a second unit when you want one. If you would rather have detail than brute force, the four channel kit with the small shakers on your sim racing pedals and shifter gives you information you can actually drive to.

If you already own an amplifier with spare channels, buy the transducers on their own and skip the kit. And none of this is racing only: the same hardware bolts to a flight simulator cockpit just as well, where the useful signal is engine vibration, gear travel and the moment the wheels touch down. The rest of the range sits on the Trak Racer page.

Trak Racer 200W amplifier and bass shaker kit with rig mount

Bass shaker FAQs

What does a bass shaker do?

It converts the low frequency part of your game audio into physical vibration. Bolted to a seat, a frame or a pedal deck, it makes that surface move, so effects you would otherwise only hear, such as kerbs, road texture, wheelspin and engine note, arrive through the rig as something you feel.

How do you hook up a bass shaker?

Run a second audio output from the PC into an amplifier, then run speaker wire from the amplifier to the shaker and bolt the shaker to a rigid part of the rig. Software on the PC decides which effect goes to which channel. The kits here supply the amplifier and the wire, so the wiring is amplifier to transducer and PC to amplifier.

Can I run a bass shaker without an amplifier?

No. A shaker is a transducer with no power stage of its own, so it needs an amplifier to drive it. If you buy a shaker on its own, budget for an amplifier with at least one free channel, or start with a kit that includes one.

Is a bass shaker the same as a motion system?

No. One vibrates the rig in place; a motion platform physically moves it, tilting under braking and cornering. They are complementary rather than alternatives, and a shaker costs a fraction of a platform, which is why most people add one first.

Where is the best place to mount one?

Anywhere rigid and bolted, not anywhere flexible. The large unit goes on the seat frame or a chassis rail where it can move the whole rig. The small ones go on the pedal deck, shifter or handbrake so the effect is local to that control. Mounting to a thin panel wastes the output and adds rattle.

Do bass shakers work in flight simulators?

Yes. Any title that outputs low frequency audio can drive one, and Trak Racer lists the major racing sims along with Microsoft Flight Simulator and DCS World. In flight the useful cues are engine vibration, gear and flap travel, and touchdown.

Buying bass shakers from Gamer Gear Direct

Gamer Gear Direct is an authorised Australian dealer for Trak Racer, so everything here is genuine stock carrying its manufacturer warranty alongside your rights under Australian Consumer Law. Orders are dispatched from our Adelaide warehouse and warranty support is handled locally rather than through an overseas returns process.

If you are not sure whether to start with one large shaker or a set of small ones, call us on (03) 9961 0240 Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, or visit the showroom in Dandenong South and feel the difference before you decide.