Mic storage

[crazydoc]

Where do you guys prefer to store your mics? Elaborate if you need to.

Read these two threads for lots of helpful info on mic storage and maintenance.

http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/2622/0/
http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/415/0/

 

[Gamelan]

I store them in a cabinet in their original cases with silica. Silica really works. I was skeptical if it really did anything. But, I had one oktava 012 that I got for nothing and it had a nasty low hum that sounded like a jet taking off. After poking around the mic and seeing nothing obviously wrong, I put the mic in a plastic bag with silica packs and forgot about it for about 6 months. Works perfectly now. Apparently someone had spit into the mic and the silica did the trick.