Microphone arm

[Shakuan]

I was wondering if anyone had recommendations for a microphone arm that would come down the ceiling. I don't have much space in the room so if I could just have an articulated arm attached to the ceiling and bring it down when I need to mic something, it would save on the space (no mic stand in my feet).

 

[frederic]

I mounted mine on the wall of my vocal booth, specifically in the corner. The arm I got on e-bay for $40, and the mount I made myself:

 

[scottboyher]

hang the mic. make the height ajustable

 

[punkin]

Frederic,

I've got a couple similar swing arms at my disposal. The end where you've got the mic connected is simply a smooth (non threaded) post. Was yours the same? If so, how did you mount the mic mount to it?

And DON'T tell me you welded somthing on there!

Seriously...thanks.

 

[notbradsohner]

i already tried this, worker out very well. Frederic showed me how here........

https://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=148889

 

[frederic]

Punkin,

The arm I got has a 1/2" hollow post on the bottom that's intended to fit into a base of some kind. Here is a picture of my mount, upside down, so you can see the inside:

As you can see, it's nothing more than a piece of leftover angle iron, with a triangular piece welded on top, with a 1" round welded to the bottom of the triangular piece. Then I just drilled through the top of the triangle, into the 1" round about 3/4 of the way. Flipped it over from how you see it in the picture, screwed it to the wall, inserted mic arm into the hole, viola, done.

 

[frederic]

Aaaah, Brad beat me to reposting my how-to picture

Here is the design I did, that I built this from. I designed three styles, corner mount, wall mount, and desk mount. All three are easy to make.