Microphone Stand Weights

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So my mics are too heavy for my mic stands with the AKG KM-211 booms.
What's a home recordist supposed ta do? I can't afford a heavy-duty $250 studio mic stand let alone try to get it in my basement. So on a recent trip to "Stuff Mart", I spy these brightly decorated 10 pound microphone stand weights obviously misplaced in the Sporting Goods department instead of their Guitar Department. Not sure how they got there but for $6 bucks a pop, I plop 2 of them in the cart and blow my months studio budget with a smile on my face. And what's even better, when I walk out the "Stuff Mart" doors carrying these things, everybody is checkin' the old man out! (probably thinkin "hope that old man doesn't keel over and die!") :rolleyes:
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Diy

i like it...
my SM7 tipped over my fkn mic stand the other night.
nothing damaged (this time) but...
you know you get moving around playing musician and engineer, whtever.

i do have another old mike platform with stripped out threads?

you should post this in the DIY thread too (Studio Buildings and etc..)

.. thats a good one.


nice studio setup too. what did you do in the corners, that doesn't look like Aurlex foam wedges??
 
Yet another post that could so easily fit into the DIY Thread; if only it were made sticky. :rolleyes:

Good idea though.
 
DIY?
I will certainly post this there.
Thanks!
COOLCAT-The corner piece is built with pieces of foam pipe insulation.
It's not owens-corning 703 but it rounds out the corner until I get
some owens corning 703.
 
I have thought about that one too. I'm just too damn lazy to lug a couple of weights up my stairs. :)
 
Really good idea, I may look for some 3 to 5 pounders though. I've been using a plastic sandbag. Nice and tidy shop you got. That green stool that needs painting looks like it might lead to a serious case of flat-butt after a while though.
 
Diy

yeah..DIY... and the corner pipe-foam, the first i heard of it too.

I was reading Ethan's article in Electronic Magazine last night again,
its a classic in my opinion.

but not everything is 703... not everything is all about absorption and traps...
his article was mentioning that alot of "average" home studios have the dimensions and such of a bedroom, and bass traps can help. one guy calculated my room for me and it was 200-600hz suspect problems.

corner waves or standing waves in the corners... i always think of the corners as like a traffic jam area for the sound waves, so anything adding curves or reducing the 90degree sht is good (is my understanding).

one article said a bookshelf with different sized books can help scatter the sounds....so your foam stuff is a fresh DIY project.
 
Does anybody have any thoughts on tripod-style mic stands? I have a couple of really crappy ones that I use for my drum overheads. It's all I can to to keep them from falling over my head. That's sad, since the mics only weigh about 5 oz. each....

Any ideas? :D
 
We used to do something like this in an old band in the 80's. You know those weight sets where the weights were plastic containers filled with sand or cement? We would slide those down the mike pole on top of the base. This was before tripod stands were readily available, but you could buy a Radio Shack boom for a straight stand.

Ah, the memories!... The hairspray!!
 
homestudioguy said:
So my mics are too heavy for my mic stands with the AKG KM-211 booms.
What's a home recordist supposed ta do? I can't afford a heavy-duty $250 studio mic stand let alone try to get it in my basement. So on a recent trip to "Stuff Mart", I spy these brightly decorated 10 pound microphone stand weights obviously misplaced in the Sporting Goods department instead of their Guitar Department. Not sure how they got there but for $6 bucks a pop, I plop 2 of them in the cart and blow my months studio budget with a smile on my face. And what's even better, when I walk out the "Stuff Mart" doors carrying these things, everybody is checkin' the old man out! (probably thinkin "hope that old man doesn't keel over and die!") :rolleyes:
BG
SEE PHOTO AT:http://mysite.verizon.net/homestudioguy/id11.html
PS-I have updated the site with some new photos and information.
http://mysite.verizon.net/homestudioguy/
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got any tunes coming out of that rig that we can listen to?
 
I have this aluminum stand and it fell once with my SP B1 mounted :eek:

that was a scare, I let out a big relieved sigh when I found out nothing had been damaged!
 
I've got the cheap On Stage tripod mic stands and had the same tipping over problem. I unscrewed the extension tube clamp that connects to the boom mount (the one that you tighten when adjusting height), popped it out of the bottom tube and slid a 5 pound weight (the plastic coated cement type) down on it. Reassembled. Works great, doesn't budge, it's cheap. :D

DD
 
dgatwood said:
Does anybody have any thoughts on tripod-style mic stands? I have a couple of really crappy ones that I use for my drum overheads. It's all I can to to keep them from falling over my head. That's sad, since the mics only weigh about 5 oz. each....

Any ideas? :D
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I actually prefer them. You just have to remember to point one of the legs the same way the boom is pointing.
 
reshp1 said:
I actually prefer them. You just have to remember to point one of the legs the same way the boom is pointing.
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Ditto! I have a cheap-o OnStage tripod and it works well.
 
that's three for the on stage tripod. the musicians friend version is pretty cheesy though.
 
Thanks for the comments!

(got any tunes coming out of that rig that we can listen to?)I'm workin on them now! Gettin back into the groove as it were...

(but you could buy a Radio Shack boom for a straight stand.)One of my stands is from radio shack and from the 70's!
Was $11.99. :eek:

(Really good idea, I may look for some 3 to 5 pounders though. I've been using a plastic sandbag.)
I tried a 5 pounder and it just couldnt hold the weight of the SP C3 nor the SE2200-A.

(Nice and tidy shop you got. That green stool that needs painting looks like it might lead to a serious case of flat-butt after a while though.)
That #@!&$ stool must have walked into my photo-shoot. :rolleyes:

(I have thought about that one too. I'm just too damn lazy to lug a couple of weights up my stairs. )Try it one at a time or maybe get a friend to do it! :p

Thanks for your comments!
BG
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Some small bags filled with sand or gravel will do the job.

I have the flywheel of a Jaguar XK engine (heavy!!) attached to a normal tripod stand, with some heavy tie ribs, in order to prevent the Neumann M149 (heavy) from flipping over.
 
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