One stand, two mics?

[Mark V]

I just bought a matched pair of small condenser mics for recording acoustic guitar. I was thinking of buying one boom stand, an adapter to hold two goosenecks and attaching the mics to the goosenecks.

Is this a good solution, or should I get two stands? If this is a good idea, can you recommend a reasonably priced, stable stand?

Thanks,

Mark

 

[krs]

http://www.sonicsense.com/sabra.htm

 

[Herm]

Get two stands. Why limit yourself with one stand?

 

[darnold]

or you could just duct tape .

There are alot of value stands. The ones in the thirty dollar range are i think the best value that ive tried. On Stage brand makes some pretty good ones for $35 which i have felt are very durable for the money and have the small boom arm extension.

danny

 

[teainthesahara]

Get two stands. Why limit yourself with one stand?

If your like me, and your stuck in and record everything (including drums!) in a 10 X 8 apartment, then one or two extra stands really makes a difference in the clutter, trip and fall index

Mark, i stereo mic using a regular stand, with a 15$ "jolly arm" attached. That was the cheapest option i found, and with small condensers, it works well.

 

[sdelsolray]

I just bought a matched pair of small condenser mics for recording acoustic guitar. I was thinking of buying one boom stand, an adapter to hold two goosenecks and attaching the mics to the goosenecks.

Is this a good solution, or should I get two stands? If this is a good idea, can you recommend a reasonably priced, stable stand?

Thanks,

Mark

I'm assuming you want to use some standard coincident stereo recording techniques, such as XY, ORTF and AB. Two stands work well for these (although you have to fiddle a bit more to get exact placement. In addition, two stands let you use other, non-coincident techniques, such as 12th fret/lower bout, or 12th fret/over the shoulder. You can always add a T-bar later (the Sabra Som is a good one).

Good luck!