stereo micing bars

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If any of you have ever been to the http://www.dpamicrophones.com/ website, and go to the micing techniques thingy, you can see their mics on a stereo bar. That bar looks quite useful, much better than the cheap general bars I've seen.

Do you all use some kind of special stereo bar other than the $10 ones they sell at retail stores? I checked a couple mic manufacture websites and didn't see any nice stereo bars like the ones at the dpa site.

I was just wondering if anyone knows of places to get nice stereo bars like those?
 
Yeah, I'd like to know too. Those look nice. The 2 or 3 cheap ones I have SUCK ASS!! I've broken 2 cheap ass shock mounts with them. Onstage? Maybe, but out of my FCKN studio, please!
 
scrubs said:
I think I'll stick with my cheapies. That thing costs more than any of my mics.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...w=DPUA0836&is=REG&Q=&O=productlist&sku=282391
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$614!!!!!!! Jesus H. Christmas!

Now, here's a stupid question. On my stereo bar, I have the knobs that screw into the bar on each side from below and screw into the mic clips. However, I am too stupid to get them to adjust at all so they are tight and point in the direction of my choosing. The clips just tighten down until are tight against the bar, in whatever position that happens to be, and I can turn the knob CW or CCW, and it doesn't tighten or loosen the clip. What's the deal? Maybe I should put some rubber washers in there or something... I realize how stupid this sounds, but I honestly can't get this to work.

By the way, Tae, has myhatbroke hit on you yet? :rolleyes:

Edit - I think this is the one I have. The problem seems to be that the knobs/screws are actaully threaded through the bar, so turning them raises or lowers the screw and clip together, instead of having the screw float loosely in the bar. Stoopit, I tells ya.
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andyhix said:
$614!!!!!!! Jesus H. Christmas!

Now, here's a stupid question. On my stereo bar, I have the knobs that screw into the bar on each side from below and screw into the mic clips. However, I am too stupid to get them to adjust at all so they are tight and point in the direction of my choosing. The clips just tighten down until are tight against the bar, in whatever position that happens to be, and I can turn the knob CW or CCW, and it doesn't tighten or loosen the clip. What's the deal? Maybe I should put some rubber washers in there or something... I realize how stupid this sounds, but I honestly can't get this to work.
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Yeah, I've worked with ones like that before. It's kind of hard sometimes to adjust those, but you should be able to quickly loosen and tighten those. Make sure you are turning the little knobs rather than the mic clip when you tighten or loosen and it should work.

Still, those things kind of are annoying and exactly what I'm trying to get away from.



andyhix said:
By the way, Tae, has myhatbroke hit on you yet?
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No, that would never happen, because everyone on this board is a complete proffessional :p
 
apl said:
I got mine from Naiant, $15 plus shipping.
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That one actually does look better than the other cheapies. Still not as impressive as the DPA one, but I guess I could buy 50 of those for the same price and then it might be as impressive ;)
 
next we should see some cheapie stereo bar manufacturer saying that their $15 bar sounds exactly like the $615 stereo bar and then a gear snob will say that to get the really pro sound nothing less than the $615 stereo bar will do.

And then heaven help us when some newbie innocently asks what's the best stereo bar for recording rap vocals. :eek:
 
taeyoung said:
Yeah, I've worked with ones like that before. It's kind of hard sometimes to adjust those, but you should be able to quickly loosen and tighten those. Make sure you are turning the little knobs rather than the mic clip when you tighten or loosen and it should work.
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That's how it SHOULD work, but it doesn't. Because the bar AND the clip are threaded, if you turn the knob, the clip and the bar always stay the same distance from one another, and can't tighten against each other. If you can envision it, it's really true, and a huge design flaw. It's like there should be a third nut in the equation somewhere, but it definitely didn't come with the bar. It's frustrating, that's for sure.
 
andyhix said:
That's how it SHOULD work, but it doesn't. Because the bar AND the clip are threaded, if you turn the knob, the clip and the bar always stay the same distance from one another, and can't tighten against each other. If you can envision it, it's really true, and a huge design flaw. It's like there should be a third nut in the equation somewhere, but it definitely didn't come with the bar. It's frustrating, that's for sure.
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Well, that's why people like you and me are gonna start saving up for the $615 one.
 
it'd be easy enough just to make one compared to tha tprice. jeez.
 
taeyoung said:
If any of you have ever been to the http://www.dpamicrophones.com/ website, and go to the micing techniques thingy, you can see their mics on a stereo bar. That bar looks quite useful, much better than the cheap general bars I've seen.

Do you all use some kind of special stereo bar other than the $10 ones they sell at retail stores? I checked a couple mic manufacture websites and didn't see any nice stereo bars like the ones at the dpa site.

I was just wondering if anyone knows of places to get nice stereo bars like those?
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Good question. Yes, I use the 1 meter mike bar from AEA. Go to www.wesdooley.com. It's expensive but only about half the DPA bar. He sells a shorter one (30 cm, IIRC) that is slightly less. They are high quality bars and very versatile for both horizontal and vertical arrays and spaced, near coincident and coincident techniques.

Cheers,

Otto
 
Ouch, thats a bit pricey. I got mine witha set off Behringer C-2 Condensers. The mics were useless but the stereo bar and case was ok i suppose. :o
 
I don't sell bars without microphones. Yes, the one I carry is a bit nicer than the cheapie linked above, because it doesn't have the problem with the threads in the bar, and it allows you to change the distance between the mics. You can buy your own at Parts Express, they sell it cheaper although with shipping it's the same.

A good midrange option is the Shure A27M.
 
mshilarious said:
I don't sell bars without microphones. Yes, the one I carry is a bit nicer than the cheapie linked above, because it doesn't have the problem with the threads in the bar, and it allows you to change the distance between the mics. You can buy your own at Parts Express, they sell it cheaper although with shipping it's the same.

A good midrange option is the Shure A27M.
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Just couldn't stay away, could ya? ;)

Good to see ya back around. You know, it's better for everyone when you stop by occasionally. Keep it up!
 
You can always use two mike stands with booms and get any config you want. Sometimes that's easier.

If you're recording live concerts and the setup has to look good or be unobtrusive, that's a different thing.
 
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