RICK FITZPATRICK
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I'm such a cheapskate, I bought a lamp with an arm to make a mic boom from. Never got around to weld a bracket on it. Only cost a buck for the lamp though. Beats $40. I bet they want more at a store too.
frederic
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RICK FITZPATRICK said:
I actually have a lamp, just that it barely holds the lamp head up, so I didn't think I wanted to put a nice mic on it and have it take a nosedive
Though lamps like that are cheap too. I'm considering the ebay auction, that's probably the path of least resistance, make a simple corner bracket out of steel I have lying around, and paint it with leftover green console table paint, and attach to the wall with some screws I see on the floor here
My fellow cheapskate
Giganova
gimmi your mic!
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EdWonbass
pull the goalie
Giganova said:
Isn't that Chuck Levins?
EdWonbass
pull the goalie
I was thinking about building some kind of custom stand and was wondering if anyone knows what size pipe and thread are on a typical mic stand.
frederic
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The standard 5/8"–27
Giganova
gimmi your mic!
Yes, you are right.EdWonbass said:Isn't that Chuck Levins?
c7sus
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Whaddya mean FullCompass never heard of it???
Ask for Luxo. Their Summer 2003 catalog has a pic on page 255. They sell both the stand and the wall/table mounts.
Ask for Luxo. Their Summer 2003 catalog has a pic on page 255. They sell both the stand and the wall/table mounts.
EdWonbass
pull the goalie
frederic said:
Is that for the base or the part that the mic clip attaches to?
frederic
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Okay, I bought the $39 ebay mic arms as someone had suggested (a different auction, same seller, different color), anyway, while it was packed well and priced right...
Its essentially a be-headed desklamp with a mic fitting tacked on the end. The plastic thumbnuts feel very cheesy.
Not that its bad, its not, just not the highest quality one can buy. But that's okay, it supports my two mics so its not the end of the world.
I just know I'll be replacing it eventually....
Anyway, just wanted to update!
Its essentially a be-headed desklamp with a mic fitting tacked on the end. The plastic thumbnuts feel very cheesy.
Not that its bad, its not, just not the highest quality one can buy. But that's okay, it supports my two mics so its not the end of the world.
I just know I'll be replacing it eventually....
Anyway, just wanted to update!
MadAudio
Damned if I do
Hey, that was me! If it turns out to be complete crap you will blame the vendor, right? Right?!?!
frederic
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MadAudio said:
Absolutely. You didn't twist my mouse-arm to click, did you?
MadAudio
Damned if I do
Nope. My telekinetic powers are limited to my arm's length!
frederic
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MadAudio said:
Heh-heh.
Was funny when I opened the box in the living room... my wife looked at it and asked "where's the lamp head?".
It went downhill from there....
MadAudio
Damned if I do
I think it would be worse to have a wife who's into the same thing.
"Where's that super-long power strip I just ordered?"
"Oh, I needed it for my rig, honey. You don't mind, do you?"
EDIT: P.S. Your set-up is very impressive. I do a little soundtrack work and your studio makes me drool. Nice work!
"Where's that super-long power strip I just ordered?"
"Oh, I needed it for my rig, honey. You don't mind, do you?"
EDIT: P.S. Your set-up is very impressive. I do a little soundtrack work and your studio makes me drool. Nice work!
frederic
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MadAudio said:
She's not into music to the degree I am... but she is a good sport about a lot of hobbies I have. For example, a few years ago, I was wrenching together a large, twin turbo motor for my old Dodge truck, and she was by my side operating the torque wrench. She actually knows what a camshaft is.
MadAudio said:
I have the mailman trained to put my wife's mail through the slot in the front of the house, and packages *to me* on the side stoop, which is the second entrance to my studio.
MadAudio said:
Thanks... it looks neater than it is - I've essentially constructed a stereo console the width of the room, due to each little mixer only having one s/pdif out and one s/pdif in. But that's okay, all the midi gear mixes down to stereo in one shot, using the sequencer software so that's fine. I have 32 channels, 8 buss in the center for the more important aspects of the recording.