Mic Stands for Overhead mics?

Mongo

Hey all

Do you guys just use standard mic stands if you are setting up microphones over a kit? I've tried it but find the stands slip and fall because the weight of the microphones.

Any tips?

jtsuited

masking tape and screw everything really really really really tight.

PaulBrewer

http://www.seelectronics.com/pro_stands.html

madtheory

These guys make seriously good stands, in Dublin:
http://www.enhancedaudio.ie/

Edit: the stand is not on the site, so it must be still in development?

I usually use one stand and a stereo bar with SDCs, usually XY. Used to use a spaced pair of LDCs with two stands, but I prefer the new way. Plain ordinary stands.

What mics are you using? What stereo set up?

PaulBrewer

Niall - Dahlia wrote: »

We have (had!) two of them in the studio, now they're in absolute bits...one is completely destroyed, the whole centre tightening section just snapped one day and disintegrated into about 5 bits!

OP try a weight (like a heavy jacket or something) on the tripod to keep it from keeling over, or at the opposite end of the boom.

Indeed, we sent over 30 back - the first batch we kak ok .

However we'll replace them with new 'working' ones free of charge .

Sound fair ?

PaulBrewer

madtheory wrote: »

These guys make seriously good stands, in Dublin:
http://www.enhancedaudio.ie/

Edit: the stand is not on the site, so it must be still in development?

I usually use one stand and a stereo bar with SDCs, usually XY. Used to use a spaced pair of LDCs with two stands, but I prefer the new way. Plain ordinary stands.

What mics are you using? What stereo set up?

Yes , Dave had them down at our show you may recall.

At Euro 499 each they're a fairly specialist item though.

He's also doing speaker stands too based on the same design.

PaulBrewer

Niall - Dahlia wrote: »

Well that'd be great! I'll give you a shout about it, had no idea they were known as a bad batch.

Yes, the first ones were cast from a metal made of butter and chocolate ...

madtheory

PaulBrewer wrote: »

Yes , Dave had them down at our show you may recall.

Yes, that's how I knew. Cool product.

PaulBrewer

A radio DJ type one ?