I also do this and if you do your own breaks on your car, keep your old rotors or break drums. They are great for slipping the stand through to weigh down the bass with out taking up more space. I use them all the time.weezy wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:52 pm Do you have any vanilla stands with the heavy, round barbell base? Get some boom arms that will screw into the top extended part.
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12Basically I just want to buy one nice mic stand for once in my life. Just lemme spend a couple hundred bucks here, I cheap out out on things all the time and need to treat myself!Kniferide wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:22 pmI also do this and if you do your own breaks on your car, keep your old rotors or break drums. They are great for slipping the stand through to weigh down the bass with out taking up more space. I use them all the time.weezy wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:52 pm Do you have any vanilla stands with the heavy, round barbell base? Get some boom arms that will screw into the top extended part.
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13In that case, a film production C Stand with a mic arm adapter on it is fantastic choice that will last forever.twelvepoint wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:53 pmBasically I just want to buy one nice mic stand for once in my life. Just lemme spend a couple hundred bucks here, I cheap out out on things all the time and need to treat myself!Kniferide wrote: Tue Jun 08, 2021 3:22 pmI also do this and if you do your own breaks on your car, keep your old rotors or break drums. They are great for slipping the stand through to weigh down the bass with out taking up more space. I use them all the time.weezy wrote: Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:52 pm Do you have any vanilla stands with the heavy, round barbell base? Get some boom arms that will screw into the top extended part.
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15It's certainly not an all-the-time solution, but I've had great luck with attaching mic stands to the ceiling for drum overheads - especially if you're forced into a low-height room. Although you lose the ability to move it around as much, you can use a flange mount and then attach a short, adjustable boom to give a little bit of movement. It can be done quite cheaply, too. There are downsides for sure, but there a couple big advantages, including: 1.) You can clip your mic cable to the ceiling, so you've got one less cable on the floor, in addition to one less stand taking up space. 2.) If you're in an older house or any space with floors that wobble, by attaching your mic stand to the ceiling you can keep the microphone much more steady during recording, especially if it's nearby to the drummer or a heavy foot-slapper.
Again, definitely not a cure-all, but an option to consider.
Again, definitely not a cure-all, but an option to consider.
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16This could work, and would be neat and more discreet. I'd need to make sure the setup has some ability to adjust height, as well as left-right-back-front.worriednote wrote: Wed Jun 09, 2021 1:08 pm It's certainly not an all-the-time solution, but I've had great luck with attaching mic stands to the ceiling for drum overheads - especially if you're forced into a low-height room. Although you lose the ability to move it around as much, you can use a flange mount and then attach a short, adjustable boom to give a little bit of movement. It can be done quite cheaply, too. There are downsides for sure, but there a couple big advantages, including: 1.) You can clip your mic cable to the ceiling, so you've got one less cable on the floor, in addition to one less stand taking up space. 2.) If you're in an older house or any space with floors that wobble, by attaching your mic stand to the ceiling you can keep the microphone much more steady during recording, especially if it's nearby to the drummer or a heavy foot-slapper.
Again, definitely not a cure-all, but an option to consider.
I could also try using cables like a classical music hall might do, but I don't know what hardware and install techniques are used. That would look pretty tight, but I'd need 3 cables to position a pair on a stereo mount?
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17That K&M stand arrived this weekend and it works fine. It’s funny because it looks like every other cheap shit boom stand except everything is beefier. Right now it’s holding up a single Rode K2, but I’m going to change to a pair of SDCs, which will be lighter.
Seems like a fine stand for OH use unless you needed to hang a pair of large mics, or boom out a significant distance for a big drum kit or something
Seems like a fine stand for OH use unless you needed to hang a pair of large mics, or boom out a significant distance for a big drum kit or something
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18I have a bunch of those K&M and generally like them, with one downside. The newer versions I have have aluminum threads on the chokes and can strip out easily. I have an old one or two that have bronze or some sort of bronze color metal on the thumb-locks and are still great after decades. The new ones I have are all gaff tapped to hold together. I I probably could just get replacements, but haven't tried.twelvepoint wrote: Mon Jun 14, 2021 6:06 am That K&M stand arrived this weekend and it works fine. It’s funny because it looks like every other cheap shit boom stand except everything is beefier. Right now it’s holding up a single Rode K2, but I’m going to change to a pair of SDCs, which will be lighter.
Seems like a fine stand for OH use unless you needed to hang a pair of large mics, or boom out a significant distance for a big drum kit or something
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19Full Compass has a lot of K&M replacement parts, and you should be able to find exploded diagrams with parts lists on K&M’s website.