Really tall mic stands?

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alabaster wrote:
> I'm interested in starting to do some basic recordings of high school
> choirs/bands/etc. I've seen people do this by putting a matched pair of
> microphones up on very tall microphone stands, but I have no clue where
> to find these stands, what they're called, or how much they cost.
>
> Sorry for the ignorance, but I'd appreciate any information you could
> give me.
>
>
> Thanks,
> chris.

Atlas Sound still makes their monster stands with booms. They run around $300.00 or so. You can go
to www.fullcompass.com and find them. These are great people to deal with, too.

--fletch

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"alabaster" wrote ...
> I'm interested in starting to do some basic recordings of high
> school choirs/bands/etc. I've seen people do this by putting a
> matched pair of microphones up on very tall microphone stands,
> but I have no clue where to find these stands, what they're called,
> or how much they cost.

Light stands are often used for that kind of application.
I've seen some suitable ones from eBay vendors like "Amvona", etc.
The stands I have bought from them so far have been extremely good
quality at an amazing low price. (Chinese knock-offs, but good quality
knock-offs.)

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alabaster <noemail@noemail.com> wrote:
>I'm interested in starting to do some basic recordings of high school
>choirs/bands/etc. I've seen people do this by putting a matched pair of
>microphones up on very tall microphone stands, but I have no clue where
>to find these stands, what they're called, or how much they cost.

Most folks use lighting stands. The old Manfrotto Highboy was the
standard for years, but they have been discontinued. The Avenger line
has something that is okay. A trip to a camera store with a good lighting
department will turn up a lot.

Shure sells the S-15A, but it only goes up fifteen feet and it is kind of
flimsy. Wes Dooley at AEA sells a stand which is basically the original
version of the S-15, again only fifteen feet but it is very light to carry
while still remaining sturdy.
--scott


--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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alabaster <noemail@noemail.com> wrote:

> I'm interested in starting to do some basic recordings of high school
> choirs/bands/etc. I've seen people do this by putting a matched pair of
> microphones up on very tall microphone stands, but I have no clue where
> to find these stands, what they're called, or how much they cost.
>
> Sorry for the ignorance, but I'd appreciate any information you could
> give me.

I made one from a cheap tripod base I picked up at a builder's merchants
(they are used for setting-out levels) and a set of alloy tubes joined
together by split nylon collars clamped with 'Jubilee' clips (screwed
band clips). Part of a conventional mic stand formed the topmost
section, complete with swivels and mic clip. The counterbalance weight
was a couple of night-storage heater bricks.

If you have access to the school workshop, it could be a fun project
making one yourself.

--
~ Adrian Tuddenham ~
(Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply)
www.poppyrecords.co.uk

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alabaster wrote:
> I'm interested in starting to do some basic recordings of high
> school choirs/bands/etc. I've seen people do this by putting
> a matched pair of microphones up on very tall microphone
> stands, but I have no clue where to find these stands, what
> they're called, or how much they cost.

Tall light stands are useful for this type of application.

I have successfully used a 5/8x27 die on some light stands with
"baby"-size (5/8" ) studs. This allows you to directly screw on
the mic clip. Alternatively, there are adapters that allow mounting
mics on these stands.