dex Otaku Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I'm conducting a workshop this summer on "ad hoc sound for film" using HiMD as the recording medium. As the idea is to keep things under the strictest possible budget [preferably close to zero] I'll be needing a DIY shockmount to use on a fishpole-type boom.If anyone can come up with a simple design made from household or office items [coat hangers and rubber bands are perfectly acceptable materials] I'd be eternally grateful. The trick to it is that it must be able to accomodate fairly heavy microphones, maintain a firm enough grip, and be able to expand in order to accept mics of different diameters. Hence the thought about rubber bands.The shockmounts I've used in the past were all made specifically for the mics that were being used. I need something cheap and versatile. Why am I not doing this myself? I will be, actually. I'm just not entirely confident in my mechanical abilities. Ideas like this don't come naturally to me, so if you happen to be mechanically inclined and maybe have access to a couple of mics of varying weight and diameter.. yeah. Patents pending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 (edited) since greenmachine has provided so many useful links, I've deleted my bad suggestion Edited June 24, 2005 by The Low Volta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 http://ruinaudio.com/shockmount/shockmount.htmlhttp://www.birds.cornell.edu/MacaulayLibra...shockmount.htmlhttp://www.macmoviemaker.com/index.php?id=31http://fxhome.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9888&view=next&sid=http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/m/3799/0#msg_3799http://www.fanfilmsforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=555 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 You guys rock. I didn't even try googling, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 since greenmachine has provided so many useful links, I've deleted my bad suggestion ←I thought your inital suggestion was good - what a shame. Google is great, but sometimes I swear it kills discussion; not specifically here, but with the Internet as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Low Volta Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 I thought your inital suggestion was good - what a shame.thanks, but my suggestion (using clamps from chemical lab setups) would only be useful to hold the mics in place, it wouldn't dampen any noises from handling the pole (darn that sounded dirty ) ... I just posted my idea before I realized I didn't really know what a shockmount should do... although "the shock"-part should have made it clear to me that it wasn't just a clamp ...at least I got a point for trying Volta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsoul Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 You guys rock. I didn't even try googling, you know.←Dex-There is a homemade shockmount discussion going at TaperSection, click Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted June 24, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 BTW, the boom op I learned from wore cycling gloves [leather with lightly-padded palm] to reduce the handling noise problem. In the past I had used mittens, myself [i had no shockmount, so I needed padding - and it was august, and it was hot]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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