boojum Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 (edited) OK, thinking that a disc 35cm across is not that hard to find I stumbled on a bunch of them for sale at the local public radio station and scooped up four of them for US$1 total. Then to the hardware store for a 12" long 1/4 threaded rod and assorted nuts and washers to fit the rod. Now the center of an old LP is just a tad larger than 1/4" and the disc just about 35cm across. You call it luck. Nah, it is a plan. ;o) I got some 1/2" foam at the local hobby shop and some faux lamb's wool (Sherpa Wool) and set to work. I used heavy wire for the paddles to hold the mics and as they are OKM's they have a soft fabric back which will cling to the Velcro nicely. A mic holder was separated into two pieces: the holder part and the part that screws onto the stand. It grasps the ~1" of foam and LP nicely. The fake lamb's wool was cut larger than 35cm and stapled together as I cannot sew. The mics are about 36cm apart, the latest from Herr Doktor Jecklin. It had been 16.5cm before. And it records quite nicely. Way better than the SONY ECM-MS957. The OKM's are omni's and I find they like to be closer than the cardioids. OK, you knew it, but I am just learning.I have uploaded a photo of this awful but sweet-sounding creation and will upload a track of bluegrass jam music doing an old Django Reinhardt number, Viper Drag, I believe. It is traditional to intone "Yeah" at the end as the original recording of Django and Stefan Grapelli has that at the end. Kind of a gypsy jazz answer to the Halleluiah Chorus in Haendel's Messiah. Recording chain is now: OKM mics > RH1 PCM > PC WAV > CDWave Editor (tracks) > FLAC 1.1.4 compression 8 and then LAME 3.97 V2 new for the upload. Tell me if I need to be committed for this awful trangression against Swiss craftsmanship. CheersOh, BTW, this disc can also intercept signals from saucers and black helicopters. Yeah! ROTFLMAOViper_Drag.mp3 Edited March 14, 2007 by boojum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 The amazing thing is that your disc looks exactly like my head. Very nice recording, if you could get all those people to shut up. Do you have something that could lift Doktor Jecklin above the crowd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojum Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 (edited) The amazing thing is that your disc looks exactly like my head. Very nice recording, if you could get all those people to shut up. Do you have something that could lift Doktor Jecklin above the crowd?PA - This is the Monday night jam session at the Cannon Beach American Legion, once one of the wildest bars on the northwest coast of Oregon. The folks there are drinking and carrying on and the band just gets a place to practice on Mondays. For $5 you get a big burger with all the greasy trimmings like fried onions, cheese, potato salad and so on. The jam has been going on for ~20 years. The locals are used to it and not too impressed. The last time I went some rude dudes wanted them to leave because the plywood the instrument cases were on was covering the pool table! No, really! Dr. Jecklin was about 5' off the ground and the crowd was behind him. I can try higher. Thursday I will record them in a serious, for the money, venue with less gassing and more playing and a somewhat quieter crowd. Dr. J is on a mic stand. I will try him at about 4' and about 6'. The OKM;'s are good, pick up the bass fine and so on. All in all I am pleased with the disc. I just hope old Juerg never sees my version. ;o)I am uploading a nice bluegrass number which closed off the night for any folks overseas who are not familiar with it, and may not want to be! ;o) LOLCheers Yes, the similarity between you and the disc is amazing! Thanks for sending the photos which made it so much easier to capture your character. ;oPbluegrass.mp3 Edited March 14, 2007 by boojum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenmachine Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Sounds sweet, enjoy your new hobby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boojum Posted March 14, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Sounds sweet, enjoy your new hobby.Enjoy it!!?? Sheesh, I am in freak city! This is fun. I just hope the good doktor never sees what I made of his invention. I do get the results though. I may tweak it or make another one. I saw one on Taperssection which was made from an embroidery hoop with white foam inside the hoop. The mics were held from the large flange on the hoop which is positioned at the back, i.e., on the horizontal axis away from the audioo source. This is fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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