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How to mount CA-14's?

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ace5gt:
I just received my CA-14 cardioid mics, and was experimenting with clipping them to my shirt collar, but nope.  They're always pointing everywhere but forward.  I thought about wearing a hat, but A) don't really want to wear hats to shows, and B) I also shoot video, so I'm often looking down at the viewfinder, which would impact the sound quality.

For those of you that use cardioid mics, please help me out here.

nulldogmas:
Can you be more specific about what happens to your mics when you clip them to your shirt collar? When I do it with CA-14s I can't get them to point anywhere except forward.

joeldotc:
I find it does depend on the fabric of your shirt, since the capsules/screens can sometimes pull the mics down or to the side. Are you running the cables down the front or back of your shirt? Usually having the cables routed down the back of my shirt ends up pulling them back enough to balance them in a pretty straight forward position.

I personally just mount them to my glasses arms in an A-B orientation, but I don’t take photos or film or anything. Taping while shooting video sounds like it would make things pretty hard. You might need to sacrifice one or the other in order to get the best results.

nulldogmas:
Definitely run the cables down your back to help keep the mics pointed forward. I will usually clip the mics to the collar of a t-shirt, so that they're sitting either side of my neck — that way my head also blocks sound coming from the opposite side and improves stereo imaging.

But it's also possible to clip them to the top of the collar on a shirt with lapels (definitely helps to have stiffer material) or to clip them to the lapels themselves, though it may take some adjusting to get the angle that you want.

goodcooker:

You could try clipping them to the ear piece of a set of glasses. If you don't wear glasses you can get a cheap pair and pop out the lenses.

It gets them pointed forward.

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