Topic: CA CAF Mics Mount?

[Church-Audio]

Thanks for the cumpliments, Gut. Means a lot coming from you. I'm very happy with how this recording turned out (probably my best pull with CAFS), and I'll take your critics in consideration next time I tape with them -although I seem to be leaning towards my AT943 lately. Nevertheless I still like the CAFS a lot; after a year owning them, I am STILL amazed at how incredibly small they are. Each single time I pick them up I think "What the???", it seems unfeasible that such small things can record high fidelity sound like they do.

That being said, to me it's more important to have a *great* sound quality (aka good freq range, defined and balanced instruments, clear vocals) with little stereo imaging, than a *good* sound (muddier, or with less clear vocals) with a fantastic L/R separation. That's just personal preference, of course, but that's how it works for me

If I understand your post correctly, this is basically what you propose isn't it?


Well, if the mics are slightly directional as Chris says, I think the resulting recording wouldn't be just as good. Something tells me that, even with a conventional purely omnidirectional mic, having the capsule directly pointed to the sound source will give clearer recordings than having it pointed elsewhere. Of course, I could be easily wrong, but that's how my uneducated taper mind works

Your amazed at how small they are try soldering them Its quite a task. I am glad you like the mics.. With any mic on axis response will always be better.

[capnhook]

You really should just hold them in your hands, and listen to what spreading them apart sounds like.  Get a good pair of closed-ear headphones. some loud music, and your rig.

You can twist them around and get a sense of their directionality, and combine a sweep of the distance from close together to arms-length apart.  They are pretty remarkable.  It doesn't take long to find the sweet setup for any occasion.  Good thread.

[Gutbucket]

Best advice yet right there from Kevin.  The only way to really know is to listen for the differences.

[ace5gt]

What I ended up doing is wearing a military style shirt with two chest pockets.  I then loop the mics through the button slit on each one.  I'm fairly pleased with the results I've gotten.

[LikeASong]

What I ended up doing is wearing a military style shirt with two chest pockets.  I then loop the mics through the button slit on each one.  I'm fairly pleased with the results I've gotten.

If
a) you don't have someone taller than you blocking the sound that reaches to the mics,
b) you're able to keep your mouth shut (which I can't)
and c) you don't breathe in the direction of the mics,

then I would say that's a valid mounting option

[tonebloke]

Here's a variation on the CAFS "glasses" mount. Another member here did this a couple of years ago, said it worked great, so I tried it and haven't had a problem with it.

They are fake glasses - no glass.