Topic: Just sharing a lightweight rig

[philipus]

Hello I hope it's ok to share a little rig I've been toying with lately. The goal has been to find a lightweight and inexpensive solution mainly for simple soundscapes when I'm travelling. The mics are the Immersive Soundscape's Thumb omnis which seem really well built around Neutrik connectors. I have two recorders, a trusty R-26 and a MixPre 6 II which I recently got.

Clamps These are from Stagg (4,50 Eur) — https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/dp/B000OR83F8
They are slightly on the larger side but rather sturdy and hold the mics fairly well. I will however add some padding inside to make them close around the mics better. Out of the box they won't allow dipping horizontally like on the photos but the plastic is not too tough and can easily be cut to make the arm swing lower. They have 3/8 holes so need an adapter ring to fit on the bar. Being a photographer I tend to have such stuff in droves, but a good pack to get is this one with various connectors and adapters — https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B075SDWDHD

Cables These are 1,8m Cable Matters (17 Eur for a pair) — https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/dp/B00KO8VYMG
They have metal connectors and are relatively lightweight and very well-built.
 
Bar This is by Utebit (10 Eur) — https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/dp/B08NSX1R5Z
This is actually a photography flash bracket, but I like that it is extremely light and has four proper and easily adjustable tripod screws plus both a standard 1/4 inch tripod screw and a larger 3/8 inch screw. It's 30cm long.

Tripod This is my old carbon fiber Rollei C5i (around 130 Eur) — https://www.rollei.de/products/carbon-stativ-c5i
This is my main travel tripod which has been with me everywhere. I like that it functions as a proper full-height tripod and can hold fairly heavy cameras (think medium format camera with large wide angle) yet still fits into a carry-on and only weighs 1,2kg.

Not on the picture are these magnets — https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/dp/B0CYZM164V
They have a 1/8 inch tripod screws to which the Staggs can be fitted (15 Eur for a pack of 4 with various accessories).

cheers
Philip

[rocksuitcase]

Nice looking rig. Those mics are not known to me, but they seem to be very good for what we do.
Thanks for posting. +T

[goodcooker]

That's a nice looking setup and is very portable. I really like that carbon fiber tripod and Tbar setup. Very nice.

[taperdave1998]

Looks like something that would be extremely handy to take backpacking out into the woods for nature grabs.

[philipus]

Thank you so much for your replies I will be trying it out as soon as I have found good windscreens for the Thumbs.

Cheers
Philip