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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: Javier Cinakowski on February 08, 2008, 08:27:54 PM
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http://www.microphone-data.com/pdfs/Stereo%20zoom.pdf
I read this article article and decided to give this a shot. I am not very good at judging angles by eye, so this thing will be real helpful. This technique seems like a much better option than what I was doing in the past. Picking a configuartion or mic pattern was fairly random...
I picked up a small piece of poplar, a peep hole for doors and a 1/2" drill bit. Busted out the protractor and got it done. My "gator" is scaled down 30% compared to the one in the pdf...
Lowes has 160degree and 200degree peep holes. The 200 works better...
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Crude but I bet it is effective. I never thought of making one without the top and without rounding the top and bottom panels. Thanks for the idea. Starting Monday! I cannot estimate the angles well enough, either.
Thanks
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Crude but I bet it is effective. I never thought of making one without the top and without rounding the top and bottom panels. Thanks for the idea. Starting Monday! I cannot estimate the angles well enough, either.
Thanks
I originally had a top on this thing, but it broke in half when I drove the first nail in. So I ditched the top and used a drill for the rest of the holes.
It works just as good without a top. You don't need to use a round piece of wood either. Just use the square and make sure your nails are in line with the protractor lines...
Without a top this thing is much smaller....
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I've thought of making one of these as it would take the guess out of determining the actual included angle. Then I think to myself 'why can't I just take a protractor and sight along it? Then I forget to find the protractor and put it in my bag.
Someone should make a peep hole with a graded scale already in it. Anyone ever search for such a thing?
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I searched ebay extensivly. There are all types of sextants. I did find a peep hole thing that had some type of scale on it but it was called a vertical scale. It had a level air bubble in it. I only think it would work on vertical angles, not horizontal....