I was in the basement doing some spring cleaning and came across one of my mom's old hair dressing mannequins with real human hair and everything. And of course, being the obsessed ass that I am, the first thing I thought about was making it into a taping head.
The plastic is pretty hard, but I'm thinking it would make an okay baffle for HRTF (is that the right term?) open taping. It has a thread on the bottom that I think I can adapt to my stand, and now all I need are some decent binaural mics.
The
SoundPro model looks pretty good, but I was surprised at the price - only $70. Should that concern me? Are these things any good?
I want to keep this project cheap, as it will probably not ever realistically replace my current setup, but I thought it would be fun to put the head at the top of my rig, record that to my MD, and run the MC012s into the DAT like normal, clamped just below it. (don't want the head too high up)
Any thoughts on making a head on the cheap? Does it matter what the head is made of? Thanks!