Need some input on a sort of unusual clamping necessity I have coming up soon.
I'm going to record three nights in a row at a friend's bar that is shutting down after 11 years. The place is tiny (holds 50 ppl packed) and using a stand is completely out of the question so clamping it is.
The bad news is I'm using ADK TLs and they are huge and heavy. Unless I can borrow some other mics this is what I have (don't really want to borrow mics as this is probably going to be a completely drunken shit show of a weekend and I wouldn't want to risk someone else's gear in a hostile environment)
So the room has two large support columns one is near the center of the room about 8-10 feet away from the stage (there is no stage so let's say the center vocal mic). It is about one foot square which is where I'm getting stuck.
How in the hell can I hang a pair of big ass LD mics off of a 12" by 12" column or alternately
How can I clamp something in between the two columns which are about six feet apart that I could clamp the mics on 2 windtechs individually to spread out the weight?
The easiest solution I've been able to come up with is to ratchet strap a stand to the column in the center with some improvised spacers to keep it just a bit off the side of the column.
I have to get the mics up high enough to be above peoples heads ~9 ft high and be able to run cables along the ceiling back to a corner where the gear bag will live (or maybe even back to the stock room 40-50 ft away).
Another option that has worked well for me in the past when screwing into a venues post is my beloved Lowel Full Pole
It is an extension that goes up to 7.5'!!! You can just duct tape it or bungie cord it to that center post, and it will DEFINITELY hold whatever mics you desire putting on it
Tonedeaf and I have done that at a small place in Pittsburgh called the Club Cafe, that only holds MAYBE 100 people MAX, and it couldn't have worked out ANY better
So if you tape/bungie it to that post, just put it up a few feet off the ground, and the Lowel full pole will take care of the rest since it goes up to 7.5' high!!!
BUT, if you don't have time to order it, then I would definitely just bungie/tape your stand to that pole and just keep the legs closed. That'll do the trick for sure!!!