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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: acidjack on October 07, 2011, 09:36:19 PM
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As I threaten to do periodically I'm thinking I may try out M/S for the first time on Sunday.
I happen to not have matching clips, so I may not be able to make the mics perfectly coincident - talking about maybe an inch or two separated.
How badly would that impact the sound?
The other alternative I have is using a vert bar and running the 414s laterally rather than the normal way of pointed upwards..
Thoughts?
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I used 2 "C" clamps on a stand like this
(http://i1108.photobucket.com/albums/h413/akgmike/4sale/my%20AKGs/14335_1312292807032_1222013789_933942_3435238_n.jpg)
would this help you get them closer?
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The other alternative I have is using a vert bar and running the 414s laterally rather than the normal way of pointed upwards..
if that gets them as coincident as the grills/windscreens will allow, I'd do that. The further apart, the more you'll notice the phase cancelation for off axis (or non-triangulated) information.
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Got it. Unfortunately, out of all the clamps I have, I don't have 2 that will hold 414s as in Darby's photo... I don't think. But maybe I will look again in the mount drawer.... I have 2 superclamps, just worried they will be too heavy on a stand.
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There are numerous ways to mount mics. Check the pics to see if something shown can be done with what you have available or give you one of those Eureka/doh/headslap moments. Vertbar and a super clamp or vert bar and a small t-bar may work for you.
http://www.taperssection.com/reference/images/JasonB%20LD%20Mic%20Configs/
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Got it. Unfortunately, out of all the clamps I have, I don't have 2 that will hold 414s as in Darby's photo... I don't think. But maybe I will look again in the mount drawer.... I have 2 superclamps, just worried they will be too heavy on a stand.
if it's just 2 414s and 2 superclamps is all that is on the stand it will hold well enough. I once put a stereo LD mic and a superclamp on a standard issue FOB stand, you just have to keep an extra inch or two at each riser still in the stand and spread the legs a bit more for stability.
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Since you have my old 414 kit, I'll throw this out there... I think if you use that adjustable Tbar and the plastic clips (not shock mounts) there is a way to just squeak by. Maybe it works if they are both right side up and you have stubby cables. I don't really remember, but I think I did it one time. The long term fix was to find a piece of metal (or wood), and drill two 3/8" holes through it such that the mics are wonderfully spaced in the traditional "one mic inverted" plane.