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Gear / Technical Help => Microphones & Setup => Topic started by: illconditioned on September 07, 2007, 10:04:45 PM
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As some of you may know, I like to hang mics way up close to the stage.
I've also started using Beyerdynamic MC930 mics.
So, I built a "battery box" that runs the mics from two 9V batteries in series. It provides "phantom power" but only at 18V through a 2.2k resistor. This results in 12V on the mics, which is enough to power *these mics*. (They have a dc-dc converter inside.)
So my setup is now: Beyerdynamic MC930 > 18V batt box > Edirol R09 (mic-in). Here is a photo. Note that there are no wires to worry about. Just set the levels, hang it up, and start drinking. Right now I'm using a 2' "tent pole" to hold the mics. I'm going to get a telescopic pole, put a hook on the end, and use that next:
(http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/Export/hanging-mics.jpg)
Samples to follow...
Richard
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+t for ingenuity
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OK, as promised, here is a smokin' sample with this rig:
http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/Export/Stars-sample-mc930-battbox-starlight.mp3 (http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/Export/Stars-sample-mc930-battbox-starlight.mp3)
Richard
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OK, as promised, here is a smokin' sample with this rig:
http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/Export/Stars-sample-mc930-battbox-starlight.mp3 (http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~mannr/Export/Stars-sample-mc930-battbox-starlight.mp3)
Richard
T+ that sounds fantastic....God I wish I could do something like this...
NOw if your mics needed counseling that a whole other story that I could do...
But build something, forget it I wouldn't understand the first thing about building something like this..