I have a pair of C1000S mics (in AT8415 shocks) and an AKG stereo bar. I was going to try and run them in X/Y for a show tonight but I can't get it exactly in place.
The mics are so big that if you run them both on top of the stereo bar, you can't get one of them to go underneath the other one (even if you mount one low and one high on the shockmount). If I mount one on the bottom of the stereo bar and one on top, I can get them to be vertically coincident but there is about 4" of space between the mics (even if I put them low on the shockmounts). Is that way too much space?
I also tried mounting the stereo bar on the side of my light stand because the mounting thread has a vertical and horizontal position, but the weight of the bar, mounts and mics was too much for the thread and it won't stay tight enough without slipping.
Is there a trick I'm missing here? Anyone have any tips? Please don't say I have to buy the Shure vert bar