VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

BenWils · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

I hope you got one of these to hold your 416. If not, you are probably picking up a lot of extra LF noise via vibrations etc.

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SM4/
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CarynClark · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:56 pm Post subject:

Ugh... another thing to buy?

I don't have a shock mount.

And, I don't put my mic to bed. Guess I should though. I don't think I would clip/unclip it everyday... or take it off the mic stand though. Like some of you have said, I think plugging/unplugging, in my non-expert opinion, can be bad for it.
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Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:01 pm Post subject:

Agreed. And if you get dust in the capsule or ribbon or whatever, just take some compressed air....

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Hart · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject:

I went with the ebay shock mount for my 416.
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Don G. · King's Row Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1071 Location: MA

Jeez, I never thought for a minute to take it down. Good thing I don't have a Neumann. (But I guess if I did...I would.)

Yoda117 · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject:

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SomeAudioGuy · Contributor III Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 75 Location: LA

I used to take my mics down all the time, just because it was a pain to replace bands on my shockmounts. I went through a really bad run of bands stretching. Just unlucky I guess.

Now I just buy yards of elastic cord like from this article about silencing your hard drive.

If you don't want to have to buy a shockmount (for no good reason I prefer the AudioTechnica AT8410a for my 416), you could just make your own. The pics on this site are kinda ugly, but the idea still works.
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Yoda117 · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:

bobsouer · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:30 am Post subject:

Greg,

Now that shockmount is the cat's meow!
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tackerman · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 9:38 am Post subject:

I just leave my mic in the shockmount with an old Carhartt t-shirt thrown over it. I know I'd end up doing more damage if I tried to take it down and store it every night.

Yoda117 · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:52 am Post subject:

BenWils · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

Showoff! Kidding Wink

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bobbinbeamo · Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject:

I'm with DB- I use my mic almost daily, and don't mess with the positioning of it and/or connections hassle. The capsule is already covered with a spongey pop filter- and then I close up the booth each evening, after covering my keyboard and mixer.
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