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Post by bluegrassdan on Jul 10, 2020 22:45:19 GMT -6
Did Atlas or anyone ever make any type of shock absorber integral to a mic stand? Thinking along the lines of an RCA 44 with the rubber shock absorber.
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Post by mulmany on Jul 10, 2020 23:06:12 GMT -6
Atlas has a shock system in one of their big stands, but it is only functional when you lower the boom. Its there to prevent the mic from dropping the telescoping piece too fast. They eventually stop working! You may be able to rebuild them... I should look into that.
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Post by EmRR on Jul 11, 2020 7:29:44 GMT -6
I think there used to be some from several sources, but none current I can think of.
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Post by bluegrassdan on Jul 11, 2020 7:37:35 GMT -6
My dad is a machinist. I’m inclined to work with him to make something.
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Post by ericn on Jul 11, 2020 8:19:29 GMT -6
Atlas had some mounts that had a rubber dampener built in for a number of years, they sucked. Here is the problem, to really make it work you need to have a a pretty tight target load range and a target frequency range. Add in the fact that your still going to have a system resonance freq.
Good luck, would love to see somebody come up with something, but the time spent with the guys at Trek engineering shock absorber forks taught me this stuff is hard.
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Post by timcampbell on Jul 11, 2020 9:16:42 GMT -6
Dan you can always place the mic stand on a thick rubber pad. I have seen rubber mounts that screw between the mic and mic stand but I think you might do better using a normal shock mount and altering it so that it doesn't bruise your mic.
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Post by EmRR on Jul 11, 2020 9:48:23 GMT -6
I will offend 47 people by again saying the Rycote U 47 mount is great. It also fits my RCA BK-11A, barely. But this is about cosmetics I think.....in which case a floor decoupler is probably best.
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