Posted by: "Yannick Dauby"
> I would like to ask you about how efficient is the Rycote Connbox CB3
> for a MKH30/40 setup in a Sennheiser windshield.
> I sometimes try to use it on a boompole for insects recordings (arg, my
> hands are soooo noisy) but most of the time, its on a tripod (ok, that's
> much easier...).
> What is your field experience, is it very useful ?
> How is it made ?
> In France it costs about 300 euros, which seems to me very expensive...
> Has anyone tried to build something similar ?
Way too expensive for me. I've never seen them by themselves on ebay,
only in complete and overpriced systems. So I don't use them. They look
like they should work ok.
I just took and stripped the small diameter inner cables out of a Canare
snake. Then I slip those inside the outer braid of soft boot laces, then
make up the Y cable. You can see it all on my M/S and SASS pages. Only
change is recently I got a quantity of kevlar hollow braid off ebay and
have made some Y's with that. My supply of soft boot laces dried up. I
have no problem hand holding these rigs.
The connbox is probably using some commercial fine cable, find that and
it gets cheap to make them. I've really not put much effort into finding
the cable.
> Just also a small opinion on Sennheiser windshield : it is too bad that
> there is no room in the pistol grip for a XLR connector... I have my 5
> point XLR connector always moving around...
I just let it dangle and it's really not caused a problem. You could use
a tie wrap or two to attach it to the handle.
> Another question : does anyone tried the tripod Manfrotto 001B.
> It is one of the most light-weight tripod from this renowned brand, and
> seems to be useable as a microphone stand...
The requirements for a microphone are so much different from that of a
camera that even a dime store tripod will work. You don't care if it's
held steady enough for a telephoto shot.
For me I want a bunch of height when I use a mic support so my choices
in tripods are different. Most fertile ground I've found for finding
what I want is light stands. Ham radio would be another source, but most
of their stuff is too heavy.
Walt
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