At 8:31 AM -0700 8/28/08, Dan Dugan wrote:
> > I want to rig up a pair of AT3032s for hand-held operation in the
>> field. I'm impressed by the work Curt Olson has done on his rig, but I
>> don't think a block of wood will be light enough in this context. :-)
>
>A pair of standard-sized omnis isn't very suitable for hand-
>holding...for panoramic imaging you want to have a barrier like a
>Jecklin disk.
>>
>
>I think MS in a zeppelin, or ORTF sideways in a zeppelin (Greg Weddig
>style) would work a lot better.
>
>-Dan Dugan
>
True. 2- AT3032's (or any two, full -size mics) are taxing to support
using one arm. Would be smart to include a tripod mount in the rig.
The complimentary part about the parallel boundary is the mics can be
strapped directly to the boundaries making a simple, compact, rigid
rig-- probably smaller in total cubic inches than ORTF or a Jecklin
Disk. A light-weight version can be made with 2- 4" X 7" pieces of
1/4" thick plywood and (1.5" 1.5" X 3.5") wood block separator. The
rig doesn't require shock-mounting and the stereo imaging is very
wide and accurate. With all of these rigs, using small "lavaliere"
size mic cables will lessen the load. Greg's ORTF package is
impressively small but aren't the Schoeps mics smaller than 3032's?
M-S is a lower profile solution but would require different mics. Rob
D.
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