Curt has been very kind in advising me on how to record stereo. I decided to
build a rig based on his designs and also with inspiration from Tom's design.
Many thanks to Curt and Tom. I have now uploaded them in the photo section of
this yahoo group, under the title "Justin's rig".
For me it is important that my gear is both lightweight and compact. So I
didn't want to use a solid block due to weight, nor a fixed design due to
space. So I tried designing a collapsable rig which is easy to assemble in the
field, without the need for tools. I have tried to make it as simple as
possible.
The straight bars are aluminium tubes, which slot into place. The curved bars
are aluminium rod, which clip into place. The bars slot tightly, but the
elastic bands serve to both keep the rig tightly and securely together, and to
also secure the mics in place.
As some of you will remember, I was asking about tripods. Since my current
recording project is in the forest, I am guaranteed to be surrounded by a
plentitude of natural monopods, so I decided to take advantage of that. I will
simply tie a piece of string around a tree at the desired height, and clip my
rig onto the string. You may notice an elastic band around the clip/string.
That is to add some friction, so that the string position can be adjusted, thus
changing the up/down axis, but will not slip.
Any questions, criticisms or advice welcome!
I have made some test recordings too, which I may put up if I can work out how.
Justin
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