oryoki wrote:
> The designs of Curt Olsen and David Michael both employ relatively
> thick pieces of wood, to the point that they might better be
> described as lumber! Is it necessary to employ such thick materials
> to achieve the best result? Does wood have characteristics (other
> than price) that make it more desirable than alternative materials?
Good question. I tend to use wood mostly because it's inexpensive,
readily available and easy to work with using relatively simple tools.
But I have also mounted mics to cell phone pouches, camera bags,
laptop computer cases, soda cans, three-ring binders, thin plastic
cutting boards, lightweight plastic food containers, tool boxes, VCR
sleeves, PVC drain pipe couplers, and even circular saw blades.
Dan Dugan and Rich Peet have both shown us their hat-mounted mic
setups. Rob has shown us a couple headphone-mounted rigs and recently
his beautiful sphere rig with Rode NT-2000s.
And let's not forget about Bernie, who was mounting small mics
directly to opposite sides of tree trunks years before some of us here
gave the slightest thought to nature recording!
Curt Olson
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