Hmmm... I wonder if some foam insulation board might give pretty much
the same results as your yoga block. I ask because I have most of a 4'
x 8' sheet of the stuff in my garage. It's looking like my recent
break from tinkering with mic rigs might be over. (Please don't tell
my lovely bride, okay?)
Curt Olson
John Hartog wrote:
> Hi Curt,
>
> I have noticed some yoga blocks use higher density foam than others,
> and they also come in cork. So far, I have only used thrift store
> scavenged material and have not yet searched the retail market for
> an ideal source. As far as handling noise, I would say there is
> little or no perceptible difference compared to wood - at least when
> using AT3032 microphones which are fairly stable anyway. I found my
> parallel boundary yoga block array to be the best rig with handling
> noise I have built so far =96 at least I could carry it down a trail
> or adjust the tripod without having to turn down the headphones. I
> am wondering how the yoga block might work on a boom pole with
> wl-183s.
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