After finishing my DIY pop filter project and making some improvements on it, I decided to take my home recording adventures further by looking to see if anybody has attempted to build their own microphone shock mount. So I Googled "DIY shock mount" and sure enough, I found a few but they were for pencil or shotgun type microphones, like this one from wiremonkey.com. The concepts were simple and really easy to build but I could tell it wouldn't work on my large diaphragm microphone so back to the drawing board.
DIY POP SHIELD
In a parallel world I probably own a $10,000 guitar and able to record my musical creations on state-of-the-art recording rig in an acoustically treated studio, all in the comfort of my home. But here in our own world, I'm just starting out on a budget.
In one of my previous blogs I mentioned I got a Line 6 POD Studio UX2 courtesy of my parents-in-law. Eventually I got a Behringer C3 Dual Diaphragm Condenser Mic to get closer to an acceptable home-recording setup.
The next step was to get a pop shield for the microphone. This was necessary if I wanted to lessen the effects of "plosives" when recording vocal tracks.
Silvertone Citation SS10 Review
I’ve always been a fan of the warm, fat sound of humbucker pickups common to the Les Paul
style guitars but lately I’ve been curious about the Fender Stratocaster
. I guess only the single coil pick-ups and that particular body style can make that unique, chunky, crisp and sometimes twangy “Strat” sound.
style guitars but lately I’ve been curious about the Fender Stratocaster. I guess only the single coil pick-ups and that particular body style can make that unique, chunky, crisp and sometimes twangy “Strat” sound.
Look What Santa Got Me!
Been slacking on my blog. Just crazy busy both at work and at home but hopefully I'll be able to catch up.
Updates, updates... still working on the Micro BR session. To be honest, I've only gotten so far as taking pictures of the thing.
Updates, updates... still working on the Micro BR session. To be honest, I've only gotten so far as taking pictures of the thing.
Red, Hot and Blue
I attended my step brother-in-law's 40th birthday party at Red, Hot and Blue in Annapolis, right by Route 50. The food was great, the decor was a musician's treat... concert posters, old photos of popular blues players, mini statues of the Blues Brothers, Elvis, and pigs rockin' out.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)