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Originally Posted by leland  I..............The gig was at St John' Smith Square in London. They insisted on flying the mics as they couldn't have stands in the big money seats.... |
I have recorded there may times and made my flying rig originally for that venue.
Where did you tie off to? It looks like high points - I always used to tie the rope off on the balcony rail.
My mic. mount was a stereo bar with the bottom half of 4 mic. clamps mounted on the ends and the rope threaded through the holes (so I could mount two of these).
I could mount a single mic. or MS pair in the centre hole - or with a stand-off mount a second stereo bar underneath for an XY or ORTF pair. Having the Ambient swivel was good for this as the articulation would compensate for the off-set on the rope caused by running the cables along it to one side.
I used to run the rope and slung it low so you could attach the mics at floor level and then pull the rope up to the correct height afterwards.
My method of mounting meant that, with a long pole, I could slide the mics along the rope to the correct position.
I hope this helps.