hanging a mic from the ceiling

[Beneficial]

I'm going to mount a small podium flange on the ceiling in my vocal booth so I can try to screw some sort of boom into it and have a mic hanging from the ceiling. Does anyone know where I can get boom, or metal pole of some sort that is threaded on both ends (one end screws into the ceiling flange, one into the shock mount or boom arm)? or have any other suggestions for doing this? My ceiling is about 10 feet tall so I need something probably about 5 feet long so the mic will hang low enough.

[Kiwiburger]

Consider getting a workshop to make something customised to exactly what you want. IMO, commercial mic stands are too flimsy. because weight is a cost consideration in an overcrowded market.

When you get out to around 5 feet, things can get a bit wobbly.

You could get some heavier steel tube (maybe oversized diameter for strength) welded to some flanges at each end to suit your requirements.

A motor vehicle exhaust repairer could probably do a good cheap job...

[synthoid]

Threaded rod: gas pipe. With a tap and die someone can cut threads into pipe of the right diameter for you.

I did a similar thing with pulleys mounted on the ceiling and light-guage cable running from a crank / winch on the wall, through the pulleys, down to the shockmount. I found a crank assembly that has two separate winches, so I adjust the pitch of the shock mount in one dimension by pulling up slightly higher on one of the winches. I still have to stablize it with a boom from the side, because it floats around otherwise; but the boom doesn't bear any weight so I can use a much longer boom than I'd be able to otherwise, and get the stand completely out of the picture.

-synthoid

[kenjkelly]

The toughest part with making a mic stand is finding the 5/8"-27 standard mic thread tap/die. I found a set here :

http://www.jtsmach.com/jtswebshop/Ta...?prodcode=T126

I think copper 1/2" water pipe is 5/8" OD, which could work.

[themaidsroom]

markertek.com - they have most of these things
atlas threaded rods, flanges, booms

we have many mics attached to the ceiling here


be well


- jack

[Beneficial]

I've been searching online for days and can't find anyone selling an atlas style rod with threads at both ends... one to screw into a ceiling flange... one to screew into a mic or boom arm. Atlas seems to make just about anything you could need for rigging up your own specialized stand. I'm sure someone sells a doubled threaded rod... just haven't been able to find it yet.

[Jules]

I did this in the UK with my small drum booth..

Found the part at Studio Spares..

Worked GREAT for overheads.. using a gooseneck flexible section right after the ceiling mount..

[squeegybug]

Here are about a brazillion of them:

Mic Booms -- OC White, Heil, Yellowtec, etc.

LPB also makes them.

Steve

[UnDeFiNeD]

Originally Posted by Jules

I did this in the UK with my small drum booth..

Found the part at Studio Spares..

Worked GREAT for overheads.. using a gooseneck flexible section right after the ceiling mount..

Hey Jules,

Was thinking about doing the exact same thing.
A few Q's, is the goosneck sturdy enough to hold a spider + big LDC/tubemic?
When u set it in a good position, does it hold that position, or does it 'fall' a bit?
A (few) pic(s) would be nice

I'm gonna check out the studiospares site a bit...gearslutting is becoming a verb lately

Pzz

[Kiwiburger]

Standard boom arms clamp onto a tube - no need to thread anything, just get a piece of tube welded on at the angle you need.

Small diameter tube wobbles - that's why I suggest oversizing the main extension part, but at the point where you want to attach a regular boom, a small piece of tube welded on will do.

[Jules]

Originally Posted by UnDeFiNeD

Hey Jules,

Was thinking about doing the exact same thing.
A few Q's, is the goosneck sturdy enough to hold a spider + big LDC/tubemic?
When u set it in a good position, does it hold that position, or does it 'fall' a bit?
A (few) pic(s) would be nice

I'm gonna check out the studiospares site a bit...gearslutting is becoming a verb lately

Pzz

The goosneck part came with the studio when I took it over, it was very stiff, all I was mounting to it was a Royer SF12 which want that heavy, but I think I bought a T bar so I could use Beyer M160's in ORTF position.

Just make sure to gooseneck is stiff.

You don't have to use a gooseneck, but IMHO very soon after the ceiling mount you will want to introduce short mic stand joints that will help you create angles..

[Jeff A. Roberts]

Hmmmm, mics from the ceiling....I've been down that road before. I had modified some fittings from my track lighting so that I could hang mics from the track lighting and move them easily. I also had movable ceiling cord hangers. The system worked really well except for 1 problem, I kept walking into the microphones!

I've got 4 decades of training that have me looking down in studios so that I don't trip over things. So while I'm careful not too trip over the guitar cord or the case for the bass, I smack my head on the vocal mic.....

After realizing that I couldn't be retrained, I tried modified cymbal stands, which were too short. Then there were several generations of original designs, which ended up as the micKing 3300, and the micKing 2200.

[Beyond Sound]

Originally Posted by Beneficial

I'm going to mount a small podium flange on the ceiling in my vocal booth so I can try to screw some sort of boom into it and have a mic hanging from the ceiling. Does anyone know where I can get boom, or metal pole of some sort that is threaded on both ends (one end screws into the ceiling flange, one into the shock mount or boom arm)? or have any other suggestions for doing this? My ceiling is about 10 feet tall so I need something probably about 5 feet long so the mic will hang low enough.

You can google and find mic clip 5/8" #27 (tpi) threaded material that any welder can make your design cheaply. Some simply bolt together. I make custom Decca trees, Jecklin Dicks, etc. Easy as pie. www. artist-blacksmith.net