OK, I just had to turn down a client from recording in my studio which I
never like doing. Especially not after they make an evening to come to my
place and record, only then to have to turn all the way and go back home.
Fortunately, they live on this side of town, and yes, I did give them a
complete 100% refund, but this is still humilliating that I didn't have gear
to support them when I thought I did.
Basically, here is the situation. If any of you have any clue for going
forward of anything I could try in the future, let me know as this wound up
being a disaster.
First of all, it was two really little children. One is in Preschool, and
the other in the first grade. They had some karaoke tracks of little
nurcery rhymes like Old McDonnald, the Farmer and the Dell, Bingo, etc.
which they were given on a CD, and just for fun their parents had given them
a surprise to go to a studio and record them singing on top of the disc, and
my studio wound up being the one they chose here locally. I was thrilled,
until they got here. for one thing, the little girl, cute as a button! as
she was, who was the pre-schooler had some major issues. For one thing,
even at its lowest setting, she couldn't get right up on the mike in the
stand. I practically had the thing where it wasn't raised at all! It was
literally as low as it would go. The little kneck thing you pull up to
raise the stand then tighten the little screw thingy was literally touching
the bottom half of the stem up of the stand. Yet, it was too short. Not by
much, but just enough to be a problem. So, I just handed her the mike, and
said here sweety, just hold the thing. Well, that didn't work really well,
as she was constantly moving the thing around, so it was booming all over
the place in the recording horrendously. The other kid had an issue where I
tried about 2 or 3 different styles, but no matter what I did, the earphones
would not fit. They were too big. When I got them small enough to fit his
little head, he complained it was squeezing him too tightly, and was
hurting. I tried loosening the things by one notch, but then they kind a
sagged on him. These are mainly AKG's that I use in the studio. I got a
pare of MK2's, and not totally sure what the other models are. I even let
him try a pair of just little el cheapo walkman style headphones which I put
a stereo quarter inch adapter on the end of, but it didn't really work very
well. they fit, but he didn't seem to like the way they felt on him. I
couldn't really say to hell with the head phones as that would have produced
a lot of loopback had I used the speakers I have in here. So, ultimately,
what gives? Is there anyone on here who's had kids come to the studio and
record of about this age? If so, how did you all get around these issues?
Do they make specially designed mike stands for children, or specially
sized head phones for kids? Finally, the mom had an idea for the little
girl. She got a booster seat and put it in my office chair. I then took a
desktop mount mike stand that I have and put it with a shockmount on my
desk. The problem then was she was slightly too high, and we couldn't get
the sound directly in the mike, so it really sounded kind of out of phaise.
Just wondering any good techniques to work around this. This way if I have
kids down the road who wanna record, I won't be S O L. Or shall I say, S O
B. you know what... outta business. LOL!
Chris.
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