Chuck, first off, I'm sorry if I don't have the best spelling. You don't have to mock it. Second of all, Actually, we did try using a boom. Maybe I did something wrong, but even pulling the boom toward and away from her, it did no good. It was a matter of virtical height, not horizontal height, like a boom would offer in this sinareo.
Did I miss something here? Chris. ----- Original Message ----- From: CHUCK REICHEL To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 10:06 AM Subject: Re: Imbarrassing problem with studio setup Hi Chris, Just put a mic boom on the stand and bang! One size fits all! BTW what does Imbarrassing" mean? :) YMMV CHUCK REICHEL [email protected] www.SoundPictureRecording.com 954-742-0019 GUFFAWING :) In GOD I Trust On Jun 11, 2013, at 1:23 AM, Chris Gilland wrote: 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
