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[Sam Costa]

Hey guys,
I've always used a standard tripod mic stand with small boom extension for my Hi-hat mics (K&M stand) but I've recently been fighting for more floor space on the drum risers from certain regular bands.

Is there an alternative that I'm just not seeing out there that I can use as a replacement for hi-hat mic stand?
I've seen these hi-hat mic mounts that clamp on the hat stand, but have a feeling that a lot of "noise" would travel and get picked up on the mic...

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

[John L Nobile]

Hey guys,
I've always used a standard tripod mic stand with small boom extension for my Hi-hat mics (K&M stand) but I've recently been fighting for more floor space on the drum risers from certain regular bands.

Is there an alternative that I'm just not seeing out there that I can use as a replacement for hi-hat mic stand?
I've seen these hi-hat mic mounts that clamp on the hat stand, but have a feeling that a lot of "noise" would travel and get picked up on the mic...

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.

I've had good success with a clamp mount/gooseneck on the hardware, usually a cymbal stand.

[Rob Spence]

LP Claw on adjacent cymbal stand?


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[Sam Costa]

LP Claw on adjacent cymbal stand?


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Rob, I tried that not long ago and still got bleed-thru when the drummer would hit the crash cymbal.. :0/

I've thought about possibly attaching a clamp with an extension arm attached from the Snare stand.. may have to try that.

[Debbie Dunkley]

What about adding those little Gibraltar vibration prevention thingies....

mic shock mount

Never used one - I even have a couple in my mic box but I don't know how good they are.

[Sam Costa]

What about adding those little Gibraltar vibration prevention thingies....

mic shock mount

Never used one - I even have a couple in my mic box but I don't know how good they are.

Hmmmm, that could possibly work as well.
Thanks!

[Rob Spence]

What about adding those little Gibraltar vibration prevention thingies....

mic shock mount

Never used one - I even have a couple in my mic box but I don't know how good they are.

Looks like Gibraltar makes a bunch of shock mount stuff.
Looking down the screen from the link Debbie posted.


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[Stephen Kirby]

Not sure about live work.  I've tried hanging mics off stands for recordings and I can always hear thunks.  And I'm not that fastidious a guy when it comes to super clean recordings, so if I can hear it, it must be strong.

[Luke Geis]

I have noticed two things when it comes to drums being hard mounted to anything; this includes mic's.

1. The Vibration is shared and amplified through whatever rigid devise that the drum or mic is attached to.

2. You can hear a sound and there is no way of removing the sound unless you remove the physical rigid connection.

My good friend bought a Gibralter Rack kit to mount all the drums to. It is amazing at making quick changes because you can build the whole kit and move it pretty easily. The only issue is that you can feel and hear the cymbals and tom hits through the rack cage. So mounting mics on the drums mean that when the cymbal is hit, you can hear the thunk through the tom mics as well. I don't care to have any physical mount that is not directly related to the drum on interest. So if you want to mount a Hi-Hat mic, it should be only to the Hi-Hat tree. This way at least any vibration that you do get is more directly related to that instrument. I would prefer to mic the drums with boom stands so there is NO PHYSICAL connection to anything else, but time and logistics say otherwise usually.

[Rick Scofield]

Had a similar problem. I have several of those iPad holder things from Parts Express, “I-Claw” that are pretty cheap.

They come with a pretty cool swivel clamp that I don’t normally use for much of my needs, so I repurposed one to attach to a cymbal stand near the hat. Works like a charm, even has a plastic insert inside the clamp so it doesn’t mar the hardware.

$20.

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