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[Jay Barracato]

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.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MicStdExtBrkS--k-and-m-23800.500.55

Use this k&m bracket all the time with an atm450 ( miced from underneath) and I have never noticed out of control bleed.

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[John Schalk]

Before our drummer switched to a Gibraltar rack with attached mic clamps, we used a straight mic stand with a round base (vocal stand) for the high hat.  No boom.  Worked fine.  Very fast to setup

[Tim McCulloch]

I guess I HPF my high hat input too high, I don't hear, in the PA, the thumps/thuds you all talk about.

In the general din of cymbal bashing and snare drums on steroids, beaten with telephone pole drum sticks, covered by wailing guitar rigs and mud-pumping basses I'm not sure it would be audible anyway.

YMMV.

[Jean-Pierre Coetzee]

I guess I HPF my high hat input too high, I don't hear, in the PA, the thumps/thuds you all talk about.

In the general din of cymbal bashing and snare drums on steroids, beaten with telephone pole drum sticks, covered by wailing guitar rigs and mud-pumping basses I'm not sure it would be audible anyway.

YMMV.

This...

The other option is that your mics have a ton of handling noise.

[Tim Weaver]

LOL, I'm in the same boat as you guys. I'd never hear any vibration-induced bleed in a hi hat mic!



I second the round based straight stand. Works great, fast, and I usually put a claw on it and can reach the snare too.

I've also seen plenty of claws mounted underneath the hats.

[Jean-Pierre Coetzee]

I second the round based straight stand. Works great, fast, and I usually put a claw on it and can reach the snare too.

I put some booms on a pair of those for overheads, much smaller footprint, sandbag as needed.

[Don T. Williams]

I've had very good results using the Shure A53M/55M shock mounts whenever needed.  Especially good on customer supplied lecterns with attached goose necks.  Shure has a series of elastic "ShureLock" mounts that fit their mics, and other suppliers and manufacturers have similar products.

[Jon Brunskill]

In my own band (playing covers in bars and weddings), we under mic the cymbals and hats, using 3x standard Shure A56D drum clamps.

While under mic'ing is not my favourite tonally, it's perfect for small stages, means we have 3x less stands to carry, and at the end of the day, it's really mostly for our IEMs and recording anyway. I do have HPF's on all three to cut down on resonances from the stands and I've never noticed a problem. Mics are 2x Octava MK012 for cymbals left and right and an SM57 for hihats.

[josh allman]

I got some of those triad-orbit mounts, they are pretty trick and I can mount on a nearby stand and get my hat that way.


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[Wes Garland]

Wow, that's a lot of work for a wedding band.  In terms of cymbals, I just use a pair of overheads and call it a day!

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