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I appreciate the confidence in this tiny pice of tape.
Stabilizing tape, most of the weight seems secured by the nuts
I had to look for a moment at the image again a few times because I didn't see any nuts. Then I saw the ... nuts. Lmao.
indeed that piece of tape has been lost to the trash, but without it gravity tilts the mic at the perfect angle for where I usually sit, so that's a bonus.
It's for stability, not security
It may actually help with the balance, but I think you have that mic pointed the wrong way.
Looks to me like a condenser with an element parallel to the body, it'd be better if you talk directly into the side of the mesh not the front:
Condenser mics are just the overall technology used to capture sound. They don't all have the same polar pattern (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone#Polar_patterns).
A bit of digging suggests this is a Samson C01U, which has a supercardioid pattern centered on the bar, so it will pickup the largest spectrum pointed right at the source as OP has it, though it would also pickup on the sides fairly well.
Sorry, but this is just wrong. All mics of this type I know of are oriented towards the grill, not towards the bar, I don't know where you got that info from.
Just to really make sure, you can check on this disassembly video (around the 6 minute mark) that the capsule is oriented towards the grill, and you'll get the least pickup from the bar (which is the side).
Well, technically the least pickup is behind the bar and not straight, but you'll get very muddy sound from the side anyways, since you lose most high frequencies.
Source: I'm an audio technician.
I looked up the user manual (https://samsontech.com/products/microphones/usb-microphones/c01upro/) which says to point the bar at the mouth when recording vocals for best sounds.
to achieve the fullest sound, the vocalist should aim the microphone center line towards their mouth.
Manuals aren't infallible, though, or maybe I'm misunderstanding the wording. If you're familiar with the internals, then I'll take your word for it.
I donβt think the center line and top bar are the same thing. Itβs probably just referring to the center of the front. Hypercardioid mics donβt perform well off-axis. The line after the quoted one is talking about plosives and how you can rotate the mic if they become an issue, assuming the diaphragm is pointing at your mouth.
I think by the "center line" they mean the 0ΒΊ angle of the polar diagram, but the wording could definitely be better. I'm sure about it though, cause the capsule is oriented towards the front of the mic (where the "samson" logo and the led indicator are).
Sorry, probably oversimplified there. You're right that the term condenser just refers to the element.
I had a very similar looking Samson condenser with that shape (grill on top with the bar splitting in half) and it had the element parallel to the body of the mic. So assuming it's similar to mine was, yes it'll probably work fine as mounted. But I'd bet if OP tilts it "upside down" and rotates 90deg one way or another (speaking into the grill, not the bar) they'd find much better signal/noise.
Interesting! I wasn't aware that's how these are used!
Yeah so I tried changing the orientation and it did not make a noticeable difference.
nothing is as permanent as a makeshift solution.
Half expected some kind of C clamp but tape works too.
This looks very functional. However, I would avoid pistachios while using it. Removing a few could throw everything off.
Is that a tagliatelle?
Good job buddy :)
Looks permanent af. Congratulations! XD
A shockmount would do you well. I've made some for shotgun mics with rubber bands and bits of plastic, though I'm admittedly not sure how I'd go about it for this chonky boy. Best of luck to the durability of that tape XD
Is that some fucking shrink tubing
No I just bought the wrong size of rubber bands