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Attaching vocal mics to elec. drumkit frames?


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I have a Roland electric kit and am looking for an adapter or something to attach a gooseneck or boom directly to the drumkit frame so I can free up a mic stand.

 

I've looked on Roland's website and found nothing.

 

Anyone know of some kind of attachment I can use?

 

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Originally posted by HiRoller:

You'll probably just need a universal clamp to attach to your frame and hold the gooseneck- something like this:

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=perc/search/detail/base_pid/448015/

Something like that should work just fine. I have a similar clamp on my drum kit, and they are easily adjustable to work with tubing of different diameters. Mount one side to the Roland's wrap around frame (assuming you have that style of kit mounting) or to one of the cymbal or other stands (if you have aren't using a wrap around drum rack) and attach a gooesneck or boom to the other end.
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This should work.

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/98/981317.jpg

 

Find it HERE!

 

Put a flex/gooseneck or short boom on it to get the mic close & you're in like Flynn.

 

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Originally posted by shniggens:

Isn't that clamp -

 

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/tn/44/448015.t.jpg

 

Too small for this frame - ?

 

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/44/449912.jpg

Not if you attach it to one of the "cymbal" stands / arms. :) I'd attach it to the crash cymbal stand over on the left hand side 9when viewed from the drummer's perspective). Attach a short boom or a long gooseneck to the other end and you're good to go.

 

Or use the one Dak suggested. The prices are similar... it just depends on which one you prefer. I think the first one could be clamped down tighter, but either one should work fine.

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If the vocal mic is attached to the drum kit, you might need to EQ out a lot of the bottom end, otherwise the mic will pick up hard proximate drum hits as a big THUD. Or you could use a shock mount, but that can be more expensive than just buying a boom stand.
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Oh, I'd definitely want to use a shockmount with something like that Bunny... and I don't think it was the cost issue so much as shniggens wanting one less stand to have to deal with and / or wanting everything interconnected... but if i misunderstood and the price IS an issue, then I agree with you - I'd just get a boom stand or headset mic and be done with it. :)
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Originally posted by Oh God Dak, not again...:

[QB]This should work.

http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/98/981317.jpg

 

Find it HERE!

 

QB]

That is a plastic composite clamp, and will not grip the harware properly. I've done this many times, using the metal drum hardware style clamp pictured elsewhere in this post. They come in a variety fo sizes to fit anything. Use either jsut a boom, or the top half oa a mic stand and a boom, and you'll be styl'n. If you use a decent vocal mic, Shure, sennheiser, etc, the mic will not pick up any excessive vibrations, as they are all shock mount capsules. FWIW, my fav vocal mic for a drummer is a Shure Beta57a or Beta56. Excellent rejection, very nice audio quality.

Hope this is helpful.

 

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Originally posted by Bunny.:

If the vocal mic is attached to the drum kit, you might need to EQ out a lot of the bottom end, otherwise the mic will pick up hard proximate drum hits as a big THUD. Or you could use a shock mount, but that can be more expensive than just buying a boom stand.

Ditto. I have my mic boom attached to my keyboard stand, and had to buy a shock isolator mic clamp, which took out the banging just fine but its another klutzy thing to mess with. Wish I'd kept the packaging I remember it advertised "Uses the same high-tech O-rings as the Space Shuttle!" I bought it two weeks after the first shuttle disaster...

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