| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
vxboogie
pushin' record
Joined: 06 Aug 2008
Posts: 262
Location: OH
|
 Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:03 pm Post subject: Re: Mic placement robot and drumbrella |
  |
|
Anyone thought about repurposing a remote control car for some of this?
_________________
Mark - Listen, turn knob, repeat as necessary... |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
rhythm ranch
moves faders with mind
Joined: 07 May 2003
Posts: 2623
Location: Corrales, NM
|
| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Mic placement robot and drumbrella |
|
|
| T-rex wrote: | | rhythm ranch wrote: | What price range would you guys consider reasonable?
I know that ideally it would do everything and then clean the toilets, but what are the "must have" features? Assuming it would need to be able to move in and out, would you need side-to-side and up-and-down, or just one or the other? Would it need to pivot (to get an off axis response), and, if so, side-to-side and up-and-down or one or the other?
So, if it could do in-out, left-right (or up-down), and horizontally pivot 45 degrees to either side, all with wireless control for $1000, is that reasonable? |
I think up down and left right would be much more important than horizontal pivoting. Generally seems like I most always have a mic either on axis or off axis based on what I am going for and I just need to find the sweet spot on the amp, which could be left, right, up or down - but I rarely change the angle of the mic at the same time. Could just be me. |
OK, so if it did in-out, left-right and up-down - with wireless control - and you didn't have to constantly run back and forth, or try to get an intern to understand what you're after, would that be worth $1000? $800? $500? What would you guys (really) pay for something like this?
Is there a market for a well-engineered unit?
_________________
Every calculation based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico. - General Lew Wallace, author of Ben Hur and Territorial Governor of NM 1878-81 |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
jgimbel
carpal tunnel
Joined: 08 Jan 2009
Posts: 1541
Location: Philadelphia, PA
|
| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:27 pm Post subject: Re: Mic placement robot and drumbrella |
|
|
I would feel good about spending $500 on this kind of thing. I don't know that $800-1000 would put it beyond what anyone would pay, but it would certainly be something on the list, for me, of things that would be great to have but not something I'd be spending the money on when I have other things I need to maintain and bigger pieces to get. $500 is still a "gettable" price to me, while $800-1000 is more something for me to plan/save longer for.
_________________
Currently looking for mixing/mastering work - http://jessegimbel.com/studio
Free download of my last album "City Shade/Country Sun" - http://jessegimbel.bandcamp.com |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Jon Nolan
tinnitus
Joined: 01 Jul 2006
Posts: 1066
Location: New Hampshire
|
| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: Mic placement robot and drumbrella |
|
|
I'm in the $500 category as well. I feel like I could justify that amount. Once you get to the 1k mark, I feel like I'd start thinking "welllll, i could also get an ___." or, more likely, "while it's not sexy, i really NEED a (unsexy studio purchase here)."
_________________
www.jonnolan.net
http://jonnolan.bandcamp.com/
dude about town. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
