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JTVG
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I like to give my pop filter a good scrub down now and then when it starts looking a little like a used furnace filter. Beyond that, I've always waged the dust war in my studio. It's amazing how quickly you start seeing a layer collect on anything black.
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Mike Sommer
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For cleaning speaker cones, just a light duster. I have a badger hair bush that I use for my hats that does wonders. Or just a light blow of compressed air.
If you have a mixer, blow out the pots too.
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Bruce
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Never use a powdered detergent when you wash your microphones and keyboards in the dishwasher. It can really screw them up.
I never use a pop screen so I'm always blowing the shmutz out of my microphones, which keeps them nice and clean.
Best advice: Never, ever let me unplug and replug in your ISDN box or other similar equipment.
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Mike Sommer
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| Bruce wrote: | | ...I'm always blowing the shmutz out of my microphones, which keeps them nice and clean. |
Aaaaaagh!!!  I hope you're not using compressed air to blow out your mic. That's one sure way to damage the diaphragm.
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ballenberg
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| I'm pretty sure Bruce was joking. |
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Philip Banks
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| Of course he was, he uses a bicycle pump like everyone else. |
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Mike Sommer
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Well, that's an entirely different situation then. 
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Diane Maggipinto
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and have i got the bike pump to beat all!
cleaning the studio? wonders never cease.
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| Philip Banks wrote: | | Of course he was, he uses a bicycle pump like everyone else. |
My lawn clipping blower is rated at 150 mph on high speed. Now thats the way to do it... blows the odd stuff that builds up on the diaphram into the next zip code!
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Dan-O
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| dwpthe3rd wrote: | | Philip Banks wrote: | | Of course he was, he uses a bicycle pump like everyone else. |
My lawn clipping blower is rated at 150 mph on high speed. Now thats the way to do it... blows the odd stuff that builds up on the diaphram into the next zip code! |
Just so there's no misunderstanding here, I AM talking about a mic diaphram.
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Dan-O
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| Dan-O wrote: | | That was assumed. However, thanks for the unnecessary imagery. |
Sorry 'bout that... Humor need be nothing more than a vision. You have to see it for yourself. Apologies to hi-jack your thread.
Peace.
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