VO-BB - 19 YEARS OLD!

Jeffrey Kafer · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 12:37 am Post subject:

Is it necessary to keep the kids?
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Philip Banks · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 1:53 am Post subject:

The above would be my thought. Children are tiresome, expensive and no help moving pianos.

Meanwhile, noise. It is tiresome, expensive and particularly of no help when it comes from people moving pianos.

That'll be $8.97

Rob Ellis · M&M Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 2385 Location: Detroit

WhisperRooms come with casters as an option and they are ***supposed*** to minimize and/or eliminate low frequency rumble that resonates through the floor boards....seems to work in my case, although I don't have kids.

paulstefano · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 6:58 am Post subject:

paulstefano · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:15 am Post subject:

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todd ellis · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:46 am Post subject:

easiest & absolute best thing to do ---

you need 4 yoga balls 113 tubes of super glue & six strong friends. careful of your fingers.

you are welcome.
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paulstefano · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:57 am Post subject:

I hate to ask Todd, but seriously? I mean in some fashion would that work? Not with the giant, "let's pretend I'm healthy by using this ball as my desk chair" size balls, but some variation on that theme?
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todd ellis · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:43 am Post subject:

i was being silly --- but i believe the design is sound. i was thinking of (1) the sorbothane bumpers between my monitors & stands --- and (2) the anti-vibration mount between my drone & the camera. you COULD build a giant version of this:

iso booth + bouncy-house for the kids!
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vkuehn · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:22 am Post subject:

DenaliDave · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 2:20 pm Post subject:

I can't help but think, "Dang, it must be noisy down there in the lower-48 or something, as everyone has problem with noise!"
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chrisvoco · Club 300 Joined: 14 Mar 2014 Posts: 380 Location: Local

If the cause is vibration coming through the structure and not the air, why not try hanging the mic, as Eddie Eagle has suggested? Use some kind of rope, fishing line or string that makes you happy and won't break. Make a pyramid shape with it, so the mic can't swing far if you (gasp!) accidentally bump it. This method is ancient - and sometimes the old ways are the best (and cheapest).

To test before you do anything permanent, why not hit record, hold the mic in your hand and sit quietly for a bit, then listen to the result.

paulstefano · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 8:54 am Post subject:

Eddie Eagle · M&M Joined: 23 Apr 2008 Posts: 2393

Hang it from the ceiling with 30-50lb fishing line (you can double or triple up the line if you only have a lighter test of fishing line) or any kind of cord that is strong. Use a shock mount to tie the line or cord from the ceiling so you can aim the mic.

todd ellis · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:26 am Post subject:

550 cord (paracord)
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vkuehn · Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:37 am Post subject:

Paul: Here comes the wildest suggestion of the day. I did not attend engineering school so I can't quote resources that prove this idea, but it seems that MASS is sometimes a critical component of stopping vibration.

From the ceiling or from some framework that is holding blankets, use bungee-cord material to suspend something heavy just above where you want the mic. It could be a small concrete block. It could be a couple of metal weights from an old window sash mechanism. Or maybe the best looking would be from the sporting goods store... a weight like goes on the "dumb bell" bar for weight lifting. Hang the weight from above using the bungee cord material, and attach to mic to the bottom of the weight.

The entire house can jump up and down in tune with the kids, in tune with the trucks driving by, the the weight just hangs is space defiantly muttering: "I ain't going anywhere!!!" and your mic hangs onto the non-moving weight for dear life.