I needed
a professional shock-mount for my Sennheiser ME66 shotgun. Instead
of buying a shockmount for 100's of dollars I decided to
try to make one myself and here's what I've come up with.
There have been a few prototypes, but I put this together
in an effort to make it as easy as possible and with as
little materials as necessary.
There were a lot of hokey looking do-it-yourself microphone
shock-mounts out there, but none I could find that would
allow me to use my shotgun mic and resemble the professional
models out there. I decided to use a 8" x 3" I.D.
piece of ABS (it's the black plastic PVC pipe) and cut out
sections of it. I'd still like to improve the "clamp"
onto the microphone. The worm drive metal clamps seem
to be a little difficult to take on and off (for mounting
the mic on different things i.e. directly on the camera),
but if you're not planning on taking the microphone off
too often, then this will work out fine.
I can't
complain. The whole setup cost me around $10!
Items
you'll need:
