We don't have thousands of dollars to build a professional sound studio for podcasting. Sometimes, we have to be a little tacky.
I present my tacky solution to firmly holding my mic overhead boom arm. The block of wood is actually one I broke in my black belt test and it helps protect the particleboard desk from damage from the clamp.
The couple coupons are there to give a little extra balance to keep the mic boom completely vertical and prevent it from drifting. This is actually my cohost's mic, which is at the back of my podcasting desk, so the surface is a not completely level.
What tacky solutions have you found that work perfectly for you?
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I bought a third microphone and a guest used it one day with a small desktop mic-stand from Target. They kept moving it though and it made horrible noise. To isolate it but keep it mobile on the desk, we cut a side of a tennis ball into three pieces. It works really well and was a clever solution.
Picture: http://plus.google.com/u/0/103163894873322469147/posts/ZYJ9rH1mvoX
Wow! That’s awesome!