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Don't Drop The Mic: Tip From A Pro

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Uploaded by on Feb 16, 2008

Taking a microphone on and off a stand too often results in dropping the mic. In this Tip From A Pro, Roger Cole (Steve Vai, Little Feat) demonstrates an easy way to reduce the chance of dropping a microphone when removing it or placing on a mic stand.

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  • This is important for condenser mics and ribbon mics, but for the mic in this video(SM57) a drop won't do any damage. Those things are tough as hell!

  • Agreed. Poor use of prop. A 57 can be fired through a cannon and still sound great on a gtr cab. Ideally, take the mic off the clip first.

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  • next weeks lesson -how to operate a light switch!

  • i was wondering if it's good to drop it or not, thanks!

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  • What is that red guitar in the background? I've only seen that body shape and pickup configuration once elsewhere

  • Why on earth unscrew the entire clip assembly just for the microphone?

  • EXPERT VILLAGE SUCKS!

    oh wait...

  • lol.....that consender mic is a terminator...

    

  • u right i didnt thought about it

  • this guy is almost as good as expert village

  • OMG this is so much easer than just take it out of the clip......

  • OK can you just go over that once more please...

  • lol everyone thinks "oh this is soooo obvious" but i'm sure there are idiots out there who don't know what they're doing and constantly dropping mics.

  • Howaudio Fucking sucks !!! 

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