Microphone stand

A microphone stand or mic stand is made ​​of metal pipes free-standing mount for a microphone. It allows the placement of the microphone on the stage or in another place, without that this must be held by hand.

The classic shape of the microphone stand is the standing on a dome- shaped base made ​​of cast metal. Then two or more intermating telescopic tubes are screwed with their height is easily adjustable via a one-handed compression fitting. A common modern version of the base instead of the round metal buckle of the upright stand is foldable tripod. This variant facilitates transportation and reduces the weight of the tripod, but requires more stand and so has a certain risk of tripping. Singers like Freddy Mercury or Robbie Williams used without foot brackets that were held throughout the piece in your hand.

For miking guitar amps, there are smaller models of desks and tables goosenecks are used. The latter can also be used to finish off a larger tripod to the microphone closer to the sound source ( eg, speakers, singers ) to position. Most here, however, a fully rotational arm ( " gallows " ) is employed. Microphone stands are usually made ​​from shiny chromed or held in a matt black scratch-resistant material.

The microphone itself is bolted directly to the stand, removable clamped in a holder screwed up or fastened with a shockmount. For screwing the bracket to the tripod thread following are common:

• 5/8 inch, 27 threads per inch, Unified Special thread ( UNS)
• 3/8 inch, 16 threads per inch, British Standard Whitworth

Microphone stand also serve to attach portable audio recorder for recordings or field recording.

Table Top Tripod

Set for miking a drum kit

Mounting the Microphone

Structure for stereophonic