SM Pro Audio The Mic Thing Microphone Isolator

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Suitable for attachment to any microphone stand.

The Mic Thing is a portable multi-purpose acoustic treatment panel suitable for minimizing room artifacts and improving separation during microphone recording sessions. Great for a range of applications including helping to control room ambience, minimizing spill from instrument amplifiers, or even creating temporary control rooms the Mic Thing is certainly one handy thing!

Good microphone separation and isolation means a cleaner recording and more controlled end result. Although the question of how much microphone separation is really necessary in any given situation, audio engineers around the world unanimously agree that if given the chance, they would rather be in control of these factors than not.

The Mic Thing can be mounted on just about any microphone, drum, or speaker stand up to 1 in. (25mm) in diameter. The Mic Thing’s 2 winged panels can also be adjusted to create anything from a flat planar absorber to a tight semi circle enclosing the microphone. This way, the amount of separation and absorption can be easily be manipulated to suit requirements.

By Tightening the wing panel attitude, greater isolation and a dryer sound can be achieved. Varying the mic position will also affect the result.

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-343-0353

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 2.5 out of 5 stars. (28 ratings)
Submitted October 9, 2008 by a customer from hotmail.com

"SAVE YOUR CASH AND BUILD ONE YOURSELF"

Overall: 2.5 out of 5 stars
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I bought this to use for isolating vocals in my small, but way too echo-y project studio. I should have just built one myself.
Features
This design of this thing is curious. It isn't as adjustable as I was led to believe. The isolation foam does not always stay in the position I bend it around the mic I'm using even with the knobs tightly engaged. Also, the mic stand they make you purchase with this is cheap. The glued piece that connects the boom to the stand broke right away as I was mounting my mic thing. I ended up using a PA speaker stand and it attached more easily and was stronger than the included mic stand.
Quality
Not the quality I was expecting for more than $200.
Value
This thing should be $75-$100 cheaper.
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