I too have been looking for some kind of portable mic boom device which could somehow clamp to my keyboard (PSR2000). Nobby, it's disappointing to hear that you are getting feedback (rumbling) thru the internal speakers. Can you explain what type of clamping device you're using? How and where are you clamping the device to the keyboard? Is there rubber (or sound dampening material) in the clamping device to keep the sound from transmitting from the boom to the keyboard? How about the mic boom itself? Is this a specially designed portable mic boom unit? Please provide details in your setup.

I somehow remember a keyboard (a few years back) which included a mic boom holder built into the keyboard itself. Can someone here possibly refresh my memory about this? This sure would be a great built in feature for our arranger keyboards. Until then, it would be great to figure out a way to attach some kind of portable mic boom to our arranger keyboards, making one less piece of equipment to have to transport to the gig. - Scott

This Quiklok GRIPLOK 30mm collar is what I use on my QL-746 "Pro Series" Heavy Duty, Double-Brace, Single-Tier "X" KB stand, works great, heavy duty, folds up on the stand, you never remove it, and less to carry! Get the right size they also make a Griplok 28mm for smaller diameter tube x stands.
http://www.quiklok.com/



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Donny,
Can you possibly give me a direct link to the 'Griplok' mic boom page on Quiklok's site. For some reason I couldn't find it searching from the main Quiklok page. Thanks. - Scott

scott

when you get to the home page click on KEYBOARD STANDS not mic stands.

Hi Scottyee,
Scott your formiliar with the short stands about two foot tall with a about a 30 inch boom. They are used by many as mic pickup
for say an acustic guitar! Being just right hight. And the short boom puts the mic right where you need it. Well I had one, no I got the bright idea to mount it on my KB stand.
I ask my music store dealer if he had ever heard of a bracket to mount a mic. to the stand. We were looking in a book for one when he remembered he had ordered one sometime ago an stlll had it!
I have an X style stand and it mounts on one
of the bars that the KB sits on. The clamp had a rounded jaw at the top with soft rubberish in the jaw! There was a place to mount a goose neck or I had a short 12" extension pipe I screwed onto the clamp & mounted my boom ontop. At the bottom of the clamp it had a threaded bolt with a knob on it coming up thru the clamp if had a half round jaw that had the same rubberish stuff on it. It was on the end of the bolt that came up again the bottom side of the stand bar.
It was so shaky, that was bad enough.
I guess you could slide your KB a little closer to you. But I had problems it bumping
the KB! Sometimes getting up again it.
I tried everthing I could think of, the only you could play at all was turn everything very low!
I give on it real quick,
Nobby


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I think it was a keyboard by Quasimidi--maybe it was the Raven (but I think that was another keyboard) or maybe it was "Serius"--that had a built in mike holder with mike. It was not an arranger, but probably had a vocoder built in.

But several keyboard stands have provisions for mike booms--this might be a more productive line of search.


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Farfisa had a mic holder built in.
Don

Farfisa . . . that's IT !

Scott,

I really hope you consider a wired headset mic like my Crown CM311A. It is so fantastic sounding - and I can look at the buttons on the keyboard and at the audience to the side of me while I sing. I can move my head to the music while I sing.

Just as good, I can fit the mic and cable inside my keyboard gig bag, so I only need to carry the keyboard stand and the gig bag (and sometimes a duffle bag with my small monitors) to my gigs. It's so quick and convenient. I can arrive 8 minutes before a gig and be set up on time.

Just consider it Scott, because you wouldn't have to be screwing that clamp on at every gig. I know that a regular mic has one advantage - that you can distance yourself for notes that require higher volume. But the PSR2000 comes with a compressor and that helps a lot.

Whatever you go with, I hope you're happy.

Larry

Larry,
You're my hero if you can actually SING through a headset mic. I've has a bunch over the years, and I can't get the same performance out of them. AS for compressors - I don't use them on my voice either. They limit too much of the expression, and color the tone.
Sometimes, I wish I could have the additional freedom of a headset, but it's too much of a sacrifice to my sound and style. I actually own one, but I rarely use it. Sometimes I do a strolling thing with an acoustic guitar, and I wear it then, or on Halloween when I dress up in my Phantom gear. I doubt that I will ever embrace the technology, as long as the sacrifice is so great.
Good luck with your setup, I use the clamp on stand that Donny has, and it takes less time to set up than a headset. Chocolate & Vanilla again?
Speaking of voices and mics - I'm posting a separate topic on the Voice Prism tonite !

The clip-on mic that the newscasters using might be a good idea. Put it on your shirt and sing. But I don't know if they can be use for profesional performances. There may not be one made for that. I guess if you want to sing comfortably there must have something infront of your mouth. The headset type is good for live energetic performances like Janet Jackson. You will loose the dynamics specially on slow songs. Scott, I'm using an Apex stand with built-in boom mic stand. But I don't know if you will like that kind of stand. If you will only use one keyboard the stand is ok. Good luck.
Dan

Dan,
That APEX was the standard for a long time, but mine tipped over one time too many, because of the weird center of gravity. If you hit it on an angle, from the side - it goes over with a feather touch !(Falling TOWARDS you) Not good, not good.
Another problem with the Apex: There is not as much useable space for footpedals at the base of the stand. I only use two, but some players have a whole board full of triggers at their feet. It also looks weird if you use an Apex from a seated position. Like you're sitting behind a pole.
I ditched mine long ago.
Re: the lapel mics - NO NO NO NO!
They are omni-directional and have terrible response for singing. They are for speech only. If you don't need a lot of dynamic expression, then a headset is a great option to save space, but it will never give the performance of a good, handheld mic - and that's the most important element of my shows. Without singing, I feel like I owe the people change!