Home Made Boom pole

[o2pb]

I took a telescopic painting pole, and got a custom adapter that lets me connect the shotgun mic to the pole. Its a perfect design. he only thing is..... if I scrape something on the pole while the mic is recording, the noise gets transfered along the pole, and you can her the scrape/knock once everything is recorded. By scrape I mean, the sound it makes when you shift hands, or slighly move them along the pole.

is there any way I could absorb that noise? The pole is a hollow alluminum tube.

[sn-films]

What you are looking for is referred to as a shockmount. Follow this link and scroll down to the close-up of the microphone to see a homemade version.

http://www.fanfilmsforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=555

[o2pb]

Very interesting. Ill do some experimenting.