Put them up!

My mic stands[x1] is always fully booked,with my signature XM1800S,and for mic'ing my Quad[4x12],I found a perfect "paint can" thats tall/wide enough,that the 2nd[of 3 of course] XM,just rests,nicely "off axis",you may percieve that I'am joking,but alas am not,and I wouldn't have it any other way ATM.
Bob

P.S.

Oh,put them away?....NEVER,though the first Gibson I've owned,after 27 years of playing my ancient Ibanez Freakenstein,is ALWAYS put in it's snuggly white fur-lined hard case....especially,after I dinged the heck out of it,not realising "Nitrocelulose",sure aint like the resin-undentable coating on the Epiphone LP Custom,it's a beautifully made/sounding instrument,but FRAGILE,I feel like Gibson should have given a "Lefty" who's rarely laid eyes on a real L/H Les Paul,let alone,actually "owning" one,a Warning sticker!  

Give them a hot tub and then to bed they go

Then there's the story about seeing a roadie,while I was on tour,spraying "Glen-20" onto all the SM58 vocal mics,just prior to soundcheck......yech.

I cover everything with towels/material that has a pattern on one side.

Mixer, monitors, keyboards, tape decks, guitars,....

I usually move stands (mics, guitars) to the edges of the room to avoid collisions.

I use large socks to cover the mics when not in use.

Plastic covers can retain moisture, nicht gut.

sharke

AT

sharke


The dust that settles here in New York is atrocious...any large city in fact. I run an air cleaner all the time, it's a pretty kick-ass one (IQ Air) and has 3 stages of filtration in it. I add an extra coarse dust pad to the bottom of the chain, and it's incredible what that picks up in the space of a week. I cannot help but think that if it wasn't stuck to this pad, it would be in my lungs, in my computer, in my mic and everything else. 

You know you are a true New Yorker when you blow your nose and the snot is black.

 
You don't ride the subways, I guess?
You would think that, but surprisingly enough my snot sparkles. Same goes for my fingernails. 

jm24


I cover everything with towels/material that has a pattern on one side.

Mixer, monitors, keyboards, tape decks, guitars,....

I usually move stands (mics, guitars) to the edges of the room to avoid collisions.

I use large socks to cover the mics when not in use.

Plastic covers can retain moisture, nicht gut.

Yes, plastic covers can retain moisture - but socks, pillow cases and towels have lint that is released into the air around them (inside and out).
 
so pick your poison and deal with it! 

Just a thought, how long are your recording sessions? And how muche dust your mics pick up?
However i've made custom velvet covers for mine, and when they are not in use they go back to the boxes where they rest tight and snug by the way i talk to them too, like thanking them for their hard work.

Awal

The windscreen cover keeps them clean. Occasionally I wash them up in the sink with my dishes ;).

When I finish using them, I put it away... Always. Even during the day, when I could need it again.