Hi Bill, I hate to reveal that I found some decent lower pile fakefur in small $1.99 rolls at Walmart last week. Worked okay for us at the camp out but we didn't get many gusts. Its usually in stoc
Try the fabric stores that are national chains. Joanne Fabrics is what I have used locally. Teady bear fur. Polar bear for winter and summer bug resistance, Brown Bear for spring. For low wind and du
I am in the process of building stands and windscreens for my mics for outdoor recording. I am surprised in the difficulty that I am finding in an attempt to locate a source for long haired, fakefur
The previously mentioned sources are good and I will add a couple more. Larger Ace hardware stores usually have a craft section and one of the fabrics they can order has fur which is about two inches
here in india, there is a market which seems to have an extraordinary variety of fake furs, from very long haired to short 1/2 hairs, and every colour you can think of . They are sold as 'export surp
I bought the #055403 product, here are some further details. It comes with the silk like lining material Rycote use, this is excellent stuff IMO; size 10.5 x 7inches + the fakefur fabric 10.25 x 7.1
Jim-- I'm okay with a brown or tan color too. The fox does look interesting. Its description indicates that its the same fiber with more weight (density), but it could work fine. I'm not sure they're
Dan, I have a dish with 183's and I have two wind covers for the rim of the dish. The first is a very thin and porous material, I can not hear any difference in the sound level using headphones when
Posted by: "John Hartog" Black is far down my list of choices of colors, probably last, although it would nudge out the lime green. A medium tan shade is my preference and does not stand out that muc
I did comparison recordings with EM-23s and 183s with one channel under plastic canvas dome and one channel naked. I'll try to get the curves on my web site. I use a long-hair grey fakefur on a fai
Fellow fine fakefur fanciers--I would really appreciate getting a part of this--there are NO fabric shops in Hawai`i that carry anything like it. Aloha, David -- In naturerecordists@yahoogroups.com,
Have you guys tried silk as a windscreen material? This guy did: http://www.devhardware.com/forums/gadgets-76/my-diy-silk-windscreen-for-thecost-0-dollar-79671.html and seemed to have some succes wit
Just out of curiosity has anybody done any actual tests to determine the relative acoustic transparency of the various fake furs out there? Jim -- Jim Lee - Bamboo Turtle Studio http://www.bambooturt
How about stretching a piece of the test fabric over an embroidery frame and simply placing it between a sound source and a microphone. An A-B comparison could be made in real time by moving the fram
t's From: kdurling@comcast.net to rig something for my current mics. Is there a lower limit for the ID of the zeppelin compared to the OD of the mic element? Would someone care to recap briefly the r
Hello, I use velcro and a saw machine.The fakefur is not identical, be careful. I= made various wind protections (with chinese fakefur and with european fak= e fur) for various microphones and the
Hi Jon, I believe the windscreen maybe the original one designed for the= Ku81i. Im using the WSB windscreen designed for the KU100 on my Sennheiser= head but this is quite inadequate for anything ot
Great, Walt. Thanks so much. I've printed this (and others) out. I'm going to have a pretty good notebook! now to find a craft store in the area... Ken _______________________________________________
The commercial zeps come in two types as far as what I have, Rycote and Sennheiser differ. And each has varied over the years. Comments below are primarily on their current offerings. Rycote zeps are