Most mic's work fine with a condom over the membrane. Not perfect, but...
Klas.
At 23:25 2003-07-23 -0700, you wrote:
>Re: getting a cord out of a pelican case MD recorder to a hydrophone for
>full-immersion recording...
>
>...at REI before a trip to Fiji a year or two ago I examined 'dry bags'
>made specifically for taking portable audio gear kayaking -- they were
>specifically made with a sealed and theoretically waterproof exit point
>they presumed you'd use for headphones... They were clear so you could see
>what you were doing to your protected deck.
>
>You might 'road test' one stuffed inside the pelican? The cord would
>obviously break the O-ring seal of the pelican but you might be able to
>get away with at least a very small leak into the pelican, and hence save
>the dry bag from total immersion -- I'm not sure if such dramatic
>submersion was in its design spec!
>
>Btw something that bears researching -- at a trade show earlier this year
>I was shown samples of *very* flat custom multi-conductor cable -- paper
>flat. The 'wires' were flattened into something resembling very very
>thin but 1/4" wide traces on a PCB board. The manufacturer intended them
>to be glued(?) to walls and painted over, for conducting speaker signals,
>video, etc. in the upscale pro-AV installation market...
>
>...but I could see such cable allowing a *very* slow leak into a pelican
>case if you weren't going deep (I trust you have no plans to! ;) ).
>
> b e st,
> aaron
>
>PS one final thought, I think core sound or microphone madness is selling
>binaural mic setups sealed into otter boxes -- they're not intended to be
>waterproof, but they've taken the time to drill a hole through the case;
>you might get one from them (I think they're pretty cheap) and try sealing
>it permanently around a cable with epoxy or resin...?
>
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