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RE: M/S stereo rig for traveling

Subject: RE: M/S stereo rig for traveling
From: Wild Sanctuary <>
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:58:25 -0800
Hell no. When it gets dirty, I just turn it inside out.

><For traveling, I remove the mics from the shock-mounts and just
>wrap them in underwear (especially if they're Sennheisers, which
>tend to be pretty hardy and durable)>
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>They would have to be durable! Is this clean underwear? J
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>Martyn
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>From: Wild Sanctuary 
>Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 6:32 AM
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>Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] M/S stereo rig for travelling
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>>>   I've been trying to figure out the best way to mount the mics for M/S
>>>   stereo recording.  I have a Sennheiser zeppelin, and I could mount
>>>   them the way Walt does, but the zeppelin is big, hard to pack, and I
>>>   am concerned that it is not rugged enough to go in soft-sided
>>>   luggage.   I also could mount the mics on a Sennheiser MZS80 shock
>>>   mount (came with the MKH 30) and use foam windscreens.  However, a
>>>   pretty mild breeze produces buffeting with that set-up.  I also have
>>>   a couple of Rycote softies, but I haven't figured out how I can set
>>>   up an M/S rig when using them.  I'm very interested in any
>>>   suggestions anyone might have.
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>>I don't consider the zeppelins safe except in hard sided containers. The
>>Sennheiser zeppelins are more sturdy than the Rycote, but could be
>>easily damaged. That pretty much means finding at least a rigid tube to
>>protect it.
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>For traveling, I remove the mics from the shock-mounts and just wrap
>them in underwear (especially if they're Sennheisers, which tend to
>be pretty hardy and durable). I stuff my zeppelins with clothes
>pretty much to the limit of their capacity so they won't get crushed
>and pack them in with the rest of the stuff in my backpack or
>suitcase, as the case may be. That way they don't take up any extra
>room and they have come through, for me, at least, for about 15 years
>without incident. On our recent Ecuador trip I collapsed two complete
>M-S systems (except for the zeppelins) down to one shoulder bag the
>size of my laptop case.
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>Bernie
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>Wild Sanctuary, Inc.
>P. O. Box 536
>Glen Ellen, California  95442-0536
>Tel: (707) 996-6677
>Fax: (707) 996-0280
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
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