From: "Andrew Carter" <>
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> Firsly thanks to Walter and Martyn to replying to my first post.
> Martyn asked what my Telinga is - a Pro 4, this seems rather more susce=
ptable to wind than I first thought. does any one have suggestions for impr=
oving it?
There is a rycote cover for the telinga, it consists of a flat circular
piece of synthetic fleece with a edge elastic drawstring. This covers
the opening of the telinga, thus enclosing the mic as well. This is very
effective, I've used my Pro 5 with DATStereo in winds so strong it was
hard to hold the dish steady.
It would not be hard to sew such a cover. Here's one made of artificial fur=
:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/christopher.owens2/Windshield.htm
A webpage on building a windscreen for a bigger parabolic where the mic
projects out front, which will show the idea:
http://birds.cornell.edu/LNS/recordingnature/html/TheRecorder/rl_txt.html
If you wish to buy the rycote one, Doug should have them.
http://www.naturesongs.com/Telinga.html
> Also for my Senheiser ME80 I was looking at improving the wind protection=
of that and I was wondering how good the Lightwave audio wind shields are =
- being rather cheaper than a Rycote product.. The blurb talks about sweete=
ning up the mid-range - what does this mean?
> Any pointers welcome.
> Thanks
The entire system, suspension, zeppelin, and fur cover are necessary for
serious wind. And even then a thin cover on the mic itself is sometimes
necessary. (I use baby socks on my mics for that) I've no experience
with the Lightwave brand, it rarely turns up used on ebay, which is my
primary source for such things. I prefer the Sennheiser system over
Rycote, but that's a matter of more robust design than sound quality. It
takes considerable time to get this stuff off ebay. Lots of folks
willing to bid things way too high.
The blurb is propaganda, probably only some minor difference. Any wind
screening will effect the sound, so no more than is needed should be used.
While it's possible to build a full up wind system, it's not all that
easy to make one near as convenient as the commercial ones. The fur
cover is fairly easy, suspensions are not too bad, but making and
mateing them to a removable zeppelin is very tricky.
Also remember that no wind screen removes the ambient wind sounds. Wind
through trees, etc. It only keeps the direct wind from the mic membrane.
This is not a huge problem with a parabolic with its fairly tight
directionality, but can be so with wider polar patterns.
Walt
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