Syd,
did you know they had a mini windjammer for this mic? I too had all the same
problems you had, this was a very good quick fix.
<http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&;
sku=277952&is=REG>
Martyn
Martyn Stewart
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-----Original Message-----
From: Syd Curtis
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 10:58 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Wish to record nature sounds - needadvice
please
Re the posting below, alas I lack technical knowledge, but I have one
advantage over Walter - I use an NT4. Two items of advice: it is a very
sensitive mic. - sensitive to any air movement or any mechanical movement.
I can endorse the advice that the foam cover is not useful outdoors. I was
recording in a forest situation on the edge of a scarp with a very steep
drop in front of me. Just after daylight, and there was a slight drift of
cold mountain air to the valley below. One could hardly call it a breeze,
but it was enough to affect the mic. Draping my handkerchief over the back
of the foam cover solved the problem, though it brought another - the
handkerchief attracted mosquitoes. However, that indicates how sensitive
the mic is to air movement. A fully enclosed windshield solved the
problem.
And the mic won't, in my experience, tolerate any movement at all of the
cable where it connects to the mic. I imagine it would be simple for
someone with Walt's skills to build a set-up that immobilises the cable and
allows the mic to be hand-held. I took the easy way out: mic mounted on a
tripod and a cable long enough to place my recorder on the ground and be
sure of no movement at all of the cable.
Syd Curtis in Brisbane, Australia
> From: Walter Knapp <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 22:59:09 -0500
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Wish to record nature sounds - need
advice
> please
>
> From: "Ryan" <>
>
>> I think the Rode microphone you are referring to is the NT4.
>> Regarding a fluffy cover from rycote, would you suggest that I get
>> a "Softie Windshield System" or a "Full Windshield System"? if I was
>> to buy the rode NT4?
>
> The full system is much more capable than the softie.
>
>> Apparently the NT4 comes with a WS4 twin-head Wind Shield. Would
>> this suffice?
>> saw it here: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/NT4/
>
> The foam covers that mics typically come with are more like pop filters.
> To stop noises from the performer's breath hitting the mic. Strictly
> inside stuff. You need much more outside.
>
>> Is it true that I should get an extra 20ft of cable to distance the
>> microphone from the mini disc?
>
> For my uses 20ft of cable would usually be just to make life
> interesting. I generally record hand held, typically with about 4' of
> cable to my mics. I don't own a NT4, but can see no reason why the cable
> needs to be long.
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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