> the outfit running but plan to build a suspension for the elements
> in the future. I like the setup that Rob has, ( elements mounted on
> the end of rods which clips to his backpack and extends out to the
> sides, making the microphone hands free).
Have you considered making a head-mounted windscreen?
I love my "WHB" windscreen from Sonic Studios; when Jeremiah Moore brought
over his pair of WL-183s the other day for me to oggle I was pleased to
see they should be easily mountable in such a windscreen, which could be
homebrewed quite cheaply...
My design is to use doubled wire cork-cages from champagne bottles as
a rigid cage, which are mounted narrow end out on cheap old over-ear
headphones.
A suspension could be made with rubberbands inside to aligator clip to;
wires exit along the frame of the headphones and along with baby socks as
windscreening can be ziptied/rubberbanded down... the exact baby socks to
be used TBD :); I'm sure cotton/wool/nylon etc. have different balances
between windblast protection and acoustic transparency.
Done cleanly this setup has the advantage of being very stealthy ~ but,
you do have to practice being very quiet and still. (Personally I find
that a marvelous opportunity to attend fully to my surroundings anyway!).
Oh and of course in this type of recording, monitoring is ill-advised; I
always set levels by meters and trust to the fates!
best,
aaron
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> My main decission is should I use foam to encase the element or
> should I use low tension support from rubber bands? The main
> design consideration is to keep the setup light, small and
> portable. If foam is nearly as good as rubber bands I could also
> make a handle of foam and do many variations to carry the rig.
> When I get this project finished I will post photos of the
> connectors and mounts that I have decided on.
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> Jerry White Muscatine, IA
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> Loudspeakers are not birds,
> A listening room is not nature."
> Klas Strandberg
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