At 10:03 PM -0800 2/22/05, Ken Durling wrote:
>OK, I'm back from my first attempt at this. There's one question that
>clearly needs to be cleared up first before moving onto more refined
>things: what's the best way to deal with wind noise? I may be able to
>shelf EQ some of it out of these recordings, but how do you folks deal wit=
h
>it? Are the mics you use more resistant to it? Granted I only had simple
>foam screens over mine, but they had little or no effect, although I
>didn't try it without them. It wasn't all that windy even, but when
>there was anything more than a faint waft it zeroed the meters. Clearly I
>need more sensitive mics for distance work, but wind noise might be even
>more of a problem then? About the only thing I can think of right now is
>to have the mics sheltered somehow, which could interfere with their
>pattern...
>
>You all are way beyond this I know, so if there's a FAQ somewhere feel fre=
e
>to give me steer.
>
>Ken
There should be an FAQ-- designs are numerous. There used to be some
very instructive DIY photos on a site by a videographer (Mulford
Media). They're no longer there. I took the liberty of putting a .zip
of his photo folder here:
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/Mic%20Preamps/MulfordShckMntZep.zip
--
Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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