Ken, you wrote,
>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=
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>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...
It's all about windscreens in field recording! Your description is
completely normal. If the wind doesn't clip the recording you can
filter the low end, but when it clips you're fried.
It's better to solve it at the source. It's easy to build your own
zeppelin windscreens. Can't do without them!
Omni mics are less sensitive to wind than directional mics, but you
still need zeppelins with omnis.
-Dan Dugan
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