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Subject: Re: Nature recording 101
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:32:17 +0100
Rich, I have visited the Rycote factory - what they do can be done by
anyone, except the classy outlook, the long-time reliability and the
versatility, fitting all mic's.
With normal hearing you can detect if the material absorbs any sound: Let
water run from you kitchen tap and put the material in between the sound
and you head. If you don't hear any difference, - with or without it - use=

it. (Or use white noise for the test if you have it.)

Klas.

At 20:47 2005-02-23, you wrote:


>This is another area that Walt and I don't agree on and that is OK.
>
>Windscreens are an area where you can build your own and come up with
>good designs that work well and can easily exceed some very expensive
>designs. Feel free to invest $20.00 and try out your own and see if
>you can beat the $1,000 designs.
>
>I prefer a Shopvac filter element bought from a hardware store, some
>high tech rubber bands for the mic suspension and a couple food
>strainers with the handles cut off for the ends.  Then you can find
>either single layer knit hats or hand sew some fake (faux) fur for a
>cover.  I use 1" aluminum bar stock with washers and small bolts to
>mount to a handle or tripods.
>
>There has been many posts here with very fine home made designs and a
>little play will get you going in style.
>
>Greater than 30 mph
>700 kb download
>http://home.comcast.net/~richpeet/snowstorm.mp3
>
>Rich Peet
>
>--- In  Ken  Durling <>
>wrote:
> > Walt -
> >
> > Thanks very much, that's a hugely informative post.  I suspected that
> > possibly the pop filters were possibly making things worse, but didn't
> > think to try them both ways.  You've clarified a number of things in my
> > mind, and I have a better sense of what to work toward.  Thanks again.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> > At 10:24 AM 2/23/2005, you wrote:
> > >From: Ken  Durling <>
> > >
> > > >
> > > > 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 refine=
d
> > > > things:  what's the best way to deal with wind noise?
>
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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S-748 96 Tobo, Sweden.
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