Speaking of homemade windscreens, here's an idea - at least for
small mics:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/files/tea-infuser-
windscreen.JPG
The particular stainless steel tea infuser in the picture may be
kinda grungy from steeping a thousand cups of tea, but it is mine
and I like it and it is not for sale.
However, they can be purchased new - I found here in Portland OR at
a Japanese deli and kitchen supply store for $2.25 each. I plan to
cover them with stretchy fabric or fake fur to use with my Shure
WL183s.
-John Hartog
--- In Ken Durling
<> wrote:
> That's great, Rich, thanks. Since I am a person who likes to
tinker and
> build things, this will be fun. I also tend to only fully believe
what I
> experience for myself, so all the different ideas here are great!=20
With all
> due respect to the obvious expertise, which is a great guide for
those
> experiments. More stuff to try....
>
> Ken
>
>
> At 11:47 AM 2/23/2005, you wrote:
> >indscreens 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
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