sound mixers often produce "rain hats" made from rubberized "hogs hair" to
slip over the blimps. The hog's hair is a rubberized, thistle type material
that disperses the rain drops upon impact, thus eliminating the "pitter
patter" noise that the water would otherwise make when it struck the
windscreen.
An important guideline to follow when using windscreens is to only use as
much barrier protection as is needed, but never less than what is needed.
The more stuff you surround your mic with, the more you will interfere with
the frequency response and even pattern of your mic. On the other hand, not
having enough wind protection will lead to contact wind noise, which is not
fixable in the mix.
Martyn
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Martyn Stewart
Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
http://www.naturesound.org
Redmond. Washington. USA
N47.65543=A0=A0 W121.98428
e-mail:
Tel: 425-898-0462
Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
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-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Rob Danielson
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:15 AM
To:
Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] Rain Reflective Material
Thanks Martyn! Oh, a film production product. So, break-up the
water drops with a sheet of
http://www.azpartsmaster.com/shopazp/Hogs+Hair+Filters+-+20+in.+(158000).ht=
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and then maybe a layer of polyester tent material immediately under
it to capture and divert the water? I've recorded through the walls
of a tent before and it was okay,.. Are there other ideas water
proof, sound transmissive materials I'm not considering?
This has me thinking of a ~1.5-2' diameter dome that fits over the
whole mic assembly. Rob D.
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At 7:06 AM -0700 9/27/05, Martyn Stewart wrote:
>Hogs hair Rob
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>Martyn
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>Martyn Stewart
>Bird and Animal Sounds Digitally Recorded at:
>http://www.naturesound.org
>Redmond. Washington. USA
>N47.65543 W121.98428
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>e-mail:
>Tel: 425-898-0462
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>Make every Garden a wildlife Habitat!
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>-----Original Message-----
>From:
> On Behalf Of Rob Danielson
>Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 10:47 AM
>To:
>Subject: RE: [Nature Recordists] Rain Reflective Material
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>I should go thru the archives. Whats the name of the sheer material
>people use to protect their mics/dishes from water drops? Its the
>material thats too fine for the drops but the sound still passes?
>Vender source in US? Rob D.
>--
>Rob Danielson
>Film Department
>University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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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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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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Rob Danielson
Film Department
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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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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