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Condom tests underwater?

Subject: Condom tests underwater?
From: David Bradley <>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 13:40:11 -0800 (PST)
Just to add to this thread, has anyone tried waterproofing a mic in a condo=
m and recording underwater sounds ush as fish/dolphins etc?
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David Steinwedel <> wrote:
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> i would love to have been a fly on the wall when you
> explained that package
> to mrs. rob d. ;^)

Try explaining it to your CFO! :)

I've found condoms to work very well against damaging
elements (such as water, mud, etc.) and don't find
much signal loss at all (definately not enough to
warrant putting an expensive mic in a dangerous
situation without protection). I've never noticed
condoms doing much against wind as you'll have to get
a very tight fit to keep the condom from sliding
around and making noise against the the body of the
mic. Rubber bands can help keep it attached but
condoms seem to work best when the mic is in a static
position.

I've even gone so far so as completely wrap a mic in a
condom, zip tie the whole thing up and drop it in a
body of water. I'm damn careful about it but so far no
mics lost doing this.

Dave

>
> best,
>
> m
>
>
> On 1/31/06, Rob Danielson <> wrote:
> >
> > At 4:08 AM +0000 1/31/06, Romilly Hambling wrote:
> > >Back in November there was some discussion about
> condoms,
> > >amongst which from Rob D . . .
> > >
> > >>  Covering a mic with an unlubricated condom is
> said to work
> > >very well
> > >>  and might allow one to use the other models in
> high humidity.
> > >I've
> > >>  just located some unlubricated ones and hope
> to test this on
> > >the
> > >NT2-A. Rob D.
> > >
> > >Rob, any results?
> >
> > I found unlubricated ones on line-- just need time
> to run the test.
> > When I stretch one out and hold it over my ear it
> doesn't seem to
> > produce a lot of signal loss, which is
> encouraging. I'm curious too.
> > Fairly soon. Rob D.
> >
> > >I mean on effects on sound of course, and
> > >against wind, not so much on keeping damp out
> (!!). Seems a
> > >temptingly cheap, simple solution to keeping out
> the elements.
> > >
> > >RomillyH
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rob Danielson
> > Film Department
> > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> >
> >
> > "Microphones are not ears,
> > Loudspeakers are not birds,
> > A listening room is not nature."
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