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Re: Desiccant

Subject: Re: Desiccant
From: Rob Danielson <>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 23:57:02 -0500
At 8:57 PM -0700 4/6/06, Tim Nielsen wrote:
>Here's a question. I know my Schoeps are fairly sensitive to high=A0
>humidity environments. But I want to go sometime this year and record=A0
>rain forest. My thinking was, what if put a desiccant bag or two=A0
>inside the Rycote Zeppelin, do you think it'd help? Or is that just=A0
>too much humidity.
>
>Anyone using Schoeps with experience in high humidity environments? I=A0
>know the Sennheiser MKH are fantastic for this type of recording, but=A0
>can't justify a pair just for a trip or two. I'm hoping I can make my=A0
>Schoeps work. Will be using a double MS setup, and a space omni pair,=A0
>maybe using a Jecklin disc too for some stuff. I'm not sure when I'm=A0
>going, probably later this year, but am starting to think about the=A0
>humidity problem, see if anyone has any clever ideas.
>
>Tim
>

Hi Tim--
Stories are sure to vary. You pretty much have to
plan for an alternative if they don't work, don't
you?  Even a cheap back-up pair is better than
having no working mics.  The desiccant relies on
a closed bag. I've read of people drying out mics
after three days in bags changing the desiccant
every day. If your Schoeps go out, you could dry
them out and quickly slip each (completely)
inside of a condom with bag of desiccant-- not
without some loss of sound quality, but an
option.  Rob D.



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