thanks, i sure will use my windshield, i thought that the mic will
keep banging on the zeppelin, but good to hear that you use it, too.
great!
Am 20.03.2007 um 18:47 schrieb Walter Knapp:
> Posted by: "evs"
> >
> > thanks alot for your answers,
> > they are a big help for me.
> > i have a sennheiser windshield for an mkh416. its great, but i also
> > used rycote windshields.
> > i often thought that you could dent the rycote more, because its
> more
> > elastic. but the sennheiser was way more comfortable in building it
> > up or down because my one has clips instead of bolts.. but maybe i
> > have an old sennheiser windshield and used old rycotes..
>
> I don't think this has changed much, the sennheisers are a simpler
> design with less tiny parts and less assembly problems.
>
> It's more than just the extra flex of the rycote, the plastic
> itself is
> not as durable a type as the Sennheiser.
>
> > by the way, i did not know that sennheiser builds windshield for
> > stereo set ups.. like i said before i have the mzs 20-1 and the MZW
> > 60-1, and its hard to believe that there is enough space inside to
> > have two mics in it.. or is it no problem?
> > i also heard that you got to have more space around the mics, for
> > acustic reasons, but i forgot the argument. is it not right? ( i
> > think the more space you have around the mics, the better is the
> wind
> > absorbation? wrong?)
>
> Sennheiser does not build a windshield for stereo, you use the mono
> ones. Or at least I do, look here:
> http://frogrecordist.home.mindspring.com/docs/ms_setups.html
> I do use rycote double clips in the Sennheiser setups, the Sennheiser
> ones cost more and are harder to come by.
>
> The clearance is limited. I do sheath the mics with knit baby socks
> now
> to provide a little more protection. Acoustically I have not found any
> problem with this setup.
>
> Space around the mics helps with wind protection, so there is a little
> less protection for the top mic which is less than a inch from the
> top.
> But the close direction would be for a wind blowing straight down
> on the
> top of the setup, which is not a common problem.
>
> > if i can use my old windshield, i would not have to buy a new one...
> > well that would not be too bad:-)
>
> Always try what you have first. That's how I ended up with my setups.
>
> Walt
>
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