Thanks for this insight, Curt. I've experienced this with several
models of condenser mics-- its good to have the phenomenon confirmed.
This Fall and Winter I've left my condenser mics powered-up 24/7
instead of my habit of turning them off during non-use. The very
occasional, brief pops I was getting last Winter/Spring & Summer have
disappeared (knock on wood) and I suspect that continual powering
might have something to do with it.
Colin, after the mics are cooled-down outside, you might want to
consider keeping them outside and running on phantom powering rather
than taking them in & out repeatedly. Let us know how it goes! Rob D.
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At 8:32 AM -0600 12/22/08, Curt Olson wrote:
>It's -8F (-23C) here in Minneapolis this morning. I've had four AT3032s
>out overnight (in two stereo rigs). About a half hour after I set them
>out last evening, one of the four began spitting and sputtering
>intermittently for a couple hours, and then settled down. They're all
>doing fine this AM; I don't sense any loss of signal strength or
>detail.
>
>Colin, would you mind letting us know how your 3032s handle the deeper
>cold in Alberta?
>
>Curt Olson
>
>Rob Danielson wrote:
>
>> At 10:35 PM +0000 12/20/08, corthner wrote:
>>> Good day all,
>>>
>>> I have a chance at some recording in central Alberta over Christmas
>>> and want to use my AT3032's in a Curt Olsen style rig to record
>>> birds. The only problem is the weather is predicted to be around -37C
>>> overnight next Tuesday. Of course that's a long way off for
>>> predictions, but the weather guys always seem to get the cold
>>> predictions real close! Anyway, will this temperature harm the mics
>>> in any way? I understand that maybe the sound may not be quite as
>>> accurate as things cool down, but physically will it harm them?
>>>
>>> Collin Orthner
>>>
>>
>> Hi Collin--
>> I believe this topic has a list history you might wish to probe:
>> <http://tinyurl.com/94cmop>http://tinyurl.com/94cmop
>> Rob D.
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