naturerecordists
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Rain Protection Question

Subject: Re: Rain Protection Question
From: "" dhole23
Date: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:41 am ((PDT))
A Cheaper option is using hogs hair. Used in furniture manufacture this 
is rubber coated hogs hair. A sheet folded over the top of your rycote 
will absorb the impact and not sound. This has been used for years by 
sound recordists . Essentialy those products meantioed are a take on the 
same idea.
dave

Volker Widmann wrote:
> Happy Earth Day everybody!
> 
> 
> Recently I found some interesting gadgets to protect windshields from  
> the impact raindrops:
> 
> The first is from Remote Audio - The Rainman
> 
> http://www.remoteaudio.com/rainman/
> 
> The other is from Rycote - The Duck
> 
> http://www.rycote.com/products/accessories/duck/
> 
> 
> My question is: Has anybody tried these and can you recommend them?
> 
> My rig is a Rycote M-S Blimp. I would use them to record during a slight 
> drizzle or in a foggy environment.
> I'm especially thinking of places like Olympic Peninsula, where I will 
> be in May/June.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance
> 
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Volker
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------
> 
> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a 
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause
> Yahoo! Groups Links
> 
> 
> 
> 






<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the naturerecordists mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU