Glad I saw this thread. A friend of mine has a Rode NT-4 and was asking the=
other day whether it could be mounted inside the Rode blimp.
The supplied microphone clips are nowhere near big enough to hold the NT-4,=
so is the alternative just to make a kind of cat's cradle from elastic ban=
ds?
Cheers
Ian
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> On 10/05/2010 02:08, Sean wrote:
> >
> >
> > Thanks for all the replies. I'm feeling better about the rode blimp!
> > Microphones are designed to pick up sounds and a blimp is not a vacuum=
> > so sound will be picked up when not being too careful.
> >
> > Good point on the K-Tek pole terminating only to 3 pin xlr. The only
> > mic I have that has 5 pins is the nt4 but I don't want to mess with
> > any adapter so I'll look at the Rode poles.
> > Who has what? I feel like it would be better to get the longer one and=
> > hope you don't have to go out too far (since the nt4 is a little
> > beefy) rather than not having enough reach provided by the rode mini.
> >
> Hi,
>
> I'm using 5mt. carbon K-Tek poles for years now and I'm very happy with
> it. Is very balanced and reliable, despite the spiral cable inside of it.
> Few months ago I bought a shorter (and cheaper) alluminium one for
> differents jobs. I have to struggle a bit more with the locks compared
> with the more expensive one, but it is very balanced anyway.
> If you have a look to their catalogue you'll see that they produce boom
> poles with 5pins cables and they are the only ones so far doing it.
> I used the rode one few times, but I have to say that I'm not so happy
> with that. Is definitely unbalanced and the locks gave me too much to
> struggle with. It Is also pretty big compared to the other ones on the
> market.
> I you are looking for a cheaper one try to have a look to the Sennheiser'=
s.
>
> Regarding the handling noise I have to say that in my experience is
> pretty much impossible not to get any, especially if you are working
> with very quiet sounds. I'm pretty annoyed also by the tripod noise when=
> I'm recording atmos, so is something that you have to learn to work
> with. Is called job, and that's why boom operators are out there. :-)
> First rule to use a boom pole is:
>
> Operate the boom pole without touching it.
>
> If you know what I mean.
> :-)
>
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> Emanuele Costantini
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> Sound, Media Engineer
> Filmmaker
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