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Re: LS-10 Arrived Today

Subject: Re: LS-10 Arrived Today
From: "hartogj" hartogj
Date: Fri Oct 29, 2010 11:34 pm ((PDT))
Hi Umashankar,
I had no idea such service was available. Was the small size due to a manuf=
acturing limitation, or just part of your design?

John Hartog


--- In  umashankar <> wrote:
>
> i have designed myself a plastic frame using 3d studio and shapeways to
> fabricate it. it has come out very nice and strong (though a little small=
 for
> most microphones used for nature recording) and=C2=A0i plan to either wea=
ve very
> fluffy wool through the gaps or=C2=A0make a slip on fake fur cover.
>
>
> umashankar
> =C2=A0i have published my poems. you can read (or buy) at
> http://stores.lulu.com/umashankar
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Dan Dugan <>
> To: 
> Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 7:27:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] LS-10 Arrived Today
>
> > The tea strainers work in light wind conditions. They are fine for reco=
rding in
> >the calm of the morning, or under a tree canopy where gusts are tamed. H=
owever
> >if the wind near the mics is gusty at all, you will still get significan=
t wind
> >noise. I have tried many types of fabrics, even ones that should block w=
ind
> >completely.=C2=A0 I believe the noise is the sound of the wind against t=
he fabric at
> >such close proximity to the capsules. The further away you can get the w=
ind
> >screen from the capsules, the less you will hear the wind against the wi=
nd
> >screen.
>
> Others have talked about making a zone of calm around the mic. What I'm t=
alking
> about with tea strainers and plastic canvas domes is using them as forms =
for
> fake fur fabric. Dots of hot-melt glue from the inside fix the fabric.
>
> -Dan
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
> sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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