Thanks James! I'll have to check it out. Been using Audacity because I'm to=
o
lazy to reboot into Windows.
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 4:43 PM, James Shatto <> wrote:
>
>
> I've found that the fabric itself for the fake fur that I use is thick /
> sturdy enough to provide enough structure. And the business end of my mi=
cs
> (avenson sto-2) small enough to help towards that end. In combination wi=
th
> some velcro cord ties to build up a support disc (and block rearward wind=
),
> quite helpful. But it's not quite wind proof since my fake fur is only 1=
/2"
> in length per layer. And there's some high end loss. I seem to be loosi=
ng
> about 3.5db on the high end as a consequence of my old, but similar setup=
.
> Probably closer to 2.5dB on my current one. I've stitched together a
> nyquist plugin to help with the EQ part in audacity. Controls are how mu=
ch
> dB to add to the upper end. And a value to taper down per band(currently=
22
> bands). 0.8 is 80% the previous bands value going highest kHz to lowest =
Hz.
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~shadow_7/FauxFurEQ.ny
>
> In linux, putting that in /usr/share/audacity/plugins/ makes it show up i=
n
> the Effects menu. Perhaps of use to someone. Or not. Without it my oth=
er
> recordings have muffled voices and no marimbas. With it, are these the s=
ame
> mics I've been looking to replace going on two years now? Now to config =
the
> same routine to use nyquist directly as a scripted process with nyquist
> file-io. On the plus side, boosting the high end frequencies seems to ma=
ke
> the self noise of the gear, which is towards the low end, less significan=
t.
> And it's a post step which doesn't do anything for how it sounds live
> through the headphones. Someday I'll do something more scientific than j=
ust
> plugging in numbers until it sounds right-ish.
>
> - James
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