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Re: For people still using the DPA windpac

Subject: Re: For people still using the DPA windpac
From: "Kevin Colver" kjcolver
Date: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:25 pm ((PST))
Danny,
I purchased a couple of sheets of windscreen foam at http://tinyurl.com/672=
uud8
  and cut it to completely enclose the inner lining of my Windpac.  It
gives me an extra barrier between the wind and my mics and seems to
cut the wind noise.  I imagine this might work for any blimp type wind
barrier.
Kevin J Colver
Soundscapes for Birders - a Podcast of Natural Sounds
www.7Loons.com




On Jan 17, 2011, at 12:11 PM, dannymeltzer wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I have been using a windpac with my MKH 3040 for a few years now. I
> really seems to me that the wind rejection capabilities of it have
> lessened over time. I might just be crazy or perhaps the fabric has
> degraded somehow? Has anyone else had issues with this? I am getting
> wind on the mics in what I consider moderate wind.
>
> Also I sometimes get handling noise with the suspension when I did
> not used to get it. I know most of us are not using mics on a boom
> and moving them around, but I am just curious if anyone has had
> issues and/or solutions regarding handling noise with the mics/
> cables/suspension? I suspect the cable and the way it fits into that
> little slot at the base of the suspension...maybe it does not
> provide enough isolation from the cable on the outside of the blimp.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Danny
>
>
>










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