David, try to warm up the MKH20 in some way. In Africa, I set the mic
a foot or so above a kerosene lamp with a medium flame. On top of the
lamp, I put a small piece of tin foil so that the mic wouldn't get
covered with carbon from the flame and just the heat would warm it up
and dry it out. I let it hang there for a bit over an hour. That
seemed to revive it absent any other prospect. Good luck.
Bernie
On Feb 1, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Kawika wrote:
> Hola Compadres,
> I'm out here in Tikal, Guatemala, enjoying the big noisy birds and
> rich soundscapes. Not much has seemed to have changed from the '80's
> when I spent time here--unlike at home in Hawaii, where the endemics
> seem to be going fast, more later on that.
> The vicissitudes of travelling with recording gear have dealt a
> blow--one of my MKH20's fizzled and expired, so I won't get the
> soundscapes I dreamed of, like from Temple IV in Tikal, the sounds
> from which had a lot to do with inspiring me to get into recording.
> My fall-back for soundscapes will have to be a melding of the one
> MKH20 with the Telinga--without-the-parabola, mixed in post. Ah well.
> Otherwise I'll do a lot of hunting with the parabola.
>
> Adios,
> David
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