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Re: DPA 4060s, blimps and wind noise

Subject: Re: DPA 4060s, blimps and wind noise
From: "" =
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Date: Fri May 24, 2013 7:22 am ((PDT))

I use the connbox 3 in my MS rig, the connbox has 2x 3pin XLR connectors fo=
r the mics in the blimp & a 5pin XLR connector for the external connection.

I'll be interesting to see if anybody uses a copper pipe, I've been thinkin=
g about a similar setup myself, thought about using a copper pipe and the u=
se tie clips at each end of the pipe to attach the DPA's.

Regards,
Dave


--- In  Nick Dando <> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply, Flawn.
>
> I wonder whether a suitable length of copper pipe (an off-cut from a plum=
ber) would do the trick? Or possibly a length of steel tubing, which would =
allow the use of the magnetic clips? Or would the hollow ends possibly act =
as a sort of flute, with the wind over the open end giving off a low-pitche=
d note? I have the old-style C-clips, rather than the current Lyre clips in=
 both of my blimps.
>
> Did you use one of the Rycote Connboxes to connect up the XLR leads? The =
very thin DPA cables that came with the 4060 Stereo Kit are very long and I=
'd need to find something a good deal shorter to link the mikes to, what I =
believe would be suitable, the 019624 Connbox 3, to help minimise cable-han=
dling noise. I can't see from the specifications given by Rycote on their w=
eb page as to whether the Connbox 3 has a 5-pin XLR output or if it uses tw=
o 3-pins.
>
> Thanks
>
> Nick
> On 21 May 2013, at 13:21, Flawn Williams <> wrote:
>
> > Yes it is possible to rig DPA 4060s inside a blimp, depending on the in=
ternal mike support structure. A decade ago I helped outfit an NPR Radio Ex=
peditions Arctic reporting trip whose main mike was a Sennheiser MKH40/MKH3=
0 MS stereo pair in a Rycote blimp. We attached a piece of solid copper wir=
e to the internal supports of that blimp, running the length of the blimp, =
and then clipped 4060s to the solid wire. This provided far more useable au=
dio in high wind situations than the MS pair in the same blimp, with stereo=
 effect due to the 14 inch separation of the 4060s at opposite ends of the =
blimp. For interviews the blimp was oriented sideways so each person spoke =
into a different end of the blimp.
> >
> > --Flawn
> >
> > On May 21, 2013, at 5:47 AM,  wrote:
> >
> > > 3a. DPA 4060s, blimps and wind noise
> > > Posted by: ""  
> > > Date: Mon May 20, 2013 11:12 pm ((PDT))
> > >
> > > Is there a way of mounting a pair of DPA 4060s in a Rycote (or simila=
r) blimp to try to keep wind noise down to a minimum? At the moment I have =
a couple of Rycote blimps: one for a ME66; and the other for a MKH-418S. I =
use the DPAs with some Rycote fluffies on a wire coat hanger, Chris Watson =
style, but I'd like to find a better way of suppressing the wind roar. And =
also making it easier to attach the mikes to a stand for remote monitoring.
> > >
> > > I'm using a Nagra LB, which has a switchable low cut filter. I've nev=
er tried using this as I thought, in my innocence, that getting the full ba=
nd width available was the right thing to do and then using software to sor=
t things out afterwards (Apple Soundtrack Pro or Reaper).
> > >
> > > Is it better to use the electronic filter or trust to the software?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Nick
> >
> >
>
>
>
>







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