Peter,
I used one-tenth mil polycarbonate film, because I had it on hand. It was c=
alculated to not start rolling off until 40 kHz or so. one quarter mil Myla=
r film is easily available. =A0But that doesn't alleviate the difficulties =
of purchasing small quantities of film.
What sort of microphone capsules are we talking about here?
On Thursday, June 11, 2015 4:59 PM, "Peter Shute [na=
turerecordists]" <> wrote:
=A0 Eric, can you give some more details about this technique? How thin =
does the film have to be? How far from the capsules should it be? What effe=
ct does it have on the sound?
I've been using an upside down rectangular plastic lid over my SASS, held o=
n with elastic cords attached to the corners and down to the tripod legs. T=
he tight cords put it into a bowed shape so water runs to the edges, then t=
he water runs along the edge channels of the lid, and down through the hole=
s I've made for the cords, then down the cords. No attempts to dampen the s=
ound yet, I'm happy for now just to protect it from rain.
Peter Shute
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
>
> Sent: Friday, 12 June 2015 3:47 AM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nature Recordists] Protecting microphones from
> rain overnight
>
> To prevent rain from striking your array you could fabricate
> a sort of 'hat' that would sit above the array, made out of
> some sort of material that disperses the rain drops instead
> of absorbing them. To protect the capsules themselves, glue a
> layer of very thin plastic film in front of the capsules. I
> used this technique to good effect in order to make
> recordings in the Amazon rain forest about 40 years ago.
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