cheap Rycote windsock substitute ?

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Renting a Rycote or Lightwave zepp or Softie is a better choice.

Eric

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Eric Toline <Audioetc@webtv.net> wrote:
>Renting a Rycote or Lightwave zepp or Softie is a better choice.

IF you can use the baby ball gag, I have to say it is the neatest thing
ever. It's as effective as the full zepp, for a lot less money. But it
won't work with a lot of interference tube mikes because it is just too
small. On a hypercard, it's fine.

There was some discussion in r.a.m.p.s. a couple years ago about some guys
making their own zeppelins with fake fur and steel wire. Their design
actually looked pretty good although I haven't tried it.
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<< "Ray Thomas" rthomas@chariot.net.au >>
<< I have an outdoor gig coming up involving a brass quintet, which is a repeat
of one I recorded last year around the same time. That was marred by
windnoise which was not reduced by the supplied foam windsock (didn't
surprise me, I wasn't expecting great attenuation from it..) This year I'd
like to be ready for the wind factor...but don't want to spring for the
(over priced) original. Has anyone fabricated a home brew version of a
Rycote they wouldn't mind sharing details or links to ...preferably using
readily obtainable materials ? The mic in question is a Sennheiser ME80
short shotgun electret element.
Any help here would be appreciated.> >

Ray besides the good advice you've got so far (well, Mike wanting you to
shoot a raccoon excepted), one thing to be aware of is that generally the
narrower your mic pattern is the greater the proximity effect, the narrower the
pattern the more problem you will have with windnoise.

If the background noise at your venue is low enough, and if you can place
your mics fairly close to the players you might be able to use a couple of
spaced omni mics, which naturally have much less problems with wind noise and
could possibly sound better. Then foam pops could well be enough protection,
and can sound pretty nice without killing you when the wind blows. I think a
lot of this kind of thing has been done with EV 635a omnis or with RE50's (also
omnis), and if have no Pro Rycote Blimp with a fur windscreen but you have
access to these old standby mics a lot of schools/AV depts have, it's worth a
shot. At least as a backup.

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Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Audioist / Fox News
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"Allen Corneau" <acorneau@flash.net> wrote in message news:BDC8BBEE.EC79%>
> Wrap a couple of layers of pantyhose over it and (somehow) affix it over
> the
> mic. (Duct tape, anyone?)


Ah, the old pantyhose and duct tape fantasyxxxxx, ooops , method.

geoff

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Thanks guys for the wealth of info there..I think I'll go beg at my local
broadcast station, who might be able to loan me a pair for the day. Geoff,
were you thinking pomeranian, or silky terrier or maybe small poodle ..which
would give best attenuation (and least frenzied resistance in the
"construction phase" ) ?
Ray
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"Geoff Wood" <geoff@paf.co.nz-nospam> wrote in message
news:gOZod.7325$3U4.207955@news02.tsnz.net...
>
> "Ray Thomas" <rthomas@chariot.net.au> wrote in message
> news:41a30f72_2@news.chariot.net.au...
> >I have an outdoor gig coming up involving a brass quintet, which is a
> >repeat
> > of one I recorded last year around the same time. That was marred by
> > windnoise which was not reduced by the supplied foam windsock (didn't
> > surprise me, I wasn't expecting great attenuation from it..) This year
I'd
> > like to be ready for the wind factor...but don't want to spring for the
> > (over priced) original. Has anyone fabricated a home brew version of a
> > Rycote they wouldn't mind sharing details or links to ...preferably
using
> > readily obtainable materials ?
>
> 1 - Get one small shaggy dog.
>
> 2 - Reach your arm up it's asre until you can grab it's tongue.
>
> 3 - Grab tongue and riiiiip.
>
> 4 - Sponge out the remaining messy stuff
>
> 5 - Insert mic.
>
> geoff
>
>


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In article <41a49364_2@news.chariot.net.au> rthomas@chariot.net.au writes:

> were you thinking pomeranian, or silky terrier or maybe small poodle ..which
> would give best attenuation

I don't know pomeranians, but I have one neighbor with a small terrier
and another with a poodle. They (the dogs) both make way too much damn
noise. I wouldn't recommend them when the desire is to cut down on
noise, wind or othewise.

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"Ray Thomas" <rthomas@chariot.net.au> wrote in message news:<41a49364_2@news.chariot.net.au>...
> Thanks guys for the wealth of info there..I think I'll go beg at my local
> broadcast station, who might be able to loan me a pair for the day. Geoff,
> were you thinking pomeranian, or silky terrier or maybe small poodle ..which
> would give best attenuation (and least frenzied resistance in the
> "construction phase" ) ?
> Ray

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> >
> > 1 - Get one small shaggy dog.
> >
> > 2 - Reach your arm up it's asre until you can grab it's tongue.
> >
> > 3 - Grab tongue and riiiiip.
> >
> > 4 - Sponge out the remaining messy stuff
> >
> > 5 - Insert mic.
> >
> > geoff
>
snip

Which reminds me of the old joke:

What do you call an man standing on the side of the road with his arm
halfway up a horse's ass?

An amish mechanic...

We'll be here all week, folks...!

Mikey Wozniak
Nova Music Productions
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WillStG wrote:

> Ray besides the good advice you've got so far (well, Mike wanting you to
> shoot a raccoon excepted)

You bleedin' heart liberal! <g>

--
ha

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In article <1gnuld4.479ro81fty0a7N%walkinay@thegrid.net> walkinay@thegrid.net writes:

> > Ray besides the good advice you've got so far (well, Mike wanting you to
> > shoot a raccoon excepted)
>
> You bleedin' heart liberal! <g>

Well, in New York City, there aren't enough raccoons running around on
the street so that you can run over one easily. In your neck of the
woods, roadkill is plentiful.


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