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Posted by Richard Crowley on 03/19/06 17:57
"Dan Wenz" wrote ...
> Thanks to responders! What is a "basket"?
Part of the requirements for the "fur" type of products to work
properly is a distance between the "fur" and the body of the
microphone itself. Note that the "fur" covering goes over the
foam "windscreen" (or "gag" as Rycote calls it). It does NOT
go directly over the microphone.
For larger "shotgun" type microphones, the mic is enclosed in
a "basket" or "zeppelin" which is 3-4-5 inches in diameter and
the "fur" goes on the outside of the basket. For example see the
"Full Windshield System" picture on Rycote's home page. That
is a "basket" before the "fur" cover goes on.
> I see lots of wind shields at Sennheiser's site, so the usual
> question - any one most suitable for Sony's on-camera
> MS908C mic?
The biggest issue is the mechanical size. Being a cheap old
guy, I'd be tempted to go down to the local cloth store and buy
a foot or two of fake fur material and pin/sew it around the
foam which is already on the microphone. There is nothing
"magic" about all those commercial products, etc.
OTOH, most professionals don't have a lot of use for on-
camera microphones. They are good only for collecting
ambient noises (location sounds, "room tone", etc.) They
are not suitable for any serious dialog, etc. You have
never heard sound from an on-camera microphone at the
theater, and maybe a few times a year on TV where they
didn't have a proper sound track.
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