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Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« on: August 23, 2009, 11:32:46 PM »
Not enough space for a full dead rat, but need to add wind protection to the inside of a hat.  Cloth?  Thin foam?  Thin Cardboard?

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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2009, 11:40:56 PM »
forget the hat and invest in an afro wig  :P
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2009, 02:25:47 AM »
Three words - fur pimp hat.
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2009, 03:42:47 PM »
Cool.  What a great idea!  Like this?  I wouldn't stick out at all.
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2009, 06:41:41 PM »
Quote from: Scooter123 on August 24, 2009, 03:42:47 PM
Cool.  What a great idea!  Like this?  I wouldn't stick out at all.

Maybe so, maybe not, but you'd look f'in smokin'!!!  :yack:
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2009, 09:36:34 PM »
you could cover them with a pair of these mic furs and run inside the hat.

http://www.thewindcutter.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_7
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2009, 09:40:16 PM »
Quote from: NOLAfishwater on August 24, 2009, 09:36:34 PM
you could cover them with a pair of these mic furs and run inside the hat.

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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2009, 09:53:32 PM »
It's windy inside your hat?
That's mind blowing.
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2009, 12:03:09 AM »
Without going into a lot of detail, its a fairly porous head gear, and the sound I get is more like cavitation in quiet parts, rather than full on wind noise.  Actually, a frigging cocktail napkin did a pretty good job for the 2nd set. 
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #9 on: August 25, 2009, 07:23:00 AM »
I would have thin and thick foam interchangable for really windy vs calmer days
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2009, 12:12:57 PM »
Quote from: Gutbucket on August 24, 2009, 09:53:32 PM
It's windy inside your hat?

LOL

I've used thin Neumann windscreens in a hat with no problems.  If you need beefier wind protection, take a piece of (acoustically transparent) speaker fabric and put it tight over the cap before putting the windscreen on over it.

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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2009, 09:35:22 PM »
Quote from: sparkey on August 25, 2009, 12:12:57 PM
Quote from: Gutbucket on August 24, 2009, 09:53:32 PM
It's windy inside your hat?

LOL

You missed the funniest part of Gutbuckets post...IT'S MIND BLOWING!!!   ;D :coolguy:

I wouldn't use foam at all inside a hat...just get some fur or use the tip of a dark sock (1 or 2 layers) and collapse it around the mics and fasten with a rubber band...won't take up any extra space.  Since it's hidden, looks don't matter.
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2009, 12:11:34 AM »
Good tip on the socks.........
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2009, 12:51:52 PM »
^^ If your hatband isn't leather, you could probably safety pin the socks to the hatband to help keep the mics from slipping around up on your head.
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2009, 01:34:58 PM »
Get a small and dark stuffed animal and cut off the hands... I know kinda morbid  :'(
Use dark bread ties to secure them to the cables. Works for me... nuff said.
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2009, 02:51:55 PM »
Quote from: deadahead93 on August 26, 2009, 01:34:58 PM
Get a small and dark stuffed animal and cut off the hands... I know kinda morbid  :'(
Use dark bread ties to secure them to the cables. Works for me... nuff said.

Radar O'Reilly would courtmartial you for that suggestion!  LOL.
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2009, 03:04:12 PM »
Quote from: tonedeaf on August 26, 2009, 02:51:55 PM
Quote from: deadahead93 on August 26, 2009, 01:34:58 PM
Get a small and dark stuffed animal and cut off the hands... I know kinda morbid  :'(
Use dark bread ties to secure them to the cables. Works for me... nuff said.

Radar O'Reilly would courtmartial you for that suggestion!  LOL.



reminds me of the dead teddy's

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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2009, 03:12:25 PM »
Quote from: flipp on August 26, 2009, 03:04:12 PM

reminds me of the dead teddy's

...talking about Freudian slips...have you seen today's headlines?
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2009, 03:17:05 PM »
Quote from: tonedeaf on August 26, 2009, 03:12:25 PM
Quote from: flipp on August 26, 2009, 03:04:12 PM

reminds me of the dead teddy's

...talking about Freudian slips...have you seen today's headlines?


why yes, yes I have and the connection never even entered my mind until your post
I am in no way suggesting that someone use the arms and legs of a recently deceased senator for wind attenuation
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2009, 06:36:39 PM »
LOL... How appropriate!  But they do work damn fine  :wink2:
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #20 on: August 26, 2009, 08:24:15 PM »
PM sent on this.  This is getting too 007.
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #21 on: September 28, 2009, 12:35:16 PM »
The solution was, Reticular Foam, in 1/4 inch thicknesses (same stuff for speaker covers), lining the hat (what a PITA), and similar multiple layers of that foam covering the caps.  This was a sewing project, for which I was not well suited, buts its done. 
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Re: Dead Ratting a Hat Rig
« Reply #22 on: September 30, 2009, 09:35:31 AM »
I was gonna suggest baby socks.
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