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Title: Windscreen Problem, I thought i figured it out but...
Post by: seekup40 on August 09, 2005, 09:02:13 PM

So I will be taping at the Gorge coming up and I've taped there in the past with my current setup and it was decent but got a lot more wind that I would have liked.

this is a picture of my exact current setup
(http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/images/gold/full/SP-GNA-3-I.jpg)

I then did some research on here and found out that ratdog windscreens work pretty well so I picked up these to just put over my current windscreens.
(http://www.rycote.com/images/products/lavaliere/LavaliereWindjammer.jpg)

I went out this evening since a storm was approaching and just recorded both with my current windscreens and with the ratdogs over the top, it sounded like I got the same amount of wind both ways.

Does anyone have any better windscreens that would work with my current setup or know anything that i could do?

Thanks

Title: Re: Windscreen Problem, I thought i figured it out but...
Post by: Tim on August 09, 2005, 10:53:31 PM

what mics?

and when you say, "the same amount of wind" what exactly do you mean? Are you getting a low-end rumbling? Or is the sound just "swirling" and shifting from the wind?

Title: Re: Windscreen Problem, I thought i figured it out but...
Post by: seekup40 on August 10, 2005, 01:22:57 AM

at853s > SP-SPSB-6 > AD-20 > Nomad Jukebox 3

I am getting the low end rumbling

Title: Re: Windscreen Problem, I thought i figured it out but...
Post by: seekup40 on August 10, 2005, 01:51:41 AM

both of those optioins makes it seem like id have to chang my hold t-bar and shock mounts

Title: Re: Windscreen Problem, I thought i figured it out but...
Post by: Karl on August 13, 2005, 02:04:44 PM

Do a search on this site for 8117.  That is the part number for the large size windscreens for the AT 853.  I have them, and they are good in moderate wind situations, but they still can't handle huge gusts of wind.  Still much much better than the stock windscreens.  I saved a recording by using waves plugins to run a high-pass filter.