Recording night sounds - how to protect gear from wet?

[twatts]

The big question is how to keep the slugs from sliming everything.  They crawl everywhere after dark!

Salt... 

Terry

[F.O.Bean]

I recorded the other night in the rain and I used my Busman Omnis>Littlebox>m10, and just had an umbrella w/ a towel over it. Came out wonderphul

[TimSmith]

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I recorded the other night in the rain and I used my Busman Omnis>Littlebox>m10, and just had an umbrella w/ a towel over it. Came out wonderphul
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I wouldn't leave my rig under umbrella for a night, because umbrellas can be blown away or broken by sudden strong wind (happened to me few times) At least common umbrellas. I agree, they must be great if you are controlling situation. Anyway I dont have proper umbrella for such use. But I have a lot of plywood, so I use it for non-mobile set-up. Pretty solid. I sleep tight.

[Gutbucket]

Two days ago i recorded thunderstorm. Used plywood with towels as a roof. I liked the result, much better, than without towels. But i feel there is a room for improvement - possibly i'll get some foam or more furry towels. ;-)

The best foam will be quite large-celled and quite open-meshed.  You want to break up the drops while allowing the water to flow out easily without saturating the foam.  Most small-cell foam, towels, whatever, will saturate over time or in a hard rain and become less effective at damping the energy of the drops.

Foamed airfilter pannels can work well if they are made of water resistant material that won't sog up.  I have a roll of black foamed plastic material which is supposed to be used as a pre-filter before the big rectangular paper filters used in A/C handlers.  It's supposed to be trimmed to whatever size is needed.  What I have is only 1/2" thick or so though, so with something similar you might want to double it up.

[stevetoney]

What about condoms over the mics?

I wouldn't trust them.  They're only 99% effective.

[F.O.Bean]

What about condoms over the mics?

I wouldn't trust them.  They're only 99% effective.

True dat!

[capnhook]

What about condoms over the mics?

I wouldn't trust them.  They're only 99% effective.

But, aren't WE the 99%...

[stevetoney]

What about condoms over the mics?

I wouldn't trust them.  They're only 99% effective.

But, aren't WE the 99%...

Yes.  Im 99% water and chemicals.

[mfrench]

ever record the night winds?