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- From: kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov (Scott Dorsey)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.pro
- Subject: Re: What's the screen in front of the microphone in recording studio?
- Date: 22 Dec 1992 13:30:33 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center and Reptile Farm
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- In article <1992Dec22.074203.15856@netcom.com> ds@netcom.com (David Schachter) writes:
- >I was watching a show about a recording session for a Broadway cast album
- >and I noticed many of the microphones had circular screens, about 10 cm
- >in diameter, suspended in front of them, between the mic and the singer(s).
- >The screens were some kind of fine mesh, dark in color. What are they
- >for?
-
- These are very nice windscreens, to avoid popping. They do a great job of
- filtering out large amounts of breath which tends to overdrive the mikes,
- without cutting much of the high frequency response out. They work much
- better than the foam balls which the sound reinforcement folks use. Although
- good mike technique can almost eliminate the need for windscreens, it's better
- to be safe than sorry.
-
- There are at least two manufacturers that make the things, and I know
- Klark-Teknik also resells them. There is usually an ad in the back of
- R*E*P (RIP) selling the things.
- --scott
-