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- From: chrisc@gold.gvg.tek.com (Chris Christensen)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.pro
- Subject: Re: What's the screen in front of the microphone in recording studio?
- Message-ID: <5758@gold.gvg.tek.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 01:31:23 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.074203.15856@netcom.com>
- Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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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?
-
- It is a breath screen. Much less destrictive to the sound then a foam
- type. I also use it to keep the performer at the right distamce from
- the mic.
-
- The first incarnations of this breath screen was done using a womans
- nylon stocking and a bent up coat hanger.... One used to be able to
- switch between different colors and styles of hose to get a different
- effect in the vocal. My favorite was this nice blond number that had
- birds on the hose........ :-)
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