Microphone Blimp

Step 6 Test the mic blimp

1. Insert a mic into the elastics and cable it to your pre-amp & recorder.

2. Take off the removeable cap & blow into the end of the mic. Noisy? You bet.

3. Put the cap back on and blow into the mic. No distortion? Good it works

Comments

[munkeeboy]

Will this dampen the sound entering the mic though? Would it make it harder for it to pick up sound? I've been considering getting the atr-55 for a while now.

[gezortenplotz]

I have used this at my job (I seem to be getting a ton of video work these days) and if there is sound loss, I think you'd have to have dog's ears to hear it. The only hassle I've found with the ATR-55 and this blimp design is remembering to take the mic out from the elastics and turn the switch to OFF to save batteries.

[munkeeboy]

Thanks! I just ordered an ATR-55 off of amazon.

[audiophile]

will adding the blimp to a regular cardiod mic give it the pick up pattern of a shotgun mic?

[gezortenplotz]

Unfortunately, no. The sole purpose of the blimp is for recording where wind noise across the mic diaphram might be a problem. The shock elastics inside the mic mounting also dampen transmission of handling noise of the mic boom during recording. I just bought a dandy cheap shotgun hypercardiod mic on sale from Sound Professional for $30.00. This will fit in the blimp quite nicely.

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/item/ATR55

[gravecicada]

Excellent! Always wanted one of these.