The Rycote Mini Windjammer is an ideal option for Rode Video Microphones with Rycote Lyre. Providing excellent wind diffusion with its high-quality synthetic fur, it’s the ideal partner for select product models manufactured by one of the most popular brands of video microphones. The Rycote Mini Windjammer is excellent at preserving high quality audio, including high-frequency audio, while still reducing wind noise. The Windjammer is crafted with high quality fur to keep other sounds transparent. The faux fur cover can accommodate a 21.5mm microphone diameter. Key Specifications: Baskets/Blimps:You’ll also come across the terms baskets or blimps, which are essentially made of mesh material with a thin inner foam layer that covers the entire microphone like a pill but provides an open-air chamber between it and the microphone. Rode NTG3: This legendary shotgun microphone paved the way for the NTG5, introducing RF-bias technology and a sound signature ideal for interior location shooting. We get this question all the time: “Are pop filters really necessary? Do I actually need a windscreen for a decent recording?” The honest answer is, “It depends.”

Best Windscreens for Shotgun Microphones (Size and Budget) Best Windscreens for Shotgun Microphones (Size and Budget)

Attenuation pad: reduces the gain of your microphone, helping you cleanly capture loud sources such as concerts or people yelling. On the contrary, microphone windscreens are primarily used outdoors when recording on location for film, TV, and broadcast. As the name suggests, they minimize wind and outdoor ambience from ruining the recording. Microphone windscreens are a kind of microphone cover that envelopes it, such as with a shotgun mic, and are made out of foam or faux fur. Sometimes you cannot get closer to a sound than still pretty far away. A highly directional microphone captures it nonetheless. Perfectly clear, and in full detail. It is like building a sonic tunnel the sound is being pulled through toward the mic, protecting it from all the other unwanted noises so it doesn’t get lost in the din. As most audio professionals know Sennheiser shotgun microphones have always been extremely good at that. Wind protection for microphones basically shield the device from capturing disruptive noise, but they come in many different forms and sizes. We divide them into two basic categories: Windscreens:Indoors Controlled (zero): Recording stationary sounds indoors with only 1 person. Just you and your subject. Under these circumstances, there is virtually zero air movement. Not only that, it also eliminates any “surprises” that may stir up some wind caused by people walking by or turning on fans. This level of control makes for an “air-tight” environment, requiring zero wind protection. A pop filter is going to serve you best in the studio when you’re in a controlled environment (ideally an acoustically-treated one as well!). Pop filters help diffuse some of the acoustic energy behind plosives, which lends itself to a cleanly recorded vocal that requires less editing. Pop filters commonly attach to a microphone stand and are made out of nylon or metal. Included accessories: RCNTG3 water resistant storage container, RM5 microphone stand adapter, ZP2 zip pouch and WSNTG3 foam windshield. These super-cardioid shotgun microphones follow on from the popularity of the NTG-1 and NTG-2 shotgun microphones. With added functionality such as digital switching for high pass (flat/75Hz), high frequency boost, and level control (-10dB pad), the NTG-4 and NTG-4+ can be easily operated when on a boom or are mounted on a camera. A wide frequency response of 20Hz-20kHz and low noise circuitry gives the user a more rounded and accurate sound. Although Rode doesn’t list a value for wind attenuation, Rycote makes a deadcat specifically for the Rode blimp and by their testing, they say their deadcat + the Rode blimp equals 50 dB of wind attenuation.

NTG3 Shotgun Mic Windscreen Deadcat Pop Filter Compatible

For example, you’re filming at the beach and you want to record the sound of the waves but don’t necessarily want the wind to blow up your audio or overpower your actors’ voices. In this case, you’ll definitely need a mic screen of some sort added to your boom mic.

This well-designed microphone windscreen cover easily slips over the foam material that comes with the Rode VideoMic Pro with Rycote Lyre. Together, they provide added wind isolation while preventing additional loss of high-frequency sounds, whether you’re filming a movie project or broadcasting interviews outdoors. It can also work with built-in mics on portable cameras, as well as on external camera mics and handheld reporter mics. Key Specifications: Put on gloves or put your hands in baggies. Remove any barriers you have put on your microphones and throw them in the trash.