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Can you record with a mic outside?
If you’re able to spare some more room in your kit, one of the most popular mics for recording outside is the shotgun microphone. If you’ve ever seen a behind-the-scenes shot where some poor soul holds a long stick with a microphone at the end, that’s a shotgun mic.
How do you dry out a condenser microphone?
So here, then, is the proper way to dehumidify a condenser capsule: First, dry the Silica bag as directed, usually printed on its side. I place it in a conventional oven or toaster oven, set to ca. 350-400° Fahrenheit (175-200° Celsius) for 3-6 hours.
How to protect microphone in rain while recording?
Even if you manage to isolate your mic from the rain drop impacts, you will get a lot of rain sounds and other ambience on top with an omni like the ECM8000; maybe you can rent a more directional microphone like a shotgun or at least a hypercardioid? You need to use a fabric which is known as Hogs Hair.
How can I record the sound of rain?
That goes for rain falling on metal tripods or plasticky dry bags too. The only thing I want to record is rain falling on natural surfaces like leaves, wood, dirt, puddles, undergrowth etc. When I think about it this way, the solution becomes obvious: build a small roof over the microphone out of material that sounds like the environment.
Can a microphone be destroyed by the wind?
Wind is soundless, but the sound of wind as it moves across various surfaces can be one of the more interesting things to record in a soundscape. However, wind rushing across a microphone can destroy a field recording.
What can I use to keep wind off of my mic?
You need to keep wind off of the mic capsules. This can be done using foam covered with fur, or using a cage to hold a fur cover off of the mic. The big furry sausages at the end of boom poles that you see the sound guys using in video production are examples of these cages (known as zeppelins or blimps).