A common mistake when using a multi-track field recorder is to only arm the exact number of tracks that you need. Although this may work out fine if you are only recording one session on one day, it can create chaos on a film shot over several days.
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Setting Up Your Rycote Windshield
Editor's Note: This is a draft of an article that I am working on for a major trade publication (to be announced).
Here is my take on how to install microphones into your Rycote. I was surprised to discover that there is not much out there in the way of advice or instructions.
In the world of microphone wind protection, it is accurate to say that Rycote is considered the big daddy and the unofficial standard of the industry. For as long as I can remember — and that goes back more than a few decades — if you needed to use a shotgun microphone outdoors on a windy day, you mounted it in a Rycote (blimp) windscreen.
FREE: How to Put a Mic on Talent
A free bonus for the sound community, courtesy of K-Tek Booms and "The Sound Guy" Thomas Popp. Tom has created an in-depth video tutorial about how to rig lavaliers on talent. Normally, Udemy charges $50 for online access to this series of video lectures, but Tom has graciously agreed to share this link that enables FREE ACCESS to these materials.Like so many of us pro's turned educator, the initial fees went more to cover his expenses than to line his pockets!