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Mini Windjammer
A Mini Windjammer is a simple, lined fur cover to fit over the microphone directly or its foam gag. They are used on and off of camcorders to provide a cheap and effective protection against wind noise.
A simple foam shield which can give 10-20dB reduction will work perfectly well if the leaves are barely moving on the trees but you need a Mini-Windjammer (which can give 30-40dB) if it’s
gusty - and if the branches are whipping about you’ll be glad if it’s a 30mm “long” fur version.
Of course, if you put anything over a microphone it will have some effect on the sound too.
Rycote’s designs minimise this as far as possible but the effect is inevitable. It is also constant – the slight reduction of high frequencies is there, whether or not the wind blows. So there is a trade-off between
how effective a wind-gag is and how much sound is lost.
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