WM-61A Panasonic Mic Capsule Soldering Cont.

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Attach alligator clips at the ends of the tubing with the jaws facing away from the capsules with electrical tape.

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Cut a 4" X 4" swatch of windscreen material and hold it in place as pictured.

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Pull in the open sides forming a hollow sphere shape around the mic capsule. There needs to be some "dead air space" between the material and the capsule.

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Use a skinny ~2" long piece of electrical tape to attach the cloth sphere/windscreen just above the alligator clip. Do this on both mics.

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This material is Faux Fur with 1/2" long fibers. Cotton Quilt batting also works well.

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The capsules can be clipped to the sides of headhones with capsules facing foward. This creates a boundary effect with binaural scale separation and very good locatization in front. Plug you headphones in to your recorder and make sure you attach the left capsule to the left earphone.

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They can also be clipped on your shoulders with the capsules facing to the sides or "opposing ." This rig produces a wider, lateral stereo field. (Only one of the pair is pictured here).

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If you clip the mics into your shoulders so they face forward, the center of the stereo image will be more even but it will still have a wide, lateral sense.

 

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A close-up of shoulder-mounted with the capsule facing out or "opposing."

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A useful feature of the alligator clip design is they can be used in many ways including spread as far as 10-12 feet apart.

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For extra credit, figure out how to make the windscreens so they'll come-off quickly and you can slip the mics into tiny places.

 

Rob Danielson & Brooke Swelsted 09/2006

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