This installment of our blog series on Basic Audio Techniques for Video explains how to avoid wind noise while recording outdoors. If you missed the previous installment discussing how to hide lavalier microphones, you can read it here. If you are working indoors, wind noise is generally not a problem. You can hide the lavalier inside clothing to help shield the mic. However, when working outdoors, wind can be a real nuisance. When wind blows directly into the open sound ports of a microphone, striking the diaphragm, it creates an irritating noise. The noise cannot be repaired during editing and must be completely cut out and replaced with another piece of audio. A strong gust of wind can easily ruin an otherwise good take, so here are some helpful do-it-yourself tips for making wind protection to use when recording with lavalier microphones. Most lavaliers come packaged with small, foam windscreens that you can slide over the body of the mic. Although you can use these when your mic is mounted on a tie bar mount outside of wardrobe, they are not a good choice if you need to rig your lavs inside of clothing.
Basic Audio Techniques for Video: Lavalier Microphone Windscreens
Published
27th June 2017