Zoom H4 Wind Test with Homemade Dead Cat Windscreen

This is a remake of the test of my first attempt at making my own dead cat (some people call them "fuzzies" "rodents" "fluffies" and other things) from fake fur from a fabric store. Commercial units are pretty expensive ($30+) for what they are. For $8 I bought two yards of fake fur, enough to make 40+ of the things.

I redid this adding my voice and a video rather than the stills from before.

I think the homemade dead cat worked surprisingly well. Are the commercial ones better? I have no idea and am not spending the $30++ to find out either. :-)

Photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crosby007/3162450803/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Zoom H4
• deadcat
• dead cat
• DIY
• windscreen
• recording
• audio
• wind screen
• windshield
• digital recorder
• microphone
• noise
• zoom
• wind

[shrimpfarmer]

Thanks this gave me the push to try making my own.

[VisorBlue]

@shrimpfarmer Glad it was an inspiration to you.

[didanhtennis]

Thanks for posting, great job.

[VisorBlue]

@didanhtennis Thanks for teh comment. Glad this is still useful.

[steven1231]

this video makes me wanna make my own windscreens for my q3 and h2n.

[VisorBlue]

@steven1231 There ya go. I've made a few others myself...still have a pile of fabric left over. Seems I over bought. :-)

[VisorBlue]

@tom0702x What can I say, didn't think of it. There's probably a lot of tests I could have done. Sorry this one wasn't enough for you. Feel free to run your own.

[tom0702x]

A pity you didn't go through some rotations of the recorder in the windstream. This could simulate wind direction changes and would add one extra piece of info to your testing. Though I realize might be tricky trying to simulate the same rotational movement for both screens. But I would have appreciated it anyway.

[VisorBlue]

@shaolonbros This is more of a how it works than a how it was made video. See the info under the video for the link to the photos. All I did is fold the fabric to get the size I needed and then hand sew it up. Not a lot to it.

[shaolonbros]

No, what I wonder is why I can't see it clearly. You should have shown the product you made instead of running it through a comic filter.  I want to make me one now.