DIY fake fur microphone windscreen

How to make an inexpensive microphone windscreen out of fake fur found at craft and fabric stores.

Ingredients:
Fake fur - $2 (12 x 15 inch, enough to make many of these)
Velcro tabs - $1 (enough to make tons of these and useful for other projects)
needle, thread and basic sewing ability

Tested with a Sony ecm-ds70p on a Kodak zi8 while mounted to a bicycle.

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Tags:

• fake fur
• cheap
• windscreen
• diy
• zi8
• ecm-ds70p
• bike

[pmrg43]

Hi, Nice DIY can you let me know where can I buy a "sheet" of that fur ? tryed ebay it but can't find anything...

thanks

[Supreme2k]

@pmrg43

Try a fabric or sewing store. On eBay, search for faux fur. I've seen a few sellers with the material.

Also, as paulcan posted, you can get a cheap stuffed animal to cut open and make your screen, if all else fails.

[AudioTips]

How did you get your spoken audio to sound so good at 360p AND at higher bit rates? Your spoken audio is really very good and that's quite hard on You Tube.

[Supreme2k]

@AudioTips

This is the built-in mic on the zi8. I was less than a foot away from it when speaking. I ran the video through Handbrake, with the AppleTV setting for upload to Youtube.

The basic tip for quality is to be near you microphone. Most of the bad audio on Youtube is due to the speaker being far away from their mic.

[666videlicetunus]

this needs motion tracking really bad

[paulcan38]

Cheers for the video. When a little windy, i get a cackling noise even when i put the genuine sony mic on to. You noticed any cackling? Anyway, nice to see the vid, shall disect daughters soft toys tonight for fur and try it out. ta.