My Tascam dr07 mark II came in the mail this week. Extremely stoked about this little guy. I love the ability to choose between A/B and X/Y mic positions. But from watching product tests on Youtube (did I mention how awesome that site is??) it was made very clear that I would need a wind sock. Now, at a bare minimum a windscreen will cost you $20. I don't know about you, but I enjoy having $20. I also enjoy surprising myself by my creative aptitude, so I decided to sew together my own. If needed I can provide plans for you if you wish to do this as well. My mom is a big quilter (and no, she didn't teach me to sew, I learned from youtube) and had this great fur lying around. I sewed a sleeve out of it and then stitched a rubber band at the bottom to provide tension and grip. Here's what a free deadcat windscreen looks like...
I have yet to officially test it, but I did put my fingers in there and blow on it and couldn't feel any air leaking through. I'll post a test as soon as I can.
My next thought was since that went so well, I might as well continue and make a light reflector. So I constructed this out of gold fabric glued and then stapled for good measure to cardboard. The piece of cardboard I used was the back of a large calendar. Another $0 project for something that would cost $16.
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