Re: 90 degrees in the shade - mic failure?

Ty Ford wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2008 14:59:21 -0400, Beta Zero wrote
> (in article
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> 
>>> "Beta Zero"  wrote in ...
>>>> (Trying to record a music band outdoors)
>>>>
>>>> Please give me some advice-
>>>>
>>>> I'm thinking of digitally recording an outdoor musical performance 
>>>> in late June 2008, and I am worried that some microphones are 
>>>> subject to failure, or at least an unusual performance of some kind, 
>>>> if the microphones - or the wire hookups - sit around baking in the 
>>>> sun.  If the weather is in the mid 90s F, in the shade, and even 
>>>> worse in direct sunlight, should I take precautions like shading the 
>>>> microphones in the shade of an umbrella or parasol?  Or am I 
>>>> worrying about something that's not worrying about?
> 
> I once had a Countryman EMW go dead on a shoot at the Baltimore Orioles 
> stadium. It was about 100 degrees F. (the thermometer in the sun said
112!)
> 
> Other EMW's were OK. When I got back home, the mic was fine and has been
OK 
> since then.
> 

On a (perhaps) related note; I once had a Soundcraft Venue console get 
hinky on me at the 'Memphis in May' Festival.  Basic operation was still 
functional--IOW, it passed signal and sounded okay--but the mutes and 
solo functions went completely wonky.  Solo became increasingly 
distorted, then went completely out.  Mutes were intermittent.

Shading the console from the direct sun solved all problems, eventually.

jak

> Regards,
> 
> 
> Ty Ford
> 
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