DPA Microphones debuts at NAB 2024 an expert windscreen designed for Lavalier and headset microphones that ensures extremely environment friendly wind safety and unequalled acoustic transparency, the AIR1 Common Miniature Fur Windscreen. Its groundbreaking, patent-pending design ensures extremely environment friendly and constant wind safety with unequalled acoustic transparency that solves all wind-related challenges of filming outdoor.
On show at DPA Microphones sales space (C7307) at NAB 2024, the AIR1 is meant for fast mounting on spherical, omnidirectional headset or lavalier microphones between 0.1-0.23 inches (2.5-5.88mm). It excels, in line with DPA Microphones, within the difficult environments of broadcast {and professional} content material creation functions.
The efficient and uniform wind safety of the AIR1 is achieved via the mounted measurement of the air cavity surrounding the microphone capsule. This offers full and constant acoustical transparency that permits it to seize the voice with good intelligibility. Moreover, the sturdy handles on the windscreen opening guarantee swift and easy mounting and ideal placement on the microphone, each single time.
“The DPA AIR1 Windscreen eliminates all the concerns related to utilizing a windscreen on a miniature microphone throughout out of doors broadcast tasks,” explains Helga Volha Somava, Product Administration Director, DPA Microphones. “Many windscreens at the moment available on the market are time consuming and troublesome to mount. They will also be cumbersome to place appropriately and may alter the frequency curve of the microphone, however the DPA AIR1 breaks these stereotypes. It’s uncommon to discover a windscreen that may be thought of groundbreaking, however the brand new DPA AIR1 Windscreen is precisely that. We look ahead to presenting this revolutionary know-how to attendees of the 2024 NAB present.”
The DPA AIR1 rejects wind noise via two constant layers of wind safety, the primary of which is a newly designed acoustic fur. By finetuning the hair size, materials and density, in addition to the interior lining, the fur contributes to the superb wind rejection whereas sustaining excellent acoustic transparency.
The second layer of safety afforded by the AIR1 is the air cavity that surrounds the microphone to maintain the fur spaced away from the capsule and preserve fixed air quantity. That is achieved utilizing two sturdy arches in addition to a mic cease, which ensures that the microphone’s place within the coveted ‘acoustic candy spot’ is most protected. By including a revolutionary, patent-pending boundary floor instantly behind the capsule, a stress subject is generated across the microphone diaphragm, which has a particular frequency vary that’s acoustically amplified. Finetuning the size of the boundary floor enabled DPA to regulate the frequency enhance to match the precise frequencies that the fur attenuates.
The AIR1 consists of a extremely sturdy, ultra-robust UV-stabilized exhausting plastic that’s present in car headlights and may face up to harsh climate and repeated use. To take care of a constantly sturdy grip on the microphone, DPA applied a stainless-steel spring that, in contrast to elastic bands used on conventional wind safety equipment, won’t snap mid-use or deteriorate over time.
Moreover, the acoustic fur used on the quilt consists of specifically formulated fibers that assure long-lasting shade, form reminiscence and simple upkeep. Additional, the handles on the gadget reduce dealing with of the fur, which ensures that the AIR1 will preserve its form considerably longer than conventional windscreens. With fur size that’s 30-percent shorter than different wind safety equipment, the AIR1 additionally reduces the visible impression of using a windscreen.
