Rycote Cyclone 3D-Tex shotgun microphone windshield

Rycote Cyclone 3D-Tex shotgun microphone windshield
Product no: 9000-0020-5916 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

If you own a shotgun microphone (on a camera, for example), then you know a good windshield is a must-have because it reduces unwanted wind and handling noises. Traditionally, broadcasting windshields are fuzzy and hairy, and often referred to as a 'dead cat'. The Rycote Cyclone 3D-Tex windshield for shotgun microphones is clearly a different story, and its success is all thanks to its material. 3D-Tex is a new sort of fabric with a clear cell structure which allows for a transparent sound.

Properties of the Rycote Cylone

This enormous windshield (a.k.a a 'blimp') offers space for numerous mics. Its interior has a shock-mount which is designed to hold your microphone securely. What's more, if you need to get at something on the inside, you don't have to pull the Cyclone loose, as it's securely fastened by magnets! This is a product for professionals like journalists working in the field, where there is no time to be fumbling with impractical gadgetry. Although its size may have you thinking otherwise, the Cyclone is actually very lightweight, another practical advantage.

3D-Tex

The windshield's texture is designed to keep wind noises out, but allow what you want to record to come in, loud and clear. 3D-Tex is also water-resistant, so adverse weather conditions like rain is no problem with the Cyclone. Simply allow it to dry and it can be used again straight away. Another advantage of this new material is that it lasts a lot longer than those hairy blimps. Above all, you won't need to have a brush or comb handy any more!

Tips or comments about this product

Please note: does not include microphone boom or microphone.

Specifications

Product features

Sustainable product	not specified
Compatible brand	universal

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	1,2 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	49,0 x 24,0 x 18,0 cm

Product specifications

Rycote Cyclone
model: blimp, zeppelin
material: 3D-Tex
keeps wind out of your recording
excellent acoustic properties
easy accessibility to shotgun mic thanks to magnetic closure
Lyre microphone mounting system
soft, flexible Mogami cable with guilded Neutrik XX-series XLR connectors
output: XLR
compatible with Cyclone Windjammer
microphone stand connector compatible with: 3/8" UNC, 3/8" BSW
shotgun mic length: 250 - 280 mm
shotgun mic diameter: 19 - 25 mm
max. weight shotgun mic: 180 g
total length of : 470 mm
body length: 330 mm
diameter: 157 mm
height: 8.7 inches (220 mm)
weight: 835 g

Compatible with these microphones:

AKG C568EB
Audio-Technica AT 4073, BP4073, AT897, AT877
Neumann KMR 81i
Rode NTG-2, NTG-3
Sanken CS-2, CS-3e
Schoeps CMIT 5U, SuperCMIT 2U
Sennheiser MKH 416, MKH 60, MKE 600
Shure VP89S
Sony ECM 670, ECM 678

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Three New Cyclone Windshields by Rycote

Thursday 26 May 2016 By Lizanne

Rycote is well-known for their high-quality windshields, blimps, shock mounts, and wind jammers. Their ingenious new line of wind shields, the Cyclone series, has proven to be quite popular. With this new series, they've raised the bar when it comes to enhanced attenuation, user-friendliness, weight, and efficiency. Rycote have developed three types of windshields for the Cyclone series: a Small version which is available with three different types of connectors - XLR, LEMO, or MZL - and a Medium, and Large version as well. Each version can be used in combination with various types of condenser microphones.