Microphone Accessories

18cm ME66 SGM Foam

Product Code: 104428

Foam Windshield for Sennheiser ME66

Main Benefits:

• Up to 10 dB wind and pop noise attenuation with minimal high-frequency loss from this discreet, slip-on windshield
• Excellent resistance to moisture and UV light from the durable, high quality open-cell acoustic foam

The Shotgun Mic Foam is a discreet, slip-on foam windshield, designed to protect the microphone head against light wind and pop noise. Made of durable, high quality open-cell acoustic foam, these windshields offer up to 20 dB wind noise attenuation, whilst keeping high frequency loss to a minimum.

Engineered exclusively for Rycote, this high quality foam also provides excellent resistance against the damaging effects of moisture and UV light.

All our Shotgun Mic Foam Windshields can now also be fitted with an additional Rycote Foam Windjammer for a further 12 dB wind noise attenuation.

18cm SGM Foam (24/25)

Product Code: 104413

Suitable for shotgun microphones, with slots no further than 18 cm from the front of the mic.

Main Benefits:

• Up to 10 dB wind and pop noise attenuation with minimal high-frequency loss from this discreet, slip-on windshield
• Excellent resistance to moisture and UV light from the durable, high quality open-cell acoustic foam

The Shotgun Mic Foam is a discreet, slip-on foam windshield, designed to protect the microphone head against light wind and pop noise. Made of durable, high quality open-cell acoustic foam, these windshields offer up to 20 dB wind noise attenuation, whilst keeping high frequency loss to a minimum.

Engineered exclusively for Rycote, this high quality foam also provides excellent resistance against the damaging effects of moisture and UV light.

All our Shotgun Mic Foam Windshields can now also be fitted with an additional Rycote Foam Windjammer for a further 12 dB wind noise attenuation.

18cm SGM Windjammer

Product Code: 055383

Suitable for 18cm SGM Foam

Main Benefits:

• Using both foam and windjammer together provides up to 20dB wind and pop
• Excellent resistance to moisture and UV light from the durable, high quality open-cell acoustic foam
• The Windjammer offers a further 12 dB wind noise attenuation

The Mini Windjammer suitable for the 18cm SGM Foam provides excellent wind isolation for capturing audio in high-wind environments. Made from high-quality synthetic fur specifically designed for wind isolation,  easy-to-fit slip-on fur covers for use when recording outside with the built-in microphones found on portable cameras, external camera mics and handheld reporter microphones.

Some of our Mini Windjammers have 10 mm fur, while others have 25 mm Softie fur for use in more unsettled conditions, and can be fitted to a wide variety of devices.

Note: This Mini Windjammer is specifically designed for the 18cm SGM Foam.

18cm Super-Softie (24/25)

Product Code: 033204

Slip-on Windshield with the 3D-Tex material and open-cell foam suitable for shotgun microphones only, with slots no further than 18cm from the front of the mic and a diameter of 24-25mm.

Main Benefits:

• Novel shape and 3D-Tex give greatly improved wind noise reduction compared to conventional “soft” windshields.
• A true cavity design, with superb performance at extreme low frequencies (where wind noise is worst).
• A rough-service windshield, robust enough for the most challenging news-gathering situations.
• High immunity to rain-soaking, and maintains excellent acoustic transparency in almost all situations

The Super-Softie® with our material 3D-Tex™ combines superb wind noise reduction with excellent acoustic transparency.

Excellent noise reduction and weather durability

The Super-Softie® retains the excellent wind noise reduction of a conventional cavity windshield but allies it to a novel aerodynamic shape and surface structure, and to a material – 3D-Tex™ – which combines excellent acoustic transparency with superb attenuation of wind noise. It has no rigid internal structure, so causes virtually no polar pattern distortion and is extremely robust in challenging environments such as news-gathering.

If it becomes rain-soaked it can be squeezed out and shaken dry very quickly; if it becomes coated with dust it can be rinsed quickly without affecting its performance.

The shape & structure of the Super Softie® allow it to reduce wind noise at extreme LF and infrasonic frequencies – where the greatest wind energy lies – more efficiently than previous designs.

Tech Specs

18cm Super-Softie (24/25)
Part no: 033204
Internal bore dia: 24/25mm mics
Internal bore length: 180mm
Overall Length: 240mm
Min. Diameter: 70mm
Max. Diameter: 100mm
Net Weight: 105 gram

20mm BBG Windshield

Product Code: 011001

Maximum wind-noise protection in a compact spherical package

Suitable for microphones with a 19 to 20mm shank diameter

Main Benefits:

• Great windshielding, in a smaller package
• Perfect for hand-held operations and interviews
• Optional Windjammer available for windiest conditions

Made to offer the wind attenuation properties of a full sized windshield in a much smaller package, the BBG Windshields are designed to slip onto the body of the microphone. This allows the microphone to be hand-held or shock-mounted with a Lyre suspension.

Perfect for short microphones, the BBG Windshield are suitable for low-profile boom applications as well as for use in hand-held operations and interviews. They are widely used for microphones with bulbous ends and ORTF microphone pairs, where the maximum head diameter is 80 mm.

The windshield is constructed of the same material as the full size modular windshields, but rather than clipping to a microphone suspension, the Windshield is mounted directly on the microphone, by a grommet gripping the microphone body. The microphone is pushed through the grommet, to completely enclose the microphone capsule.

The Windshield consists of two halves, which can be separated, to fit microphones with a ball-head or tapered body from inside the windshield. For additional wind protection a furry Windjammer cover is available.

Tech Specs

Windshield Height: 100mm
Windshield Length: 100mm
Grommet Internal Diameter: 20mm
Maximum wind-noise attenuation: 30dB

Finding the correct Baby Ball Gag will depend mainly on the diameter of the microphone shank. The size of the Baby Ball Gag relates to the diameter of the microphone body, i.e. a 20 mm Baby Ball Gag will fit a microphone with a 20 mm diameter shank. The microphone is fitted through a neoprene grommet into the Ball Gag, and must be central for the best wind protection. Please note the maximum diameter of the head is 80 mm.