Rycote Baseball
Minimise the ‘Swoosh‘ when booming!
This ingenious little 3” windscreen has been specifically designed for interior boom pole use. The Baseball greatly reduces the ‘swooshes’ (unwanted noise artifacts caused by laminar airflow across the mic) induced by fast boom swings and other rapid movements.
Light. Fast. Simple.
The Baseball is fitted with a soft yet durable end-cap. Made of thermoplastic elastomer – a unique plastic and rubber mix – the end-cap helps secure the mic and provides an effective seal against wind. The Baseball comes in ‘19/20’, ’21/22′ (green end-cap) and ‘24/25’ variants, reflecting compatible microphone diameters in mm.
Please check the mic compatibility list below for the version you require, or get in touch with a Rycote Technical Specialist.
Shock mounts, microphones, stands and cables shown for illustration purposes only and not included with Baseball.
A whole new
ball game!
The Baseball came about from listening to customers; it offers a fast, practical solution to address the universal ‘swooshing’ noise problem experienced by sound pros when booming.
Features
Significantly increased performance
versus conventional foam windscreens
Provides -30dB of wind noise attenuation,
across the frequency spectrum
Rapid attachment and removal
Durable and easily maintained
Incredibly lightweight – only 17g*
Offers capsule protection to the mic
(during scene ‘down-time’ and equipment changes)
Acoustically transparent open cell foam
and soft felt cover construction
Handmade in the UK
*Weights / dimensions approximate
Go faster.
The Baseball Windjammer® is an incredibly useful little add-on product for the Baseball, allowing for even faster/deeper boom swings indoors. Importantly, with the Windjammer fitted, the Baseball can now also be used outdoors in light winds.
The Baseball Windjammer comes in one size, which fits all our Baseball variants, i.e. 19/20mm, 21/22mm and 24/25mm. Weighing just 15g*, the Baseball Windjammer adds very little extra size or weight when fitted to the Baseball.
Adding a Baseball Windjammer to the Baseball brings a very useful extra 10dB of wind noise attenuation, across the spectrum. So, the performance of the Baseball with the Windjammer fitted is -40dB wind noise attenuation, across the frequency spectrum.
You can buy the Baseball Windjammer on its own, or as a ‘Combo’ pack with the Baseball of your choice (see ‘Specifications’ below)
Capture the performance.
The Baseball is fantastic for interior boom pole use… but that’s not the whole story. The Baseball 21/22 is compatible with some very popular mics used for pro-audio music applications (e.g. the Neumann KM180 series). This Baseball model is a great choice for recording instruments with these mics – partner it with the Baseball Windjammer to capture the performance in stage/concert environments too.
Super-light
combination.
The Baseball perfectly complements the INV-7 HG Mk III. The ‘mic / Baseball / INV-7’ combo makes for a super-lightweight, compact and discrete rig.
What the sound pros are saying…
We asked sound pros for their thoughts on the Baseball during testing – here’s what they said!
‘The new Rycote Baseball is a huge step up from the normal wind protection foams. Protective against light breeze, it’s the lightest and more trustful way for the operator or recordist to swing and boom, minimising even more the effects of movements, swooshes and pops.’
Guido Lerner
Sound Recordist
‘As you know for a long time I have been having trouble in finding a suitable foam gag for both the Schoeps CCM and the Sennheiser MKH-50. The problem was that during a fast pan you can hear the wind, but I am pleased to report that the Baseball wind gag has eliminated the problem for me on both makes of microphone.’
Malcolm Davies – A.m.p.s. CAS.
Production Sound Mixer
www.manxmoviesound.com
‘Thanks to the new Baseball, tight interior dialogue can now be covered with a really quite aggressive boom swing, without generating wind noise on the mic capsule.’
Darrell Briggs
Sound Mixer / Supervisor / Recordist
Baseball Specifications
Baseball (19/20mm)
Mic compatibility
DPA 4018
Schoeps CMC Series
Sennheiser MKH 8040, 8050*
*Using MZX 8000 XLR modules.
Remote MZL cables not currently compatible.
Baseball (21/22mm)
Mic compatibility
Audio-Technica AT4049b, AT4051b, AT4053b, AT4021b, AT4022, AT4041
Neumann KM180 Series (KM183, KM184, KM185)
Sennheiser ME64 K6
Baseball (24/25mm)
Mic compatibility
Sennheiser MKH 40, MKH 50
Please check the mic compatibility list above for the version you require,
or get in touch with a https://rycote.com/support/contact-us/.
Baseball Only
What’s in the tube?
Single Baseball or 3 pack
‘How-to’ Instructions*
(*printed on reverse of insert card)
Product codes
19/20 Single Pack – P/N: 039701
19/20 3 Pack – P/N: 039703
21/22 Single Pack – P/N: 039705
21/22 3 Pack – P/N: 039706
24/25 Single Pack – P/N: 039702
24/25 3 Pack – P/N: 039704
Baseball Combo’s
What’s in the tube?
Single Baseball
Baseball Windjammer
‘How-to’ Instructions*
(*printed on reverse of insert card)
Product codes
19/20 Single Baseball & Baseball Windjammer – P/N: 039710
21/22 Single Baseball & Baseball Windjammer – P/N: 039711
24/25 Single Baseball & Baseball Windjammer – P/N: 039712
Baseball Windjammer
What’s in the bag?
Baseball Windjammer
‘How-to’ Instructions
Product codes
Baseball Windjammer – P/N: 055345
