Hi, what do people use for damage control (prevention likely is a case for deadcats though I am not sure whether their absorption may be too much for this application) when condenser mics occasionally "plop" due to wind? One can hear this effect a few times on the outdoors "wasp" video <https://youtu.be/vKCdTh7h8f8> between 5:00 and the end (5:22). What I tried in that recording is using a high pass filter (at about 100Hz) with "Soft limiter" which supposedly maps something like -3dB to +∞dB to -3dB to 0dB. I think it was "Invada". The result is still unpleasant. Are there any better approaches, like some sort of smooth gating? As a note aside, I got really annoyed at snd_oxfw (Firewire via ALSA, no Ffado available) for a Mackie Onyx Satellite. At 96kHz sample frequency, xruns using Ardour about once per minute. Don't remember this being the case when I tried last time (with a Thinkpad T61 and an older CPU). Regardless whether using the built-in Ricoh Firewire controller of a T420, or an Expresscard controller with TI chip, using Jack or not, connected to mains power or not. I finally threw in the towel and used the analog TLR outputs on the Satellite into an RME Hammerfall (via Expresscard-to-Cardbus Adapter). I am not sure I really was satisfied with the result: I suspect that it went through A/D+D/A already before arriving at Main Out of the Satellite. The video from that attempt was sort of badly lit so I ultimately ditched it anyway. The one linked above was instead recorded with an Alesis iO|14 audio card, using Ffado and Jack (this requires blacklisting the ALSA Bebob driver which only produced hacked-up audio last time I tried it). I did not want to move my regular equipment (a large Mackie Onyx mixer) into the yard and at least had the Alesis still around from earlier experiments. I actually found the noise level of the Alesis a bit nicer than when using the Satellite preamps, but then the Satellite produces lacklustre phantom voltage (something like 35V or so). A final note on the mics (leaving the Linux-specific realm): I used hypercardioid Oktava MK-012 capsules (I think 0.5" diameter membranes). Would cardioid or even omni be less sensitive to wind as a rule? Or is this a solid "it depends" or "naaah"? All the best, thanks for any hints -- David Kastrup