Rycote Softie with mount and pistol grip handle - Suitable for microphones which will predominantly be handheld, but with a 3/8" Whitworth (BSW) thread suitable for attaching to a boom pole providing shockmounting with most flexibility of use.

The main component of the Softie mount is a one piece rubber (actual material: EPDM) diaphragm shockmount. This unit is extremely robust, and has been tested in all environment conditions to ensure it performs.

The mounts are 58mm diameter x 56mm long, and support short to medium length shotgun microphones. The Softie mount will only fit shotgun microphones, which are cylindrical in shape (the same diameter though their whole length). We can not mount microphones that taper, with the Softie mount.

The longest Softie Windshields we make have an internal bore of 32cm (12-1/2") - Example:AKG CK68 or Audio Technica AT815b. These are the longest microphones we would recomend using a Softie Mount for, simply because the mount is flexible & can not support longer mics. For longer mics, we would only recomend a Full Windshield System, and a Modular suspension.

Softie Mount & Handle

This system will allow the user to either hold the mount with the pistol grip handle. Or attach it to a boom pole using the 3/8" Whitworth threaded insert in the base of the handle. This gives a very robust mounting system, which will be suitable for most situations.

There are two hole diameters for our Softies.  Standard (SH) for a 19/22mm microphone and Large (LH) for a 24/25mm microphone.  Lengths refer to the internal blind hole into which the microphone is pushed.  It is important that the Softie front portion covers all the slots along the length of the microphone to ensure good windshielding.