Strange Sound AT 4053 a... Broken?

[PaPa]

During a shoot yesterday, I started to notice that my favorite mic in my kit, my AT 4053 a hyper was making a strange noise with ANY type of subtle bump, shake or fast movement. It was similar to the sound that amps make when cell phones go off near by but to a lesser extent.

I then found out that the reason i was getting this sound was due to the ALC being ON on the camera, so i turned it off and the strange sound disappeared, but instead of the sound happening whenever there was a subtle bump, shake or fast movement, it's almost as if there was no sound at all.

Here is a sample clip of what I'm talking about, and keep in mind it's always in a Shock mount connected to a boom pole.


http://www.tassweb.com/papa/strangemicrophonenoise.mp3

Is my microphone broken? Can this type of thing be serviced??

 

[JordanBlock]

What are you recording into?
Where were the levels set?
How close to the audio source?

 

[PaPa]

Going into the af100. It's not the camera because we have tried different microphones using the same cable going into the same source.

levels were set in camera.

Essentially, when I turned off alc in cam, the sound, if I gently hold the microphone in my hand and shake it slightly sound like confused clipping even though nothing is touching the capsule.

I fear the mic might be dead...

 

[recordingwhiz]

Send it in for repair, sound like something definitively is kaput inside.

 

[PaPa]

H would you recommend I go to a local store our send it to audio technica?

 

[recordingwhiz]

FInd out from Audio Technica where your nearest repair center is and make arrangements thru the repair center.

 

[PaPa]

perfect. Thank you for your help. My poor mic. It's my favorite one too.

 

[Sam Mallery]

Maybe try unscrewing the capsule, give the exposed connections on the mic body and capsule a gentle blow (making sure not to spit), and rescrew it on and see if it helps.