What is the wind cover made of artificial fur called?

• A. Decatree
• B. Deliverables
• C. Dead Cat
• D. Cue Sheet

Answer: (C)

In film and video audio, the fluffy wind cover used on a boom microphone is called a Dead Cat. It’s a fur windscreen that fits over the mic to break up wind flow, dramatically reducing wind noise while letting the microphone still pick up dialogue and ambient sounds with less rumble. The fur creates turbulence at the wind’s edge, preventing strong gusts from hitting the mic diaphragm directly and masking high-frequency detail. The other terms refer to unrelated things—one isn’t a standard mic wind cover, another is about final project outputs, and the last is a document listing music cues—so they don’t describe the equipment used to tame wind.