User manual AKG C 900

[. . . ] 1 General The C 900M is a condenser microphone and therefore needs a power supply. The microphone provides a balanced output on a 3-pin male XLR connector: Pin 1: ground Pin 2: hot Pin 3: return You can connect the microphone either to a balanced microphone input with or without phantom power or an unbalanced microphone input. , the optional MK 9/10 from AKG) to connect the microphone to a balanced XLR input with phantom power. (Refer to the manual of the unit to which you connected your microphone. [. . . ] Pull the transmitter module (2) out of the microphone. Unscrew the fixing screw (4) from the XLR connector module (3). Slide the XLR connector module (3) into the microphone body to the stop. To fix the XLR connector module (3), screw the fixing screw (4) down firmly. Alternatively, you can remove the transmitter module simply by pulling it out of the microphone body with just enough force to unlock it. Make sure not to grasp the transmitter module by the battery compartment. (If you did, you would only open the battery compartment. A handheld vocal microphone provides many ways of shaping the sound of your voice as it is heard over the sound system. The following sections contain useful hints on how to use your microphone for best results. The following sections apply to both the hardwire C 900M and the wireless version with an optional TM 40 transmitter module installed. Basically, your voice will sound the bigger and mellower, the closer you hold the microphone to your lips. Moving away from the microphone will produce a more reverberant, more distant sound as the microphone will pick more of the room's reverberation. You can use this effect to make your voice sound aggressive, neutral, insinuating, etc. Simply by changing your working distance. Proximity effect is a more or less dramatic boost of low frequencies that occurs when you sing into the microphone from less than 2 inches. It gives more "body" to your voice and an intimate, bass-heavy sound. Sing to one side of the microphone or above and across the microphone's top. this provides a well-balanced , natural sound. If you sing directly into the microphone, it will not only pick up excessive breath noise but also overemphasize "sss", "sh", "tch", "p", and "t" sounds. Feedback is the result of part of the sound projected by a speaker being picked up by a microphone, fed to the amplifier, and projected again by the speaker. Above a specific volume or "system gain" setting called the feedback Threshold, the signal starts being regenerated indefinitely, making the sound system howl and the sound engineer desperately dive for the master fader to reduce the volume and stop the howling. to increase usable gain before feedback , the microphone has a cardioid polar pattern. [. . . ] Unscrew the front grill from the microphone CCW. Remove the windscreen from the from grill and wash the windscreen in soap suds. Replace the windscreen in the front grill and screw the front grill on the microphone CW. Phantom power supply: connect to power outlet or insert battery (batteries). [. . . ]