Summary of CMK4 CloseMic Kit
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Cmk4 cmk5 user’s guide closemic™ kit.
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Congratulations on your purchase of the earthworks ® cmk4 or cmk5 kit of dm20 drummic™ tom & snare microphones. When using these microphones on your toms and snare, you will hear more detail in the attack in addition to hearing subtle details that cannot be heard when using conventional micro- phone...
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2 +20dbv) these so-called pads will typically provide no preamp input overload protection from microphones with high output levels (see fig. 1-a). Some out- board preamps, mixers, consoles or computer audio interfaces have actual pads that precede the preamplifier input. These types of pads will pro...
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3 earthworks high definition microphones ™ the new science in microphones david blackmer, the brilliant engineer who invented the innovative technol- ogies of dbx, is also the inventor and founder of earthworks. In the last few years of his life, david developed a number of revolutionary technologie...
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Directional microphone? The singer at the front of the mic sounds great, but the two on the sides of the microphone sound muffled due to the lack of high frequency pickup at the sides of the microphone. In contrast, the earthworks proprietary polar technology provides virtually the same frequency re...
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5 figure 3 18db of rear rejection using conventional drum mics competitive microphones approx 18db rear rejection figure 4 32db of rear rejection using earthworks drum mics earthworks microphones approx 32db rear rejection.
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6 close miking toms and snares with the dm20 drummic™ microphones inserting the dm20 microphone into the rm1 rimmount the rm1 is designed specifically for the dm20 allowing you to mount the mi- crophone on the side of a tom or snare. The rm1 can also be used on the top or bottom of a tom or snare. I...
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7 referring to figure 6-b, notice that on the delrin® cushioned rim-guide there are two sets of grooves. One groove is in the “center” of the rim-guide (1), while the other groove (2 & 3) is “off center” (or closer to the edge of the rim- guide). These two sets of grooves provide you with “three” mo...
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8 adjusting the microphone height once the rimmount™ is mounted securely on the drum rim with the dm20 microphone housed in the rubber holder, the microphone body can be moved either up or down in the rubber holder to provide the desired height. Then the gooseneck will provide a good amount of latit...
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9 the high acoustic sound levels of close miked drums in close miking drums, one should keep in mind that the acoustic sound level at the microphone head is extremely high. Microphones used for close miking drums should be able to handle at least 140db spl in order to prevent audible distortion. The...
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10 the dm20 can be used on either the top drumhead, bottom drumhead or both. Figure 9-a shows the dm20 placed over the top drumhead of a snare, while fig- ure 9-b shows a snare drum with both the top and bottom heads miked. Close miking toms with the dm20 the extended low frequency response of the d...
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11 we are pleased to welcome you to our ever-growing family of drummers and sound engineers using earthworks high definition microphones™ for recording and live sound. We hope the suggestions in this manual have been beneficial to you. Don’t be afraid to experiment with mic placement. You can be as ...
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Made in u.S.A. Earthworks, inc. • 37 wilton rd. • milford, nh 03055 603-654-2433 • www.Earthworksaudio.Com email: sales@earthworksaudio.Com • printed in u.S.A. Dm20 with rm1 rimmount™ dm20 drummic ™ for toms & snare minimum output load 1,000Ω, balanced between pins 2&3 noise weight 11.12 inches (282...