Summary of PM40T
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Congratulations on your purchase of the innovative earthworks touring pianomic™ system. We know that you will be thrilled with the results you will achieve using the touring pianomic™ system for both live performance and recording. Items enclosed with your new earthworks touring pianomic™ system: pi...
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2 assembling & disassembling the touring pianomic™ the pianomic™ system is quick and easy to install. Once you have initially set up the pianomic™ system you will be able to do it from that point on in just a few minutes. Here are some helpful guidelines: caution – the microphone heads and gooseneck...
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3 4. Now, take the two pianomic telescoping sections and mate the connectors just like you would mate a standard xlr connector (see fig. 1-d). First mate the key- ways and then push the connectors together until you hear a “click.” if you do not hear a click, then change the position of the rotating...
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The pianomic™ system provides the following benefits: • excellent overall piano sound with uniform level from all strings • superb sound with the piano lid up or down • tremendous gain before feedback • minimal leakage from other instruments surrounding the piano (with piano lid closed) • microphone...
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Any recording or live sound engineer will tell you that conventional microphones do a poor job inside a piano with the lid closed. Sound engineers were amazed when they heard the exceptional sound quality of the pianomic™ system used inside a piano with the lid open and at half-stick. But they were ...
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4. The pianomic™ can be placed inside the piano with the microphone heads either facing the dampers (figure 6) or facing away from the dampers (figure 7). For opti- mum results, the pianomic™ system should be placed in the piano with the micro- phone heads positioned two to three inches away from th...
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6. Once you have determined which placement will provide you with the abil- ity to have the microphone heads two to three inches in front of the dampers, you are ready to place the pianomic™ system inside the piano. With the bar fully extended and the clutch adjusted where there is still a little fr...
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11. With the pianomic™ placed in- side the piano and the microphones properly positioned you are ready to connect the pianomic™ cable to the electronics box via a 5-pin xlr con- nector. The back of the electronics box has two xlr-3 connectors that will connect the microphone outputs to the preamp in...
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Leather pouch attached to piano leg the enclosed leather pouch has velcro straps that allow it to be attached to the leg of a piano. The pouch is open at the top and the bottom has a strap to prevent the electronics box from falling out of the bottom. There is an opening at the bottom of the pouch t...
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Now you should be ready to use the pianomic™ system and achieve some impressive sonic results for recording or live performances. If you have any questions after reading and following the directions in this manual, please contact earthworks directly using the contact information on page 11 of this m...
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Fifteen-year warranty all earthworks products (excluding accessories) carry a fifteen-year limited warranty (parts and labor). If you have any problems with your earthworks products, please contact our warranty/repair department by email at: returns@earthworksaudio.Com or by telephone at (603) 654-6...
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