HOLOPHONE H4 SuperMINI User Manual - page 5
H4-SuperMINI User Guide
Rising Sun Productions Ltd.
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Introducing the Holophone H4 SuperMINI
Congratulations. You are the proud owner of a truly ingenious
piece of audio engineering. The Holophone H4 SuperMINI
Surround Sound microphone system is a lightweight, portable,
super-compact package that captures professional-quality 5.1
surround-sound audio for Electronic News Gathering (ENG),
professional video and film production, or music recording. The
H4 SuperMINI provides the ideal solution for all live event
television broadcasters, live music producers and engineers, and
film and video location crews who need real-time surround audio
to satisfy the ever-expanding Home Theater audience.
The H4 SuperMINI System
The H4 SuperMINI system includes two major components:
• H4 SuperMINI Head with six microphone elements: five
external elements and an internal Low Frequency Effects
element (5.1);
• Control Unit, which carries out extensive processing and
control functions during sound capture.
The H4 SuperMINI Head is mounted securely on the Control Unit,
which can be mounted in turn on any professional-level video
camera. It can also be mounted on a tripod, a boom, or simply held
in the hand. Together, the Head and the Control Unit weigh less
than 1 lb. (450 grams).
The sound captured by the six independent microphone elements
can be output in two ways:
• Dolby ProLogic II, a matrix surround-encoded stereo
analog output, or
• six line-level analog outputs (L, R, C, LFE, LS, RS)
available through three stereo mini-plug jacks.
The H4 SuperMINI has additional capabilities that include an
input for an external, center-channel placed shotgun or lavalier
microphone to enhance sonic opportunity options and features a
zoom button that increases the forward bias of the pick-up pattern.
It also includes Virtual Surround Monitoring on headphones for
real-time on-camera 3-D audio monitoring of the surround field.