the narrow gap between the ribbon and the pole pieces.
Microphone Positioning
The shock-mounted clip that is supplied with the N8 microphone
was designed to keep structure-borne noise transmitted through the
microphone stand away from the low-tuned ribbon transducer. For the
shock mount to function as intended and to avoid vibration entering
the microphone through its attached cable, it is important to tie the
microphone cable to the microphone stand in a loop with a cable tie,
shoelace or string.
Magnetic Stray Fields
Ribbon microphones are fundamentally prone to picking up strong
external magnetic fields caused by light dimmers or nearby power
transformers. Guitar players will know this phenomenon from single-coil
pickups. Even though much attention was paid to suppressing these
magnetic fields in the design of the N8, it is still possible that you might
encounter this problem. If you should pick up a hum, try rotating or
moving the microphone to find a spot where the hum disappears and try
eliminating potential sources of stray magnetic fields.
Avoid placing the microphone in close proximity to hard drives, credit
cards, analog tape, or any other magnetically-sensitive items to prevent
any data loss.
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