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Figure 3

Approximately 18dB of Rear Rejection Using Conventional Drum Mics

Competitive

Microphones

Approx 18dB

Rear Rejection

Figure 4

Nearly Twice the Amount of Rear Rejection Using Earthworks Drum Mics

Earthworks

Microphones

Nearly Double

the Amount of

Rear Rejection

Summary of Contents for DrumMic DM20

Page 1: ...User s Guide DM20 DrumMic Tom Snare Microphone...

Page 2: ...3 Noise Weight 11 12 inches 282 44mm 55lb 25kg Frequency response Polar Pattern Cardioid Sensitivity 8mV Pa 42dBV Pa Power requirements 24 48V Phantom 10mA Peak acoustic input 150dB SPL 50Hz to 20kHz...

Page 3: ...tput level In most cases the DM20 will not require the use of a pad to prevent overloading the in put of outboard microphone preamps or the mic preamp inputs on mix ers consoles or computer audio inte...

Page 4: ...ie Vannucci Anton Fig Anthony King and many top FOH engineers touring with major artists are using Earthworks High Defi nition Drum Microphones for overheads toms snare and kick drum with exceptional...

Page 5: ...g or live sound engineer has their own way of doing this Our objective is not to indicate which drum miking approach is better but to make sug gestions and look at the advantages and disadvantages of...

Page 6: ...one A polar response is in comparison to the conventional microphone B 4 A DM20 Polar Conventional Polar Earthworks SR30 Cardioid 500 1K 2K 4K 8K 15K Competitive Cardioid 500 2K 15K 10K 1K 20K 5K 500...

Page 7: ...r Rejection Using Conventional Drum Mics Competitive Microphones Approx 18dB Rear Rejection Figure 4 Nearly Twice the Amount of Rear Rejection Using Earthworks Drum Mics Earthworks Microphones Nearly...

Page 8: ...the bottom XLR connec tor end to move the microphone up inside the rubber holder 3 4 The fit will be firm so you will need to apply a little pressure to move the microphone body up into the rubber ho...

Page 9: ...further from the drum shell One of the three positions A B or C previously mentioned will allow the RimMount bracket to be mounted parallel to the drum shell Position the rim guide so the bottom edge...

Page 10: ...microphone head be po sitioned between 1 5 inches and 3 inches above the drumhead The flex ible gooseneck will allow you to move the microphone head either up or down above the drumhead as well as in...

Page 11: ...he microphone cable will provide 20dB of attenuation to help prevent any distortion or overload For more information please refer to the Different Types of Preamp Input Pads section on pages 1 and 2 o...

Page 12: ...re 10 A that the microphone head is placed closer to the drum rim while in Figure 10 B the microphone head is aimed toward the center of the drumhead by changing the position of the gooseneck Experime...

Page 13: ...estions or require any additional information feel free to contact Earthworks directly using the contact information on the back cover of this manual and don t forget to register your warranty informa...

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