Mackie ELEMENT CARBON, Owner'S Manual

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GETTING STARTED
1. Read and understand the Important Safety
Instructions on page 3.
2. Turn down all knobs.
3. Disengage all switches.
4. Connect the USB-C side of the included USB
cable to the microphone and the USB-A side
to the computer’s USB port.
NOTE: Do not use a USB hub, keyboard’s USB
port, etc. Plug directly into an open USB port
on the computer.
5. Connect headphones to the headphone jack
on the bottom of the mic.
6. Computer setup instructions
[plug-and-play, no drivers required!]:
Mac: System Preferences > Sound > Input
(and Output) > USB Microphone
PC:
Control Panel > Hardware and Sound >
Sound > Playback (and Recording) > USB
Microphone (make default).
Make sure the input and output levels
of the computer are un-muted and up.
7. While playing music from your computer,
slowly rotate the phones knob clockwise.
This will confirm that playback goes
through the microphone’s headphone jack.
NOTE:
Your ears are important to us!
Be careful of permanent hearing damage.
Lower the volume on your device. Even
intermediate levels may be painfully loud.
Always turn the volume all the way down before
connecting the headphones or doing anything
new that may affect the headphone volume.
Then turn it up slowly as you listen carefully.
8. Open up your favorite DAW and start a new
session.
9. While speaking into the mic, disengage
the mute switch and slowly rotate the gain
knob clockwise until the input level meters
on the DAW bounce between green and yellow.
NOTE: The mute switch mutes only the mic
input. Any signal coming IN from the computer
will still be heard through the headphones
regardless of the state of the mute switch.
NOTE: This is a side address mic and works
best when speaking into the side of the mic,
not the top.
10. While most DAWs work (relatively) the same,
the path to recording may be different. As such,
refer to your DAW’s manual on how to open
new sessions, create tracks, select the Carbon
mic, arm tracks and the best part... recording!
Have fun!
Technical Specifications
CARBON
Element 14 mm condenser capsule
Polar Pattern
Stereo, Cardioid, Figure-8,
Super-Cardioid, Omni
Frequency Response 20 Hz – 20 kHz
Sensitivity –37 dB ±3 dB (0 dB = 1 V/Pa @ 1 kHz)
Max Input SPL 126 dB (@ 1 kHz 1% THD)
Sample Rate 16-bit / 48 kHz
Signal-to-Noise Ratio 100 dB
Output Power (RMS)
130 mW
Size (H × W )
11.3" × 3.8"
287 × 97 mm
Weight
2.0 lb • 0.91 kg
All specifications subject to change
NEED HELP WITH THE MICROPHONE?
• Visit www.mackie.com and click Support to find:
FAQs, manuals, and addendums.
• Telephone 1-800-898-3211 to speak with one of our
splendid technical support chaps (Monday through
Friday, normal business hours, Pacific Time).
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