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2 Wiring
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Working
Distance and
Proximity Effect
2. Plug the female XLR connector on the micro-
phone cable into the male XLR connector on
the microphone.
3. Plug the other connector on the microphone
cable into the desired microphone input jack
on your mixer or amplifier.
A handheld vocal microphone provides many
ways of shaping the sound of your voice as it is
heard over the sound system.
The following sections contain useful hints on
how to use your microphone for best results.
Basically, your voice will sound the bigger and
mellower, the closer you hold the microphone to
your lips. Moving away from the microphone will
produce a more reverberant, more distant sound
as the microphone will pick more of the room’s
reverberation.
You can use this effect to make your voice sound
aggressive, neutral, insinuating, etc. simply by
changing your working distance.
Proximity effect is a more or less dramatic boost
of low frequencies that occurs when you sing into
the microphone from less than 2 inches. It gives
more “body” to your voice and an intimate, bass-
heavy sound.
3 Using Your Microphone