1 Precaution/Unpacking
1.1 Precaution
Please make sure that the
piece of equipment your microphone
will be connected to fulfills the safety
regulations in force in your country
and is fitted with a ground lead.
1.2 Unpacking
Check that the packaging contains all of
the items listed below:
• Microphone
• Spider suspension
• Carrying case
• Mini poster
Should any item be missing, please con-
tact your AKG dealer.
2 Description
2.1 Introduction
Thank you for purchasing an
AKG product. This Manual contains
important instructions for setting up and
operating your equipment. Please take a
few minutes to
read the instructions
below carefully before operating the
equipment
and keep the Manual for
future reference. Have fun and impress
your audience!
The
PERCEPTION 400
is a heavy-duty,
rugged true condenser microphone built
to the same strict quality standards as all
other AKG products.
Designed on the basis of AKG’s decades
of know-how and feedback from sound
engineers around the world using AKG
studio microphones every day, this gen-
eral-purpose 1-inch large-diaphragm
microphone brings AKG studio quality to
the worlds of recording, live sound, and
broadcasting.
2.2 Features
•
Cardioid polar pattern:
The micro-
phone is most sensitive to sounds
arriving from in front of it while pick-
ing up much less of sounds arriving
from the sides or rear (from monitor
speakers or neighboring instru-
ments). This makes the microphone
equally suited for recording and
onstage use.
•
Gold-sputtered diaphragm:
The
diaphragm is made of a plastic foil
that is gold-sputtered on one side
only to prevent shorting to the back
electrode even at extremely high
sound pressure levels.
•
All-metal body:
The all-metal body
adds to the rejection of RF interfer-
ence so you can use the microphone
near transmitter stations and along
with wireless microphones or other
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