Earthworks DrumMic DM20, Руководство пользователя

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Congratulations on your purchase of the Earthworks® DM20 DrumMic™
Tom & Snare Microphone(s). When using this microphone on your toms and
snare, you will hear more detail in the attack in addition to hearing subtle
details that you have never heard before using conventional microphones.
You will walk into a whole new world of pristine drum sound using the DM20
DrumMic™ High Definition Microphone™. After reading this manual, if you
have any unanswered questions, please email or phone us using the con-
tact information on the back cover of this manual.
First, identify all the items
that came with your DM20 to verify that you have received everything listed
below.
Included with DM20 Tom and Snare Microphone
1 – DM20 DrumMic™ for Toms & Snare
1 – RM1 Drum RimMount™ for DM20
1 – PW1 Foam Windscreen
1 – User’s Manual
IMPORTANT NOTICE - Please Read This
The DM20’s High SPL Handling and Lower Output Level
The DM20 has been designed for close miking toms and snares with
high SPL handling of 150dB and a reduced output 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 interfaces. The majority of these units
will accommodate high microphone levels at the preamp input without
distortion. However, the more sensitive units may not handle high mic
levels at the preamp input and may require the use of a pad to prevent
the preamp from distorting. We encourage you to check the specifica-
tions of your preamp, mixer, console or computer audio interface to ver-
ify that the microphone preamp input will accommodate high levels of
approxi20dBV.
Different Types of Preamp Input Pads
Some outboard preamplifiers, mixers or consoles may have a built-in mic
preamp pad that can be switched in or out. However, on some models
these pads are not attenuators that precede the preamplifier input and
just reduce the gain of the preamplifier itself. Unless these preamplifiers
will handle a high input level (i.e.+20dBV) these so called pads will typ-
ically provide no preamp input overload protection from microphones
with high output levels (see Fig. 1-A).
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Version 2, April 22, 2019