royer SF-12, Инструкция по эксплуатации и Руководство пользователя

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Your SF-12 is equipped with a 5-pin XLR extension cable and
a splitter cable that fans out to twin 3-pin male XLR connectors.
As shipped from the factory, the connectors are marked “upper”
and “lower” since referring to them as “left” and “right” could
lead to confusion.
The SF-12 is reasonably tolerant of shock and vibration, but care
should be taken to prevent accidental stretching of the ribbon
elements. This is covered in the Care & Maintenance section of
this manual. The performance of the microphone is unaffected
by changes in temperature or humidity.
User Guide
Using the SF-12 Ribbon Microphone
Operation
The SF-12 is a versatile device capable of accurate sound
reproduction. There are a few important facts about ribbon
microphones that are key in understanding how to use them
intelligently.
1. The SF-12 is a side-address , bi-directional microphone and
the rejection in the ‘dead’ areas is very strong. Due to this
directionality, ribbon microphones should be placed at 1.3 times
the distance normally used with omni-directional microphones,
or about the same distance used for cardioid microphones. This
method is used to achieve the same ratio of direct to reflected
sound.
2. In the horizontal plane, ribbon microphones do not discriminate
against the ‘highs’ off axis, nor do they boost them on axis.
Therefore, several instruments or vocalists can be placed in front
of the microphone without favoring the performer in the center
of the group.
Several performers can be grouped at both the front and the back
of the microphone, with one proviso; since the outputs are out of
phase at the front and back of the microphone, cancellation can
result if two tenors are placed on opposite sides at equal distances
and are singing in unison. Therefore, listen to the feed before
committing to it.
3. The Royer model SF-12 requires no power supply and is safe
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