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    ( EMC, L VD ) M2 Instruction Manual www .r odemic.com[...]

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    - 2 - Introduc tion Tha n k yo u fo r c hosing th e M 2 l i v e c o n d e n s e r microphone. The M2 benefi ts fr om ’ s ex te n s ive ex p erie n ce in craf ting premium condenser microphone s for st u dio, live an d l o cation u s e a n d i s a d i re ct res u l t of th e foun d a t i o n s e t by t h e awa r d wi n ni n g S1 . Com b ining s o[...]

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    - 3 - Specifi ca t i on s Acou stic Princ iple: Pres s u re g r a d ie nt Po lar P at t e rn: Sup e r-C a rd ioid (se e g r ap h ) Fre que ncy Rang e : 35Hz ~ 2 0 ,0 0 0Hz (se e g r ap h ) Output Impedence: 50 Ω Sensitivit y: - 44 d B ± 2 d B re 1V /Pa (6.3 m V @ 9 4 dB SPL) @ 1 k H z Equivalent Noise: 23 dB SP L (A -weighte d per IEC6 5 1 ) Max[...]

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    - 4 - Specifi ca t i on s Frequency R esponse P olar R es ponse Accessorie s RM3 s t an d m ou n t ZP1 zip pouch 0.0 -2.0 -4.0 -6.0 -8.0 -10.0 -12.0 -14.0 -16.0 -18.0 -20.0 -22.0 -24.0 -25.0 dB rel. 1V/Pa +5.0 Frequency 500 Hz – 1000 Hz – 4000 Hz – dB re 1 V/Pa 20 10 0 -10 -20 -30 20Hz 100 1000 10 000 20 000[...]

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    - 5 - Fea tur es • Feed b ack reje cting s u per-c a rdioid pic k u p pat tern • Loc king on / o ff sw i tch • Heav y-d uty m e t a l b ody • High leve l of RF reje c tion • De s ig n e d & ma n u fac tured in Au stra lia • Fu ll 1 0 year g u arantee* Using the M2 • The M2 re q u i re s a p o we r s u pply whic h fo r opt i m u m [...]

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    - 6 - • We recom m e n d tha t any c o n n e ctio n s mad e to th e mixe r o r re c orde r a r e mad e w i th t h e at tenuat io n (g a i n ) set to O F F as w e ll a s t h e m i c r o p hon e s w itc h set to O F F . • Wh e n fi r st sw it chi n g t h e mixe r o n a n d w hen pha n tom p o w e r ha s been ap p lie d to t he M2, or wh e n t h [...]

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    - 7 - • Th e M2’ s pr i ma ry f u n ctio n is a live vo cal micro phone. Wh e n s ett i ng i t u p on st age , m a ke sure t h e foldbac k monitors are positioned as pic t ured i n Figu re 1 . T h is will d i re ct the s ound to the vo calist and to w a rds the lea st res p onsi ve sec t io n of t he M2’s pic k up p a t tern. • T o avoid fe[...]

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    - 8 - Wa r r a nt y All m i crophon es are war ranted for o n e yea r fro m da te of p u rchase. Y ou c a n ex tend tha t to a f u ll ten year s if you regis t er onli n e a t www . r o de mi c . co m . Th e w a rrant y cover s pa rt s a n d labour th a t may b e req u ire d to re p a i r t h e mi crophon e d u r i n g th e w ar r ant y per i o d .[...]