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EMOTION AKG.EMOTION MICROPHONE SERIES D 880 D 880 S Bedienungshinweise ....S. 2 Bitte vor Inbetriebnahme des Gerätes lesen! User Instructions ....p. 12 Please read the manual before using the equipment! Mode d’emploi .
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1 D 880 or D 880 S 1 SA 44 stand adapter Check that the packaging contains all of the com- ponents listed above. Should anything be missing, please contact your AKG dealer. 1.3 Optional • MK 9/10 microphone cable: 10 m (30 ft.) Accessories...
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1 Description The D 880 is a supercardioid dynamic micro- 1.5 D 880 phone. It has been designed specifically as a vocal microphone for rough onstage use. The wide frequency response of the D 880 slightly favors the midfrequency and treble regions to en- sures good intelligibility of speech.
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2.2 Connecting 1. Use a commercial XLR cable such as the op- the Microphone tional MK 9/10 from AKG. to a Balanced The length of these cables does not affect au- Input dio quality.
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2 Wiring Fig. 3: Using a balanced connecting cable. 1. To connect the microphone to an unbalanced 2.3 Connecting microphone input (1/4” jack), use a cable with a the Microphone female XLR connector and a 1/4” TS jack plug. to an These cables are available at music stores.
2 Wiring 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. 3 Using Your Microphone 3.1 Introduction A handheld vocal microphone provides many...
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3 Using Your Microphone 3.3 Angle of Incidence Fig. 5: Typical microphone position. Sing to one side of the microphone or above and across the microphone’s top. This provides a well-balanced, natural sound. If you sing directly into the microphone, it will not only pick up excessive breath noise but also overemphasize “sss”, “sh”, “tch”, “p”, and “t”...
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3 Using Your Microphone by the speaker. Above a specific volume or “system gain” setting called the feedback threshold, the signal starts being regenerated indefinitely, making the sound system howl and the sound engineer desperately dive for the master fader to reduce the volume and stop the howling.
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3 Using Your Microphone 3.5 Backing Vocals Fig. 7: Two vocal- ists sharing a microphone. 1. Never let more than two persons share a microphone. 2. Ask your backing vocalists never to sing more than 35 degrees off the microphone axis. The microphone is very insensitive to off-axis sounds.
5 Troubleshooting Problem Possible Cause Remedy No sound: 1. Power to mixer 1. Switch power to and/or amplifier is mixer or amplifier off. 2. Channel or master 2. Set channel or fader on mixer, or master fader on volume control on mixer or volume amplifier is at zero.