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Most engineers use the cardioid polar pattern (center position of the polar
pattern selector) for most applications. It is a standard setting for recording and
gives excellent results on all kinds of voices and a wide range of instruments.
If you need to mic up closely spaced instruments separately, you want higher
channel separation. Therefore, set the polar pattern selector to the right-hand
position for the hypercardioid polar pattern. This pattern is a very good choice
for concert sound applications because it rejects most of the regenerated
signals arriving at the microphone from the monitor loudspeakers that are
usually placed a little to the sides of the artist.
Set the polar pattern selector to omnidirectional (left-hand position) for "all
around the mic" recording, high quality ambience (audience sound) miking, or
far-field recording in exceptionally good large or small recording rooms, etc.
Although the microphone capsule is shock mounted internally, you can use the
supplied H85 "spider" suspension to reduce vibrational noise from the stand
or other sources even further. Remember to insert the cable into one of the two
grooves at the rear end of the outer ring for strain relief. This removes
mechanical pull from the connector and reduces vibrational noise that may be
transmitted to the microphone by the cable.
You can use the supplied W4000 foam windscreen both as a windscreen for
outdoor recording and as an additional pop screen for vocal recording. The
wind/pop screen causes almost no change in the frequency response of the
microphone. A careful, subjective comparative listening test will be the best
way to decide whether to use the windscreen or not.
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