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- Page 1 Holophone H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide Copyright © 2001, 2004 Rising Sun Productions Ltd.
- Page 2 H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide Contact us: HOLOPHONE Rising Sun Productions Limited 258 Adelaide Street East, Suite 200 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5A 1N1 Telephone: (416) 362-7790 Fax: (416) 362-7780 Website: http://www.holophone.com Email: info@holophone.com Warranty contact: (416) 362-7790 info@holophone.com NOTE:...
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Page 3: Terms And Conditions
H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide Terms and Conditions Rising Sun Productions Limited “Rising Sun” warrants its products to be free of defects in material and workmanship for a period of one (1) year from the original date of receipt or retail purchase. -
Page 4: Warnings
• While the Holophone H2-PRO is water-resistant to some degree, take care that it does not become too wet. When used outdoors, a plastic bag placed around it with an elastic band around the cable will help to protect it against inclement weather. -
Page 5: Table Of Contents
H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide Table of Contents Terms and Conditions ....................ii Warnings ........................iii Introducing the Holophone H2-PRO ................1 What is the Holophone?....................3 A Brief Overview of Surround Sound................. 5 The Holophone H2-PRO....................8 Using the Holophone H2-PRO ................... 11 Cabling Scenarios...................... -
Page 6: Introducing The Holophone H2-Pro
Its flexibility, ease of use, and performance make the H2-PRO ideal for recording live events and in-studio use. It is well suited for... - Page 7 DVD-based recorders, multichannel preamplifiers, standard multichannel I/Os, and all mixing consoles. The Holophone H2-PRO takes the guesswork out of recording surround sound. • Lightweight and inexpensive solution to instantly capture live surround sound for professional recording or broadcast.
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Page 8: What Is The Holophone
An internal microphone captures low frequency sounds. The Holophone’s head is actually an ellipsoid. It looks more like a pointy football than a real human head. Acoustically, however, it performs remarkably like the real thing. - Page 9 The output from all the speakers arrives at our ears with the same small differences in timing, and we hear as we would if our own head was in the same position as the Holophone when it recorded the sounds.
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Page 10: A Brief Overview Of Surround Sound
H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide A Brief Overview of Surround Sound In the beginning there was mono. No matter how many speakers there were, the sound coming from each speaker was the same. In monaural recording, the effect was as if all the sound was recorded from the same single location, and for the most part this was how it was recorded. - Page 11 Circle Surround analog decoding system also supports 5.1. IMAX uses a 6.1 system, adding a top channel to the 5.1 standard. This is the configuration that is supported by the Holophone. Recently, Dolby, DTS and SRS Labs (among others) have come out with extended surround formats that use a 6.1 configuration.
- Page 12 H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide 4-2-4 Dolby Stereo Direct support for center, left and right channels. Left surround and right surround are combined into one mono output. Mix the top incrementally with the four backbone channels. Stereo Mix down to stereo.
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Page 13: The Holophone H2-Pro
H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide The Holophone H2-PRO Microphone element Head Perimeter gasket Adjustment knob Front of Head Yoke Cable Holophone H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone The Holophone Microphone System consists of • ellipsoidal Holophone head housing eight condenser microphone elements •... - Page 14 PRO on a boom or microphone stand, or hand-hold it using the optional hand grip. Use the Holophone H2-PRO on a microphone stand ..or loosen the adjustment knob and turn the yoke upside down to hang the Holophone H2-PRO.
- Page 15 H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide The cable terminates with eight balanced XLR output connectors. These are assigned to each of the microphone elements as follows: Channel Microphone left right center low frequency effects (LFE) left surround right surround center rear It is necessary to keep the channel assignments discrete through the recording and mixing process.
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Page 16: Using The Holophone H2-Pro
H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide Using the Holophone H2-PRO The Holophone H2-PRO is remarkably simple to use, because it accurately reproduces in three dimensions what one would hear at a particular location in space. In most cases, if you have experience... - Page 17 5. For Sports broadcasting in most field sporting events, and for fixed installations such as arenas, it is desirable to place the Holophone either near the center of the field, or else near a Main Camera position off to the one side that will work in conjunction with the main camera angle of the broadcast.
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Page 18: Cabling Scenarios
Holophone and monitor in Surround to hear the results! The possibilities are limitless. Please e-mail us and let us know if you find something cool! For current tips and tricks in using the Holophone, visit our website: http://www.holophone.com/inaction.html... -
Page 19: Direct To Recording Device Supplying Microphone With Phantom Power
Using a multichannel microphone preamplifier Plug the XLR mic-level outputs of the Holophone into the inputs of a preamp. Connect the outputs of the preamp to the inputs of the console or recording device. Turn phantom power on, and set gain the same for all channels (relative to each other). -
Page 20: Optional Equipment
H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide Optional Equipment The Lightweight and Ergonomically designed hand grip for the H2 PRO eliminates the need for a cumbersome stand in the field Hand Grip The custom-designed travel case protects the H2-PRO from shock and water. -
Page 21: Appendix A: Directivity Measurements
Surround and the Left Surround microphones were measured at 10 degrees intervals, with the zero degree position indicating the Front microphone facing the loudspeaker. The outputs from the prototype Holophone PCM-7 preamplifier control module of the non-wireless Global Sound Microphone System were recorded by an eight-channel recorder (TASCAM DA-38). - Page 22 H2-PRO Surround Sound Microphone User Guide Rising Sun Productions Ltd. page 17...
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