User manual AKG D 440

[. . . ] Please make sure that the piece of equipment your microphone will be connected to fulfills the safety regulations in force in your country and is fitted with a ground lead. Built-in windscreen/pop filter for effective suppression of pop and breath noise. [. . . ] This may cause hum or similar noise when you use a cable that is longer than 16 feet (5 m). Plug the female XLR connector on the microphone cable into the male XLR connector on the microphone. Plug the other connector on the microphone cable into the desired microphone input jack on your mixer or amplifier. The best way to get the "right" sound is to experiment with microphone placement. Please note that moving the microphone closer to the instrument will boost the bass range. If you consider the noise produced by the keys as characteristic of the saxophone sound or the song, point the microphone at the middle of the instrument. However, if you want no key noise, direct the microphone toward the front outer rim of the bell. If you aim the microphone into the bell, you will get a high amount of wind noise. On stage, you may have to move as close as 2 inches to the microphone in order to avoid getting feedback or spillover from other instruments. In order to prevent overload distortion aim, the microphone at the lower rim of the bell. On stage, you may have to move as close as 2 inches to the microphone in order to avoid getting feedback or spillover from other instruments. Place the microphone about 2 to 6 inches in front of the loudspeaker diaphragm and aim the microphone at the center of the diaphragm. To prevent the top head from ringing excessively, tape a strip of felt or a piece of tissue paper to the skin in an off-center position. Screw the supplied H 440 bracket to the stand adapter on the microphone using the captive knurled-head screw on the H 440 bracket. [. . . ] 5 mV/Pa (­52 dBV re 1 V/Pa) 18 dB(A) (DIN 45412) 147 dB SPL / 156 dB SPL 600 ohms 2000 ohms temperature: ­10°C to +60°C rel. Humidity at +20°C: 95% 3-pin XLR pin 1: ground pin 2: hot pin 3: return plastic matte black enamel length: 85 mm (3. [. . . ]