Rode Microphones NT1-a manual

( EMC, L VD ) NT1-A Instruction Manual www .rodemic.com[...]

- 2 - Introduc tion O n b e h a l f o f t h e e n t i r e t e a m a t I’d like to per son ally than k you for inve stin g in the NT 1-A studio condenser microphone. We’ re prou d to say tha t the NT1 - A has be come an ind ust r y st andard - p roviding t he war mth, ex tend ed dy namic r ange, cla rit y and hig h SPL capa bilit y u s u a l l y[...]

- 3 - Specifi ca t i on s Acou sti c Princ iple: E xte rnally p olaris ed 25m m ( 1 ”) condenser Ac tive Elec tronics: JFET i mped ance c onver ter w ith bipolar output buf fer Direc tional Pat ter n: Ca rdioid (se e gra ph) Fre qu en c y Rang e : 20Hz ~ 20 ,0 00Hz (se e gra ph) Output Impedence: 10 0 Ω Sensitivit y: -31 . 9dB re 1V /Pa @ 1 k H[...]

- 4 - Specifi ca t i on s Frequency R esponse P olar R es ponse Accessorie s `ÊÀiÊ£Ê6É*> ÊÓ ä Ê£ ä Êä Ê £ä Ê Óä Ê Îä ÊÓäâÊ £ääÊ £äääÊ £äÊäääÊ ÓäÊäää ä ä ÓÇ ä £nä Ó°ä Óä°ä Ê£ä°äÊÊ ä°ä Ó°ä {°ä È°ä n°ä £ä°ä £?[...]

- 5 - Fea tu re s • L arge c apsu le ( 1 ”) w ith g old- plate d memb rane • Ca rdioid polar p at tern • Ult ra- low noi se tra ns forme rle ss ci rcuit r y • New, st ate- of-the -ar t sur f ace mo unt elec t ronic s • Heav y- du ty s atin nic kel fi nis h • Mon ocoq ue sub -as sem bly • Inte rnal sh ock m ounti ng sys tem • Gold[...]

- 6 - • Th e gold d ot on the f ace of th e NT1 - A indic ate s the fro nt of the mic ropho ne, and the p ick-up a rea of the c ardioid p at tern. Plea se be sure to have t he side w ith t he dot fa cing th e soun d sourc e you wis h to record. • Mic ropho ne tec hniqu e , o r how to ge t the so und you wa nt, req uires ex peri menta tion. We s[...]

- 7 - Reco rdin g voca ls • We stro ngly re comme nd using t he su ppled po pshiel d at tach ment for a ll vocal re cordin g. This aid s in minimi sing plo sive s ound s (hard ‘P ’ , ‘B’ , ‘T ’ and ‘K’ so unds) th at prod uce a sud den jet of air w hich c an ca use th e cap sule to over load an d prod uce a ‘pop ping’ s ound. [...]

- 8 - Reco rdin g ele ct ric gu ita r /ba ss • T o mic up a g uita r or bas s amp lifi e r ( as o ppo sed to dire c t inpu t of that in str ume nt) a mic ropho ne may be pla ced cl ose to th e loud speake r of the am plifi er , dire c ted sligh tly to the s ide (of f-ax is) of the s peaker . • In th e abs ence of a P A D it may be ne ces sar [...]

- 9 - Reco rdin g acou st ic gui tar • A com mon (sin gle) micro phon e posi tion w hen reco rding ac ous tic guit ar is be t ween 2 0 and 3 0 cen timet res away f rom th e front of t he ins tr ument , wh ere the n eck a nd bod y meet . Adju st th e dis ta nce an d posi tion to ‘fi nely ’ tune th e des ired res pons e. This w ill dep end on [...]

- 10 - Reco rdin g dru ms • The re are va riou s ways to re cord dr um ki ts. S ingle mic s ‘ ove rhead ’ , mul tiple mic s ( X / Y or s pace d pair) or mu ltipl e mic s clos e to indi vidu al dru ms and c ym bals (‘ c lose mi king’ ) . • T o record a k it us ing a sing le micro phon e we sug ges t that yo u begin by p lacing t he mic a[...]

- 1 1 - • Af ter u se the N T 1-A sh ould be rem oved fro m it s sho ck mo unt, wi ped wi th a dr y , sof t cl oth and placed in the supplied protec tiv e sleev e/ d ust co ver . • Al terna tively i f the mic i s being u sed reg ularly, we s trong ly sugg es t you cover t he mic wi th the supplied prot ec tive sleev e/ dust cover . This can sim[...]

- 1 2 - Wa r r a n t y All micro phon es are wa rra nted for on e year fro m date of purc hase. Y ou c an ex tend t hat to a full ten year s if you re giste r online at www . ro d em i c . c om . Th e warr ant y cove rs par t s and la bour t hat may be req uired to rep air the mi crop hone d uring t he war rant y per iod. T he war rant y excl udes [...]