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( EMC, L VD ) NTK Instruction Manual www .rodemic.com[...]
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- 2 - Introduc tion Tha nk you fo r inves t ing in t he mul ti aw ard -w inni ng NTK v alve c ond en se r mic rop hon e. Th e NTK is t he re sul t of an ex ten siv e devel op ment prog ra m to crea te a tr uly s up er ior va lve co nd ens er microphone. Th e hear t of the N TK is t he Au s tr alian d esig ne d and manufac tured HF-2 c apsule. The e[...]
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- 3 - Specifi ca t i ons Acou s tic Princ ip le: Pres sure g rad ient Ac ti ve Elec tronics: V alve/tube impedance conve r te r wit h bip olar o ut pu t buf fer Direc tional Pat te rn: Ca rdioid (se e gr ap h) Fre q ue n c y Rang e: 20Hz ~ 20 ,0 0 0Hz (se e gr ap h) Output Impedence: 20 0 Ω Sensitivit y: -3 8d B re 1 V/Pa @ 1 kHz (25 mV /Pa @ 94d[...]
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- 4 - Specifi ca t i ons Frequency R esponse P olar R es ponse Accessorie s `ÊÀiÊ£Ê6É*> ÊÓ ä Ê£ ä Êä Ê £ä Ê Óä Ê Îä ÊÓäâÊ £ääÊ £äääÊ £äÊäääÊ ÓäÊäää ä ä ÓÇ ä £nä Ӱä Óä°ä Ê£ä°äÊÊ ä°ä Ó°ä {°ä È°ä n°ä £ä°ä £Ó[...]
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- 5 - Fea t ur e s • La rge c ap sul e (1 ”) wi th g old - plate d dia phr agm • Clas s “ A ” val ve ci rcui tr y • Hand se lec ted and g r ade d 692 2 t wi n-t rio de va lve • Ded ica ted p ower s up pl y • Ult ra lo w nois e • Wid e dy nami c ran ge • High s tre ngt h hea t treate d ste el me sh h ead • High level of RF reje[...]
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- 6 - • Ensu re tha t your NT K has b een s et to th e cor rec t volt age, as u se d in your c oun tr y . Th e NTK c an b e us ed wi th mai ns su pp liy vol tag es of b et we en ei the r 1 10 - 1 2 0V 5 0/60 Hz o r 22 0 -24 0V 5 0/60 Hz. - T o sele c t for 1 10 - 1 20 V us e, set th e volt age s ele c tor to 1 1 5 V . - T o sele c t for 2 2 0 -24[...]
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- 7 - • Havin g ens ured t hat t he po wer s up ply i s set to t he cor rec t volt age yo u c an be gin to co nne c t t he NT K to the p owe r su pp ly . Do no t co nn ec t the p owe r to the m ai ns b efo re co nn e c ti ng th e mi cro ph on e. • Co nne c t t he male 7-pin pl ug of the N TK c abl e to the 7 - pin in pu t soc ket on t he rear o[...]
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- 8 - • T he g old d ot on t he f ace of t he NT K ind ic ates t he fro nt of th e mic rop hon e, and th e pick- up area of the c ard ioid pat tern. Pl ease b e sure to have t he sid e wi th th e dot f ac ing t he so und s ou rce you w is h to reco rd. • Mic rop hon e tec hniq ue, or h ow to ge t the s ou nd you wa nt, re quire s ex pe rim ent [...]
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- 9 - • We stro ngl y reco mme nd th e us e of a po p shiel d or fi lte r for all vo c al reco rding . The se a id in mini misi ng plo sive s oun d s (ha rd ‘P ’ , ‘B’ , ‘T ’ and ‘K’ s ou nd s) tha t prod uce a s udd en je t of air w hich c an c au se the c a ps ule to over loa d and p rod uce a ‘pop pin g’ sound. • Any m o[...]
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- 10 - • Af te r us e the N TK sh ould b e remove d fro m it s mou nt, w ipe d wi th a d r y , sof t cloth a nd pla ced i n it s prot ec tive c ase. • Be su re to place t he m ois tu re- ab sor be nt c r y s tal s (sup plie d ) at th e head of t he mic ro pho ne, so as to ab sor b any m ois t ure pre se nt. Event ually t his p ack of c r ys tal[...]
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- 1 1 - NOTE: The re a re no u s er-s e r v ice ab le p ar ts i ns id e th e NT K su pp ly, bu t th er e AR E pot en tia ll y le tha l vo lt ag e s. If t he s up pl y d oe s no t wo rk c or re c t ly, you s ho ul d co ns ul t ei th er th e de al er yo u pu rc ha se d t he mi c rop ho ne f ro m, o r a qu ali fi ed elec tronic technician. DO N OT un[...]
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- 1 2 - Wa r r a n t y All mic rop hone s are w ar ra nted fo r one yea r fro m date of p urc hase. Y ou c an e x tend t hat to a f ull ten year s if yo u regi s ter onli ne at www . ro d em i c. c o m . Th e war r ant y c over s par t s and la bo ur tha t may be req uired to re pai r the m icro ph one d uri ng th e war r ant y per iod . The w ar r[...]