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SEVEN PIECE PERCUSSION MICROPHONE KIT PERCUSSION MICR OPHONES 7KIT.
Copyright 2003, Samson T echnologies Corp. Printed February , 2003 Samson T echnologies Corp. 575 Underhill Blvd. P. O. Box 9031 Syosset, NY 11791-9031 Phone: 1-800-3-SAMSON (1-800-372-6766) F ax: 516-364-3888 www .
3 Introduction Congratulations on y our purchase of the 7KIT percussion microphone kit from Samson A udio! W e understand that the sound of your drum kit is extremely personal and impor tant to y our livelihood, so we carefully designed the 7KIT as a complete solution specifically f or miking your drum kit.
4 Features The Samson 7KIT utilizes state-of-the-art microphone technology and each micro- phone is engineered to the finest detail f or the dr um it is to be used on.
5 Mounting the QSNARE and QT OM Installing the QSNARE and QT OM to your drums with the integral DMC100 mic clip is easy . F ollow the simple steps below to install the DMC100 mic clips to your drum kit. • First, get the DMC100 ready f or instal- lation.
Using the 7KIT 6 Microphone Placement and T one Quality When you position y our mics on the drums, it will be easy to get a great sound since, in general, the y are positioned so close to the sound source. Y ou can make slight adjustments to the height and angle that will hav e an effect on the sound.
7 Application Guide The follo wing section will describe some basic miking techniques for the various drums in y our kit. Use this as a guideline, but remember e very sound system, every room, ev er y drum kit and ev er y drummer is slightly different, so e xperiment around until you find the sound that’ s right for you.
7KIT Microphone Characteristics 8 P olar Pick-up P attern Every microphone has a characteristic polar patter n that determines how well it accepts or rejects signal coming from various areas around the microphone.
7KIT Microphone Characteristics 9 QKICK F requency Char t QKICK P olar P atter n QSNARE F requency Char t QSNARE P olar P atter n QT OM F requency Char t QT OM P olar Pattern C02F requency Char t C02 .
Microphone Wiring Guide 10 The 7KIT mics can be connected to any mix er , mixer/amplifier , or mic preamp using a standard microphone cable . As shown in the wir ing diag rams below , con- nect the f .
Specifications 11 QKICK Specifications T ype Dynamic Microphone P olar P atter n Super Cardioid F requency Response 50~16000 Hz Sensitivity -62 dBV/pa (0.
Samson T echnologies Corp. 575 Underhill Blvd. P. O. Box 9031 Syosset, NY 11791-9031 Phone: 1-800-3-SAMSON (1-800-372-6766) F ax: 516-364-3888 www .samsontech.
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