Specifications

REFERENCE
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SUGGESTED CROWN MICS FOR VARIOUS APPLICATIONS
ACCORDION
GLM-100 (2) taped to instrument
CM-700 or CM-200A
ACOUSTIC BASS
Close miking: GLM-100 or CM-200A
Distant miking: CM-700
ACOUSTIC GUITAR
Recording: CM-700, GLM-100 or SASS
Reinforcement: GLM-100, CM-200A
ALTAR TABLE
PCC-170W or PCC-130W
AMBIENCE
SASS or PZM
AUDIENCE
PCC-160, CM-700 or PZM
BANJO
CM-700, CM-200A or GLM-100
BASS
See Acoustic Bass
BRASS
Recording: CM-700
Reinforcement: CM-700, CM-200A, or
GLM-100 attached to bell
CHOIR
Recording: CM-700 or SASS
Reinforcement: CM-30, CM-31 or CM-700
CONFERENCE
Multiple mics: PCC Series (tabletop) or LM
Series (lectern mics)
Single mics: PZM Series, Mini-Boundary
Series, or Sound Grabber II.
CYMBALS
CM-700 or GLM-200
DRUMS
Snare and Toms: CM-700 or GLM-200
Kick Drum: CM-700, GLM-100 or PZM-30D
Overhead cymbals: CM-700 or GLM-200
Single-mic pickup: CM-700 overhead, PZM
on drummer’s chest, or GLM-100 clipped to
right side of snare drum, 4 inches over the
rim
ELECTRIC GUITAR
CM-200A or CM-700
FIDDLE
CM-700
Singing fiddler: CM-200A
Clipped to fiddle: GLM-100 or GLM-200
FILM
Lavalier: GLM-100
Ambience: SASS
FLUTE
CM-700, or GLM-100 taped between mouth-
piece and holes
GRAND PIANO
CM-700 or PZM-6D
GUITAR
See Acoustic Guitar or Electric Guitar
HARMONICA
Close: CM-200A. Distant: CM-700
HARP
Recording: CM-700 or SASS
Reinforcement: GLM-100 inside soundboard
HI-HAT
CM-700 or GLM-200
INTERCOM
Outdoor: PZM-11LLWR
LECTERN, PULPIT
1. LM Series
2. PCC Series
MANDOLIN, BOUZOUKI, DOBRO
CM-700, CM-200A, or GLM-100 taped to
instrument
NARRATION RECORDING
CM-700
NEWS/SPORTS REPORTING (FIELD)
Headworn:CM-311A, CM-311AHS, CM-
312A, CM-312AHS
Stand-mounted or handheld: CM-200A, CM-
310A
ORCHESTRA, SYMPHONIC BAND, PIPE
ORGAN
CM-700, PZM-6D, SASS
PERCUSSION
1. CM-700
2. CM-200A
3. GLM-100, GLM-200 or PZM Series
PIANO
See Grand Piano or Upright Piano
SAX
Recording: CM-700
Reinforcement: CM-200A, or GLM-100
clipped to top of bell facing sound holes
SECURITY AND SURVEILLANCE
XLR connector: PZM-10
Pigtail connector, line-level: PZM-10LL
Screw-terminal connector: PZM-11
Screw-terminal connector, line level:
PZM-11LL
Ceiling or overhang directional mic: MB-3
Water resistant: PZM-11LLWR
SPEECHES
Talker wanders: GLM-100 as lavalier,
CM-312A headworn mic
Talker remains at lectern: LM Series, PCC
Series
THEATER, DRAMA, OPERA, MUSICALS
Stage floor: PCC-160, Hanging: CM-30
CM-31, Body: GLM-100
UPRIGHT PIANO
1. CM-700
2. GLM-100 taped to soundboard
VIDEO
Lavalier: GLM-100.
Ambience: SASS
VIOLIN
CM-700. Also see Fiddle.
VOCAL RECORDING
Overdubs: CM-700 with hoop-type pop filter.
Live: CM-200A
VOCAL REINFORCEMENT
Best sound: CM-200A
Best gain-before-feedback and isolation:
Headworn: CM-311A, CM-311AE,
CM-311AHS
Stand-mounted: CM-310A, CM-310ASW
WEDDING
Lavalier: GLM-100 lavalier.
Floor: PZM-30D
WOODWINDS
Recording: CM-700
Reinforcement: GLM-100 clipped to instru-
ment
There are no rules
You can use almost any microphone in any
application because you choose the micro-
phone based on what you want to hear.
Microphone placement also has a major
effect on the reproduced sound. Feel free to
experiment until you get the sound you want.
For microphone placement
suggestions:
Check out the Crown Microphone
Application Guides, available online at
http://www.crownaudio.com > MICS >
INFORMATION & HOW TO.