Owners Manual

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The C5 is a great microphone choice for many instrument miking situations. Below is a brief guide on using the C5 in
some typical applications. But as a general rule of thumb, before you use a typical placement, carefully listen to what you
are miking by having the artist play a practice track. Take a walk around the artist as they are playing and listen to what
the instrument sounds like from different positions. Move left and right. Listen over the artist’s shoulders. Place your
head up high and close to the floor. Imagine your ears are the microphones. What do you hear that you like? Then, once
you choose your spot, monitor the signal through a set of good quality closed-back headphones and take notice to how
just a slight adjustment can make a huge change in frequency response. However, before you get into experimenting, the
following basic examples are a good place to start.
Acoustic Guitar
There are a variety of ways that the C5 can be used to mic an acoustic guitar. The correct placement will depend on the
type of instrument and what kind of sound you’re looking to capture, for example the tonal quality you want to focus
on, and how much finger slide or pick noise you may or may not want. When miking a standard steel string acoustic, a
good place to start is with the microphone positioned pointing towards the end of the fingerboard at a distance of about
6 inches to 2 feet away from the instrument. You can experiment by moving the microphone slightly in the direction
of the sound hole, which will produce more low frequencies, or move it in the direction of the 12th fret to capture more
high-end or to remove any unwanted boominess.
Applications Guide