Owners Manual

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The C7e is a great microphone choice for many instrument miking situations. Below is a brief guide on using the C7e 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.
Vocals
When using the C7e on vocals, position the microphone in front of the artist so that the microphone grill is
approximating 4 to 10 inches away. To avoid unwanted p-popping, use of an external pop filter is strongly recommended.
If no pop filter is available try to set the microphone at a slight angle, which will also help reduce p-pops. When the C7e’s
pattern switch is set to Figure eight, you can record a vocal duet by positioning one vocalist directly in front of the mic
and one directly facing the rear of the microphone. Just remember that the extreme sides of the microphone pick up
almost nothing due to the bidirectional pick up pattern. You can record a group of vocalists by positioning them in a
circle around the C7e with the pattern switch set to Omni. The linear response will pickup up all the vocalists in a 360
degree pattern, evenly. Try to set the balance by having the talent use natural dynamics to blend, or position each singer
at different distances to the mic to create a different balance.
Applications Guide