Acoustic Guitar; Clarinet - AKG C535 EB Modo De Empleo

USINg THE MIcRoPHoNE
4.2
Acoustic
Guitar
4.3

Clarinet

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Acoustic Guitar

The sound of the acoustic guitar is very weak. Therefore, it is
necessary in many cases to boost effectively the loudness of this
instrument in relation to other instruments. Microphone placement
depends primarily on the kind of guitar played and the playing
technique used.
Gut and nylon strings produce few harmonics. Bass is radiated
mainly through the sound hole, treble by the top.
Direct the C535 EB toward a point
• on an imaginary line through the bridge, on the lower half of
the body.
• Steel strings produce more overtones than gut or nylon
strings. Direct the C535 EB toward the sound hole rather
than the top. Working distance should be about 8 inches
depending, however, on the playing technique employed by
the musician. Changing microphone orientation and/or dis-
tance will change the tone reproduced. Since it is necessary
to place the microphone close to the instrument, the bass
response will be exaggerated. This proximity effect may be
compensated for by setting the mode switch to –14 dB.
Bass boost may also be avoided by directing the C535 EB toward
fret no. 14, approximately where the neck joints the body. Steel-
string guitars with built-in pickups inevitably produce a rather flat
tone because magnetic pickups work well only in the midrange.
Because of the radiation characteristics of acoustic guitars – high
frequency components are radiated by the strings themselves, low
frequencies being radiated through the sound hole – a well-balan-
ced sound can be achieved by using an additional microphone.
Clarinet
The C535 EB is perfectly suited for miking up the clarinet. The flat
frequency response with a slight treble boost of approximately 2
dB is ideal for reproducing the sound spectrum of this instrument.
C535 EB MANUAL