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Blue Dog Audio :: Recording :: Microphones :: Condenser Microphones :: Violet Design The Black Knight
Violet Design The Black Knight“THE BLACK KNIGHT” uses large size dual diaphragm capsule and is designed for detailed and neutral sound - with transparent highs, smooth midrange with minimal presence and close to flat low-end response. It has unidirectional cardioid polar pattern. Above picture provide some information about “THE BLACK KNIGHT”, but how the microphone reacts in concrete application depends on a number of factors - room volume, reflections, reverberation, microphone distance and angle from sound source and room walls, external microphone pre-amplifier input impedance and electronics type, microphone cable length and quality, etc. But the basis of sound comes from know-how of the artist and engineer! DESCRIPTION
APPLICATIONS: “THE BLACK KNIGHT" microphone is designed for the recording studio needs. It is capable of capturing vocal, piano, guitars, drums, percussion, strings, wind and many other sound sources. The microphones can be successfully used in professional sound reinforcement systems, in broadcast and TV studios, in movie and video industry, project studios and home recording, and many other applications. VOCALS "THE BLACK KNIGHT" is great on vocals. Use them 3 to 15 cm from capsule to get best results. Use studio pop filter of foam windscreen to additionally protect capsule diaphragms. PIANO "THE BLACK KNIGHT" gives excellent results on piano. Use a pair for stereo recording. There are many methods with close miking, distance miking and combined miking. The result depends highly on piano player and instrument individuality and room's acoustics. The right microphone placement is the most important factor. The best method is to find it by your own ear - go and listen. ACOUSTIC GUITARS “THE BLACK KNIGHT" is giving excellent results on both - metal string acoustic guitars and classical nylon string acoustic guitars. Right placement is the most important factor again. We recommend beginning with facing the microphone to guitars' neck, where it joins body, in some 10 cm distance from it. Use a pair or more microphones for stereo recording. ELECTRIC GUITARS "THE BLACK KNIGHT" gives excellent results for all - dynamic and bright clean amp sound, for aggressive lead guitar overdrive and distortion sounds, and for warm jazzy tones recording. Place the microphone at 5 to 10 cm from the center of a loudspeaker to get more upper frequencies, or move the microphone toward the cone edge to get fuller tone with more mid and low frequencies. We recommend orienting a microphone diaphragm under some angle with a loudspeaker diaphragm to avoid low frequency peaks. Larger distance from the loudspeaker will add more air and room acoustics and soften high frequencies. There are endless methods of combining close miking, distance miking, miking from a backside of an open speaker box, experimenting with different room acoustics, etc. DRUMS "THE BLACK KNIGHT" fast impulse transient response, crystal clear highs and loud SPL handling make it excellent for the drums recording, especially for snare drum, overhead and hi-hat. The advisable distance is 5 to 10 cm from a drum rim, but you can try different positions and angles. A bigger distance will add more air, environment and naturalness. A smaller distance will increase the low frequencies and separation from other sound sources. You can use a pair as overhead microphones. There are different methods to record drums - from one pair of stereo microphones for right balanced drum kit in an optimal acoustics room until several microphones on each drum kit unit. PERCUSSIONS Like the drum recording "THE BLACK KNIGHT" microphone gives transparent, clean and real results in all kinds of percussions recording. The distance of 25 cm is the best to start. Closer distance will add more details, tone and separation. Larger distance will add room ambience, naturalness and blending with other instruments. BOWED STRINGS “THE BLACK KNIGHT" is an excellent choice for recording all kinds of bowed string instruments. The distance of 25 to 40 cm above the instrument bridge is preferable for violin and viola. The distance of 10 to 20 cm in front of bridge is right for double bass or cello. BRASS AND WIND The smooth, natural tone of "THE BLACK KNIGHT" microphone makes it the best choice to record saxophone and other brass and wind instruments. For the clarinet and the soprano saxophone use the microphone 10 to 30 cm above the horn and lowest pads. For the flute place the microphone above the middle of the instrument. Use 10 to 50 cm distances for the trumpet, the trombone, the French horn, the tuba and other brass instruments. SPECIFICATIONS:
OPTIONAL ACCESSORIES VSMD vintage style spider type elastic studio shockmount PSM elastic any position studio shockmount GSM compact vertical position studio shock mount VMC-06 symmetric quad microphone cable with XLR3 connectors 6m Recommended products listCustomers who bought this product also bought the following products:
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