Neumann.Berlin KM D AES 42 User's Manual
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1. KM D Accessories ne zuD gt azz x ur NEUMANN gt gt THE MICROPHONE COMPANY Elastic Suspensions Elastic Suspension EA 2124 A mt The EA 2124 A mt is able to accept mi crophones from 21 to 24 mm in diame ter It has a swivel mount with a 5 8 27 female thread plus a thread adapter to connect to 1 2 and 3 8 stands EA 2124A mt blk Cat No 008433 Table and Floor Stands Table Stand MF 2 Floor Stand MF 5 Small table stand with brass base very Floor stand with grey soft touch powder sturdy It has a black matte finish The coating It has a non skid sound absorb bottom is fitted with a non slip rubber disk The stand has a 1 2 threaded stud for mounting the SG 21 17 mt for exam ple The rubber shock mount between ing rubber ring attached to the bottom The stand connection has a 3 8 thread Weight 2 7 kg 250 mm the stud and the base serves to sup ME Pie Cat No 008489 press structure borne noise 60 mm Weight 3408 MED ainda blk Cat No 007266 Table Stand MF 3 rr Vertical Bar MZEF 8060 8120 The MF 3 is a table stand with iron base j Sennheiser 1 6 kg in weight 110 mm in diameter It The MZEF vertical bars are screwed has a black matte finish The bottom is onto microphone stands e g MF 4 fitted with a non slip rubber disk The MF 5 They have a length of 600 or stan2. to 1 2 and 3 8 stands STH 120 u blk Cat No 008422 length is mounted at the popshield It will be attached to micro phone stands by means of a clamp with a knurled screw Foam Windscreens Close range sounds wind and fast movements of the microphone boom all may cause interfering noises To avoid these unwanted sounds windscreen accessories are available Typically they are made out of open cell polyurethane foam These windscreens do not cause interfering resonances and do not influence the direc Windscreen WNS 100 Windscreen for KM miniature micro phones Wind noise attenuation 18 dB Attenuation at 15 kHz 2 dB 45 mm WNS 100 black Cat No 007323 WNS 100 00 red anne Cat No 007324 WNS 100 green Cat No 007325 WNS 100 yellow Cat No 007326 WNS 100 blue Cat No 007327 WNS 100 white Cat No 007328 Windscreen WNS 120 Windscreen for the microphone KM 120 D or the capsules AK 20 KK 120 Wind noise attenuation 15 dB Attenuation at 15 kHz 2 dB 48 mm length 65 mm Color black WNS 120 sessasee DIK u Cat No 008427 Connecting Cables Microphone Cable LC 4 The LC 4 connects detached capsules KK 1 with the KM D output stage 3 5 mm length 5 or 10 m LC 4 5 m NX ee Cat No 008606 LC 4 10 m NX o
3. 2 data for mat supplied by the microphone into an AES EBU signal An eight channel version is under development The DMI 2 is operated via the Neumann RCS remote control soft ware which is installed on a desktop or laptop computer The com puter is connected to the DMI 2 via a USB port and a USB to RS 485 interface converter If a large number of microphones is used several DMI 2s can be cascaded In this case each digital mi crophone interface can be addressed individually In addition to a word clock input and output the DMI 2 also has an internal word clock generator If no master word clock signal e g from a mixing console is present at the input the DMI 2 in ternal word clock is used automatically to synchronize the two mi crophone channels and the signal is switched to the word clock output External commands such as On Air red light can be controlled via a 9 pin user port Connection Kit AES EBU The Connection Kits serve to supply power to digital microphones which are in accordance with the AES 42 standard The microphone audio signal is made available at the Connection Kit output in S PDIF or AES EBU format depending upon the model The remote control and synchronization capabilities of the AES 42 standard cannot be used with the Connection Kit they are operable only with the DMI 2 Connection Kit AES EBU Cat No 008584 2 channels INPUTS unseren XLR3F AES 42 Outpu
4. 87 mt The auditorium hanger consists of a ca Th ble suspension and a rotating 1 2 threaded stud to connect to e g swivel pP j mounts The stud is screwed into the o El threaded coupling of the swivel mount F Then the microphone can be tilted while u it is suspended from its own cable Suit able for cables with 4 8 mm diameter MNV 87 Msn Cat No 006804 MNV 87 mt blk Cat No 006806 Stand Mounts and Miscellaneous Mechanical Adapters Double Mount DS 120 The DS 120 has a 150 mm long support bar with two movable 1 2 threaded studs Two microphones in their mounts can be attached Any space or angle be tween the microphones is freely adjust able The DS 120 has a 5 8 27 female thread plus a thread adapter to connect to 1 2 and 3 8 stands DS 120 scores ul ear Cat No 007343 Stand Mount SG 21 bk Swivel mount with a plastic clamp for miniature microphones It has a 5 8 27 female thread plus a thread adapter to connect to 1 2 and 3 8 stands SG 21 BK u blk Cat No 008613 Auditorium Hanger MNV 100 The MNV 100 auditorium hanger is used to suspend a detached miniature micro phone capsule freely from its intercon necting cable The assembly can be ro tated and tilted to any desired angle Suitable for cables with 3 3 5 mm dia
5. d comes with a reversible stud and s 1200 mm with 3 8 threads 12 mm an adapter for 1 2 and 3 8 threads i MZEF 8060 NX ae Cat No 502318 MF Seas blk ias Cat No 007321 MZEF 8120 NK este Cat No 502319 Floor Stand MF 4 Stand Extensions STV 4 20 40 60 Floor stand with grey cast iron base The The STV stand extensions are screwed floor stand has a matte black finish and between microphone stands for exam rests on a non skid rubber disk attached ple MF 4 MF 5 and swivel mounts for to the bottom A reversible stud and a example SG 21 17 mt reducer for 1 2 and 3 8 threads are also supplied Weight 2 6 kg 160 mm Length 40 200 400 or 600 mm 19mm MEA naci blk Cat No 00 nen STV Bcn blk Cat No 006190 STV AAA blk is Cat No 006187 STV 40 aria blk Cat No 006188 STV 60 ae blk sus Cat No 006189 Meaning of the color codes on the following pages blk black ni nickel gr grey nx nextel black Auditorium Hangers Auditorium Hanger MNV 21 mt The auditorium hanger adjusts the tilt ing angle of a microphone suspended by its own cable The MNV 21 consists of the tilting clamp suitable to hold a Neu mann miniature microphone or KMR 81 and a locking cable strain relief Suitable for cables with 4 5 mm diameter dl MNV 21 mt blk Cat No 006802 Auditorium Hanger MNV
6. e Cat No 008607 Other cable lengths are available upon request tional pattern Only in the upper frequency range is the output lev el slightly attenuated The wind noise attenuation was measured without electrical filtering in a turbulent air stream traveling at 20 km h generated by a noiseless wind machine Windscreen WNS 110 Acoustically transparent wind and pop protection for KM miniature micro phones with improved efficiency Wind noise attenuation 21 dB Attenuation at 15 kHz 1 dB Y 45 mm length 70 mm Color black WNS 110 blk Cat No 008535 Windscreen WS 100 Larger windscreen for KM miniature mi crophones Wind noise attenuation 23 dB Attenuation at 15 kHz approx 4 dB 90 mm Color black WS 100 00 blk Cat No 006751 NEUMANN gt gt THE MICROPHONE COMPANY Capsule Extensions for Miniature Microphone System KM D Any KVG capsule extension allows to use the KK 1 capsules At the capsule end the swivel can be set through 110 The separated from the output stage without the need for additional KVG are mounted with MZGE 8000 or 8002 on MZEF vertical cables The rigid part of the capsule extension is 8 mm in diameter bars Special lengths on request Capsule Extension KVG 130 nx Capsule Extension KVG 1120 nx The extended length of the KVG 130 nx The extended length of the KVG 1120 nx i
7. m eter MNV 100 blk Cat No 006811 Stand Mount MZGE 8000 Sennheiser Stand mount to attach one KVG cap sule extension to MZEF vertical bars MZGE 8000 arias Cat No 502324 Stand Mount MZGE 8002 Sennheiser Stand mount to attach two KVG cap sule extensions to MZEF vertical bars MZGE 8002 DA sirenas Cat No 502325 NEUMANN gt gt THE MICROPHONE COMPANY Stand Mounts and Miscellaneous Mechanical Adapters Popscreens Stand Mount SG 109 Swivel mount for detached miniature mi crophone capsules It has a 3 8 thread SG 109 000 blk Cat No 008614 Swivel Joint SG 110 nx The SG 110 nx swivel mount can be in serted between KK 1 capsules and the KM D output stage The capsule can then be swiveled and orientated through 110 In combination with an elastic suspension and a table flange a mechan ically decoupled unobtrusive setup can be realised e g for TV news announcers Length 60 mm 22 mm SG 110 nx Mia Cat No 008611 Stand Mount SGE 100 Swivel mount for detached miniature mi crophone capsules A rubber shock mount suppresses structure borne noise The swivel mount has an M6 thread 6 mm Attaching the swivel mount to the MF 2 table stand the SGE 100 replaces the rubber shock mount of
8. m KM D KK capsule heads are part of the variable miniature microphone heads form a complete microphone KK 131 and KM D nx for ex system Together with the KM D nx output stage KK capsule ample make up the KM 131 nx Capsule Head KK 131 nx KK 131 is a free field equalized pressure transducer The sensitivity in the free sound field is flat up to 20 kHz In the diffuse sound field there is a roll off above 5 kHz KK 33T isis Nan Cat No 008591 KK 131 nx NX sense Cat No 008592 Capsule Head KK 143 nx KK 143 is a pressure gradient transducer with wide angle cardioid characteristic Attenuation 4 dB at 90 8 dB at 135 and 11 dB at 180 The frequency re sponse for sound sources within an an gle of 90 off axis is parallel up to 12 kHz KK 143 0ccce0 Mis Cat No 008593 KK 143 nx PA Cat No 008594 Capsule Head KK 145 nx KK 145 is a pressure gradient transducer with cardioid characteristic just like the KK 184 However it has an acoustic bass roll off characteristic in the free field and therefore suppresses interfer ing LF noise wind structure borne noise Since proximity effect is a natural fea ture of pressure gradient microphones the KK 145 appears to be optimized for a flat frequency response at a recording distance of approximately 15 cm speech cardioid KK 145 cooccocooos N ONE Ca
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10. s approximately 300 mm is approximately 1200 mm KVG 130 nx NK EEE Cat No 008608 KVG 1120 nx NK sa Cat No 008610 Capsule Extension KVG 160 nx The extended length of the KVG 160 nx is approximately 600 mm KVG 160 nx NX PRA Cat No 008609 Further Accessories for KM Miniature Microphone Output Stage KM D nx o Sound Diffraction Sphere SBK 130 A The SBK 130 A sound diffraction sphere slips onto the KM 130 KM 131 D and KM 183 D pressure microphones The KM D nx microphone output stage is part of the modular KM D miniature microphone system Together with a KK 1 capsule head it constitutes a com While sounds coming from the front half plete microphone of the KM D system space are emphasized by up to 2 5 dB Preset frequencies 44 1 48 and 96 kHz En between 2 kHz and 10 kHz sounds arriv other frequencies on demand Aa ing from the rear half space are attenuat 22 mm length 93 mm ed by 2 5 dB max in the range above 5 kHz Inner 22 mm KM D 44 1 kHz ni Cat No 008578 KM D nx 44 1 kHz nx Cat No 008581 SBK 130A 22 mm blik Cat No 008612 KM D 48 kHz ni Cat No 008579 KM D nx 48 kHz nx Cat No 008582 KM D 96 kHz ni Cat No 008580 KM D nx 96 kHz nx Cat No 008583 Capsule Heads for Miniature Microphone Syste
11. t No 008595 KK 145 nx AA Cat No 008596 Capsule Head KK 183 nx KK 183 is a diffuse field equalized pres sure transducer with a free field treble boost approx 7 dB at 10 kHz The fre quency response in the diffuse sound field is flat up to 10 kHz KK 183 ei N SPORE Cat No 008566 KK 183 nx PA Cat No 008567 Capsule Head KK 184 nx KK 184 is a pressure gradient transducer with cardioid characteristic The fre quency curves are very even and parallel to 0 sound incidence In typical usage there is no coloration of sound over a wide pickup angle KK LA sica ere Cat No 008568 KK 184 nx AA Cat No 008569 Capsule Head KK 185 nx KK 185 is a pressure gradient transducer with a hypercardioid characteristic At tenuation of sound incidence from the side or rear is approximately 10 dB Min imum sensitivity occurs at an angle of about 120 KK 185 id isc Cat No 008570 KK 185 nx at Cat No 008571 NEUMANN gt gt THE MICROPHONE COMPANY Digital Microphone Interface and Power Supplies Digital Microphone Interface DMI 2 Equipment that supports the new AES 42 standard can process the output signals of Solution D microphones directly In all other cas es the DMI 2 digital microphone interface is used The DMI 2 is a separate two channel device which converts the AES 4
12. the table stand SGE 100 blk Cat No 006742 Pop screens provide excellent suppression of so called pop noise 66 99 such as p or t They consist of a round thin frame covered with black gauze on both sides A gooseneck of about 30 cm 12 in Popscreen PS 15 The frame is 15 cm in diameter PSS einen blk Cat No 008472 Stereo Mount STH 100 Stereo mount with a swivel mount and two holders for two detached miniature microphone capsules Two stereo re cording methods are then possible One holder enables the microphone set up according to the ORTF Method Two detached capsules are snapped into the clamps at the end of the holder The distance between diaphragms is then 170 mm with an angle of 110 The other pair of holders allows stereo setups according to the Coincidence Method Capsules are installed acousti cally at one point in space however freely adjustable to any angle between 30 and 180 The swivel mount has a 5 8 27 thread plus a thread adapter to connect to 1 2 and 3 8 stands STH 100 DUK visos Cat No 007315 Stereo Mount STH 120 The STH 120 stereo mount accepts two detached miniature microphone cap sules parallel and one above the other for MS stereo recordings It is rotatable and swivelable The swivel mount has a 5 8 27 thread plus a thread adapter to connect
13. ts ee XLR3M AES EBU 24 bit Control Dlls ii RS485 via RJ 45 jack connection to the computer s USB port via Neumann USB485 interface converter included User Poren 9 pin sub D 3 functions per channel Synchronization AES 42 Mode 1 Mode 2 Word clock input BNC 75 ohms Word clock output BNC 75 ohms Selectable internal sampling rates 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 kHz External Word clock 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 192 kHz or AES 11 format Indicators Data Valid AES 42 and Sync Locked Mode 2 for each channel Power On and Ext Word Clock Power supply 90 240 V 50 60 Hz DMI 2 EU oocccccccccccccnononc Cat No 008561 DMI 2 UK oocccocccncccoc Cat No 008587 DMI 2 US iaa Cat No 008588 Connection Kit S PDIF The Connection Kits serve to supply power to digital microphones which are in accordance with the AES 42 standard The microphone audio signal is made available at the Connection Kit output in S PDIF or AES EBU format depending upon the model The remote control and synchronization capabilities of the AES 42 standard cannot be used with the Connection Kit they are operable only with the DMI 2 Connection Kit S PDIF Cat No 008585 Georg Neumann GmbH Ollenhauerstr 98 13403 Berlin Germany Tel 49 30 417724 0 Fax 49 30 417724 50 E Mail headoffice neuma
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