Nuvo aea n22 Owner's Manual
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and vertical axes, it is fairly wide and forgiving.If you are recording a musician who sings and plays an instrument at thesame time, you can make use of the exceptional rejection offered by the90º “null” planes of the bidirectional pickup pattern to reduce the pickupof the instrument in the vocal microphone.Acoustic GuitarWhen recording a solo guitar a good starting point is to position theN22 four to six inches (10-15 cm) away from the guitar roughly pointingat the 12th fret or where the neck meets the body. The closer you movetowards the sound hole, the more bass you will get.Again, if you are recording a singer-songwriter who sings and playanother instruments at the same time, you can make use of theexceptional rejection offered by the 90 degree “null” planes of thebidirectional pickup pattern to reject the vocal in the guitar microphone.Electric Guitar & BassThe N22 can handle very high sound pressure levels and has improvedwind protection, so it can absolutely handle loud electric and bassguitars right on the grill of the amp. Identify where the center of thespeaker cone is located and place the N22 a few inches (5-10 cm)away from the speaker pointing right at its center for a very direct,“in-your-face” sound. This is the spot that will obtain the most high-frequency content. If it sounds too harsh, try moving the microphoneslightly off center of the speaker cone. You can also try positioning theN22 at an angle. You will find that small differences in positioning canmake huge differences in the sound, so experiment until you find thespot you like.When using multiple microphones on a cabinet at once and mixingthem to create a particular sound, it is important to pay attention tothe phase relationship between the different signals. Try to positionthe different microphones as close to each other as possible, to avoidphase problems caused by sound arriving at the microphones at slightlydifferent path lengths. Make sure to listen to the combined signalsummed to mono to catch potential comb filtering that could be causedby out-of-phase signals. If you are recording with the back lobe of theN22, it is important to invert the polarity on the preamp or DAW.For a more natural sound that captures the sound of the amp in your8 |
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