Samson R11 Specifications

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0°30°60°90°120°150°180°210°240°270°300°230°102030300 Hz3000 Hz1000 HzUsing Your R11The R11 can be connected to any standard mixer,mixer/amplifier, or mic preamp using a standard lowimpedance microphone cable. Connect the female XLRend directly to the R11 and the other end (normally amale XLR, although some mixers use 1/4" connectors) tothe mixer, mixer/amplifier, or mic preamp.The R11 can be mounted to any standard microphonestand (using the included mic clip) or can be handheld. Ifhandheld, take care not to cover the head grille with yourhand. Be aware of a phenomenon called theproximityeffect which causes a noticeable increase in low frequen-cies (bass response) when a microphone is close to theaudio source. This can have positive impact—for exam-ple, it will cause your voice to sound much fuller when yousing close to the mic than when you sing at a distance.On the other hand, the proximity effect can make someinstruments too boomy when the mic is too close—forexample, when miking an acoustic guitar, you may want tomove the R11 back six inches or more from the front ofthe guitar body. The key is experimentation, along withawareness of the general principle that, the closer the R11is to a signal source, the greater the bass response.Every microphone has a characteristicpolar pattern thatdetermines how well it accepts or rejects signal comingfrom various areas around the microphone. For example,omnidirectional mics accept all signals regardless ofwherever those signals originate (in front of the mic,behind it, to the side, etc.). In contrast, directionalcardioidmics are specifically designed to accept mostly signalcoming from directly in front, and to reject signal comingfrom behind or from the side. The most extreme variationof cardioid is thehyper-cardioid pattern utilized by theR11; this yields maximum rejection of signal coming fromany direction other than directly in front of the mic. Forthis reason, the R11 excels in environments where thereis a good deal of unwanted ambient sound—it reproducesthose signals originating directly in front of the mic cap-sule itself while rejecting those that originate from behind.SpecificationsType DynamicPolar Pattern Hyper-cardioidFrequency Response 60 Hz - 18 kHzSensitivity (0 dB = 1 V /94 dB SPL@ 1 kHz) -75 dB ± 3 dBMax. Input Level (1 kHz) 130 dB SPLSamson Technologies Corp., 575 Underhill Blvd., Syosset, NY 11791Tel: (516) 364-2244 Fax: (516) 364-3888SAMSONOutput Impedance (@ 1 kHz) 400 ohm (Lo Z)Connector 3-pin XLR male (pin 2 hot)DimensionsHead length 2.1 in. / 53.5 mmMain unit length 4.75 in. / 120.5 mmTotal length 6.85 in. / 174 mmWeight 8.8 oz. / 250 g®R11 Polar PatternThe polar pattern also determines how prone a particularmic is to inducingfeedback. Feedback is that characteris-tic nasty howling sound that occurs when a mic is placedtoo close to a loudspeaker—the signal from theloudspeaker is fed into the mic, then into the loudspeaker,then into the mic, over and over again until an oscillatingtone is generated. Because the hyper-cardioid patternutilized by the R11 is so good at rejecting signal notcoming from directly in front of the mic, you’ll find that theR11 greatly minimizes feedback problems when used inlive performance.

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