Earthworks PM40 Piano Microphone System for Live Sound Recording Applications Ships Free! From the studio to your living room, change the way you mic your piano. The PM40 PianoMic System is a dream come true for live sound and recording applications. It?s infinitely flexible with incredible gain before feedback and virtually no bleed. If you?ve ever struggled miking a piano, this turn-key solution is for you. It sets up in minutes, is totally self-contained, and is completely invisible to the audience. You can even keep the lid closed. Lightning Fast Set Up A simple piano miking system that takes just minutes to setup and provides incredible results for live performances and studio recordings. Infinitely Flexible Capture sound from everywhere inside the piano and spotlight the hammers, the dampeners, or any tone you want. The heart of the PianoMic System is two omnidirectional 40kHz High Definition Microphones with a frequency response from 9Hz to 40kHz, incredible impulse response and very short diaphragm settling time. The 40kHz High Definition Microphones have been designed for random incidence pickup. When microphones are placed inside a piano they are within a sound field that has multiple sound sources: i.e. every string, the soundboard, multiple reflections of the sound from the sound board, the sides and the lid of the piano. All these sound sources and reflections produce sound waves that arrive at the microphones from all directions. This is called a diffused sound field, and the microphones are designed to perform optimally within such diffused sound field. In addition, these omni microphones have no proximity effect and the sound will remain the same (no increase or decrease in low frequency levels) no matter how close or how far the microphones are from the piano strings or sound board. This system provides exceptional sound quality with the piano lid either up or down. Features Incredible High Definition Audio that will outperform any microphones at any price Cannot be seen from outside of the piano (needs no stands or mic booms) Superb sound with the piano lid either up or down Virtually no leakage from sounds outside the piano Incredible gain before feedback Recording studios can now record piano with other instruments in the same room Quick, Simple and Easy Setup 40kHz Random Incidence Omnis Hear the full range of the piano including the high and low strings with no hot spots The telescoping bar allows the PianoMic? to be quickly and easily installed in nearly all grand pianos and to place the microphones close to or away from the dampers and get the exact sound desired Specifications FREQUENCY RESPONSE: 9Hz ? 40kHz POLAR PATTERN: Omnidirectional SENSITIVITY: 15mV/Pa (-36dBV/Pa) POWER REQUIREMENTS: 24-48V Phantom, 10mA MAX ACOUSTIC INPUT: 150dB SPL OUTPUT: XLR (pin 2+) OUTPUT IMPEDANCE: 65? balanced (between pins 2 3) MIN OUTPUT LOAD: 600? between pins 2 3 NOISE: 20dB SPL equivalent (A weighted) DIMENSIONS (L x D): 64? fully extended, 46? fully collapsed WEIGHT: Mic Assembly .75 lb. (350g) With External Electronics Box 1.5 lb. (700g) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Echotone Music LLC is an experienced E-commerce Audio Musical instrument dealer since 1998. We take pride in selling quality gear for musicians, sound engineers, production companies and broadcast applications. Shipping --Items are well packed and shipped USPS, UPS or Pallet Freight Service. Items purchased on Friday may not ship until Monday or until the projected processing period. We are working hard to get your unit Built ( if needed), processed and shipped. Returns/Refunds- If there is truly a manufacturing defect a return tag will be provided, otherwise customer pays for return shipping costs. Returned items must be sealed/unopened in original, brand-new condition, showing no signs of wear or use such as mount marks, plug marks, scratches, scuffs, dings or scrapes, screw mount marks or collateral material damage.. 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