Earthworks PM40 Cardioid Condenser Piano Microphone System

Earthworks PM40 Cardioid Condenser Piano Microphone System

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.

The PianoMicâ ¢ System was designed to revolutionize piano miking and achieve an incredible improvement in piano sound for live and recording applications with no mic stands or booms. There is more gain before feedback, significantly less leakage from surrounding instruments and the same pristine sound quality with the piano lid either up or down.

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.

Random Incidence Omnis
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: 65Ω balanced (between pins 2 & 3)
MIN OUTPUT LOAD: 600Ω 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)