{"product_id":"neumann-sm2-924-vintage","title":"Neumann SM2 #924 (Vintage)","description":"Detailed, open top end, with tight rich lows. Nice on overhead, room, piano, strings, guitars, etc. Manufactured in October, 1964. Comes with a brand new Neumann mic cable and Hamptone PSU.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eNeumann SM2\u003c\/b\u003e is essentially a pair of KM56 capsules mounted next to each other. The upper capsule can be rotated over a range of 270 degrees. The PSU has a pair of 9-position rotary switches to select between omni, cardioid, figure eight, and all steps in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo use as an X-Y microphone, cardioid is selected for each capsule, and the recording ‘aperture’ is controlled by the angle between the upper and lower capsules against the main axis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor M-S recording, the capsules are positioned with the pattern for the M-channel set to cardioid and on-axis, while the S-channel is set to figure eight and offset by 90 degrees. The cardioid mic thus picks up the complete sound event exactly like the principal mic for a monaural recording, and all directional information is picked up by the figure eight capsule. The two mic outputs are combined in a matrix to form the sum and difference signals, which become the left and right channels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Neumann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44449518354535,"sku":"10929","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0658\/8848\/5479\/files\/used_neumann_sm2__924_cat_3478d3d0-14ea-4ba0-8e94-9549916ce176.jpg?v=1787089289","url":"https:\/\/vintageking.mom\/products\/neumann-sm2-924-vintage","provider":"Vintage King","version":"1.0","type":"link"}