Brauner Microphones VMX lite - Manual (Page 6)

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2.2 The aluminum case
Brauner microphones get delivered in a sturdy aluminum case, containing the mic-
rophone and all its accessory parts in a foam wadding that was made to effectively
protect them. When not used for a longer period of time or during travel or transport,
you should keep the microphone in its case for optimum protection. You should also
keep the microphone cables in this case.
The cables are located behind the snap lid that you will fi nd as part of the top lid of
the case. On the top end in front of the snap lid you will fi nd a black latch, that secu-
res the fl ap that holds the lid in place. Just turn the latch and fl ip up the fl ap. Then
pull down the snap lid to the front, while holding the top of the case with your other
hand. Behind the lid you fi nd the microphone cable, the mains cable, this user ma-
nual and the keys for the case. Important: See how carefully the cables have been
wound and stored here by us. You should always treat the cables as good as that. Re-
member, that your whole audio chain can only be as good as the weakest part in it.
Do not let this be your cables!
In the bottom case you will fi nd the microphone, the elastic suspension and the re-
mote control/power supply unit. Please fi rst take out the suspension and attach it to a
suitable microphone stand, which is capable of handling the heavy weight of the mi-
crophone, such as a good boom stand with a counterweight on the other end of the
boom. Such a stand will also allow you to place the microphone in an overhead posi-
tion.
2.3 The suspension
Let us now take a look at the microphone suspension. Many people have problems
handling it in the beginning. It turns out that those people have often not read the
manual carefully and just tried by themselves and ran into problems. But handling
the suspension is quick and easy, once you are used to it.
The suspension was designed to ensure several important tasks. At fi rst it should
ensure a good acoustic decoupling and should also ensure that the microphone can
be positioned very easily. If used correctly, you can rotate the microphone 180° verti-
cally, so you can always fi nd the right spot in accordance to the sound source.
After you have taken the suspension from the case, you should mount it on a suitable
microphone stand (as such, which was described in the last paragraph) At the backsi-
de of the suspension you fi nd a lever to tighten or loosen the tension, with which the
suspension is held in place. This lever is a bit unusual but comes very handy. No more
fi ddling around with coins, screwdrivers, warn out screws and such trouble. Just a
quick move and the suspension sits right in place or is being moved to a new position
anywhere from 0° to 180° in the vertical Axis. What is also special about this lever, is
that you can rotate the lever itself by just grabbing it by its center Axis and lift it until
you can rotate it without tightening or loosening the suspension itself! (See picture for
details) The lever is suspended by a spring. Just let it snap in at its new position. After
getting used to this, changing the vertical position of the microphone becomes very
easy. From time to time we talk to customers that have not yet discovered this feature
until today! (Sometimes it does make sense to read a manual…)