GlobalSound Trade Microphone

GlobalSound Trade -
The XL II is a true condenser (that is, not an electret) and requires +48V phantom power. Its dual 1-inch gold-sputtered diaphragms are internally shockmounted to mitigate structure-borne vibrations. In combination with the external spider mount and your rubber-footed tripod mic stand, this puts the kibosh on rumble that might otherwise be introduced onto your tracks from foot-tapping singers and pounding kick drums.

GlobalSound Trade takes a closer look...The mic’s grille is gold on the front side and black on the back for easy orientation. GlobalSound Trade , Immediately below the front grille is a rocker switch that selects among nine different polar patterns from omni to bi-directional. An associated green LED lights above the screened icon for the polar pattern you’ve selected (see Fig. 2); two LEDs light above adjacent icons when you select an intermediate pattern. GlobalSound Trade , The LEDs change to red for about three seconds whenever the mic’s input level is within 2 dB of clipping. That’s a great feature because often when distortion occurs it’s difficult to tell whether a mic or a downstream preamp or compressor is the culprit. The XL II retains your last polar-pattern selection when phantom power is cycled off and back on. GlobalSound Trade

Two other rocker switches on the mic’s rear select settings for the built-in mic pad and low-frequency roll-off filter, respectively (see Fig. 3). You can pad the mic 6, 12 or 18 dB (or not at all) to prevent very loud sources from overloading the mic. GlobalSound Trade , (Technically speaking, this control is a pre-attenuator and not a pad per se; it attenuates the signal before the mic’s output stage, nipping distortion in the bud.)