Beyerdynamic FOX User manual

FOX
PROFESSIONAL USB STUDIO MICROPHONE
PROFESSIONELLES USB STUDIOMIKROFON
USER MANUAL
BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG

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Maintenance
Use a so, amp cloth for cleaning the microphone. If necessary, you can use a
gentle cleansing agent (such as washing-up liqui ). Make sure not to allow any
water to enter the trans ucer element an never use any solvent cleansers.
Service
Servicing mu be carrie out by qualifie service personnel only. Dismantling
the microphone yourself will invali ate the guarantee.
Dis osal
This symbol on the pro uct, in the inructions or on the packaging
means that your electrical an electronic equip- ment shoul be
ispose at the en of its life separately from your househol wae.
There are separate collection syems for recycling in the EU. For
more information, please contact the local authority or your retailer
where you purchase the pro uct.

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1. Controls
Hea phone Volume
Monitor Mix
Hea phone Output
Microphone Mute
Microphone Gain (Sensitivity)
USB Jack
Ring Mount
Desk Stan
Mix
Mute
Volume
Gain
lowhigh









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2. How to mount the micro hone onto the desk and
• Li the an a apter of the esk an .
• Place the microphone so that the internal threa of the
microphone faces the threa of the screw.
• Use a small screw river to turn an tighten the screw
clockwise into the microphone threa . .
Im oant:
When the microphone is mounte onto the esk an ,
we recommen not to tilt the microphone more than 50°
to avoi raining the connector.

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3. How to mount the micro hone on a and
• Loosen the screw on the esk an (e.g. with a coin or a small screw river)
an remove the an a apter.
• Use the threa of the an a apter to mount it onto a
an (3/8").
• Attach the microphone to the an a apter with the
upper screw.
Stan a apter

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4. A lication
Gain Sensitivity: In case you are
recor ing lou sources or positione the
microphone close to you´re mouth,
switch to „Low“ Gain. Are you recor ing
quiet sources or from a iance, switch
to “High” Gain.
Monitor Mix: Turn the Mix Control to the
le if you only want to lien to your
computers signals. Fully turn it to the right
if you only want to lien to your own
recor ing signal. Mix both signal
seamlessly until they’re balance for the
peect recor ing.
Mute: To mute the microphone signal,
press the „Mute“ button. The LED blinks as
long as the microphone is mute . The
hea phone output works uring it’s
mute .
Pick U Direction: Due to the car ioi
pickup pattern, the microphone only
picks up soun in front of it, therefore
please only a ress the front si e (Hea -
phone Volume, Hea phone Output, …).
Gain
lowhigh
Gain
lowhigh
5 cm
Gain
lowhigh
Gain
lowhigh
40 cm

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5. Use with PC / use FOX with Windows®
• Use the supplie USB-C cable to connect the microphone to a PC.
• The evice river will inall automatically.
• A message will appear that the evice is set up.
• Aer a few secon s FOX is rea y for use.
• For more settings, open the “Soun Settings” menu (click with the right mouse
button onto the lou speaker symbol) an select “Recor ers”.
• If the au io signal is not automatically recor e via FOX, select FOX as
efault.
6. Use with a Mac® / FOX auf macOS® einrichten
• Use the supplie USB-C cable to connect the microphone to a Mac®.
• The evice river will inall automatically.
• A message will appear that the evice is set up.
• Aer a few secon s FOX is rea y for use.
• For more settings, open the “Soun Settings” menu (click with the le mouse
button onto the lou speaker symbol) an select “Soun ”.
• In the “Soun ” menu you can select input an output evices. Select FOX.
7. Use with a sma hone
• Use an appropriate a apter (not inclu e in the elivery) to connect FOX to a
smaphone.
• For USB evices Apple® provi es an “Camera A apter’ or “Camera
Connection Kit”.
• An roi ® evices require an “OTG a apter” (On The Go).
• Now you shoul be able to recor with an app of your choice.

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Please note:
Not every smaphone is suitable for the use with a USB evice.
Please check in a vance whether your smaphone is compatible with USB
microphones.
8. How to adju the level
• Set the microphone gain to “Low” when recor ing close up or very lou soun
sources. This will re uce the level by 20 B in general.
• Detaile level settings can be ma e in the “Soun settings” menu (Win ows®)
or “Syem settings” (Mac®). Simply select FOX.
• In the etaile overview (Win ows an Mac) the level can be set separately.
• A level setting also has an eect if “ASIO4ALL” is use .
9. Setting u FOX in a DAW
•Attention: Win ows® au io rivers are oen not compatible with DAWs (Digi-
tal Au io Workations).
• When using FOX with a DAW, we recommen to ownloa the “ASIO4ALL”
river at http://www.asio4all.org/.
• Sta DAW.
• Opent the input/output options (IO settings).
• Here, you can create new inputs an outputs or efine them.
• Set up a mono channel for the input an select FOX.
• Set up a ereo channel for the output an also select FOX.