User Manual

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Supplementary Information
To guarantee the best experience with your TinyMike, Ambient provides 2 different
3-pin Binder to mini jack interconnection cables:
One cable is unmarked and a straight connection to the camera/ recorder while the
other one is marked with a yellow sleeve and attenuates the signal level for recording
high sound levels.
This helps to compensate for the wide variation in input sensitivity on devices with
this kind of input and their partial lack of manual level control.
Since it is almost impossible to give a globally valid recommendation it may become
necessary to evaluate the right cable for your application and gear and do a test.
We would advise to start with the unmarked/ unpadded cable and move over to the
padded one only if the audio shows one or more of these symptoms:
 Too loud
 Obtrusive AGC engagement ("pumping" background sounds in lower passages)
 Distorted audio even though signal metering in the display is still below max.
Contrary, the unpadded cable may be indicated if the recording shows increased
noise and hiss.
We hope you enjoy recording with our gear.
Sebastian Fell
Ambient Recording
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