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Owner’s Manual

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Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for 
a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are 
designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a 
residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio 
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruc-
tions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is 
no guarantee that the interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this 
equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which 
can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to 
try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:
Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the 
receiver.
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help

WARNING: Listening to music at high volume levels and for extended durations 
can damage one’s hearing. In order to reduce the risk of damage to hearing, one 
should lower the volume to a safe, comfortable level, and reduce the amount of 
time listening at high levels.
Please use the following guidelines established by the Occupational Safety Health 
Administration (OSHA) on maximum time exposure to sound pressure levels 
before hearing damage occurs.

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90 dB SPL at 8 hours

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95 dB SPL at 4 hours 

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100 dB SPL at 2 hours

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105 dB SPL at 1 hour 

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110 dB SPL at 1/2 hour

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115 dB SPL at 15 minutes

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120 dB SPL - avoid or damage may occur

If you want to dispose this product, do not mix it with general house-
hold waste. There is a separate collection system for used electronic 
products in accordance with legislation that requires proper treatment, 
recovery and recycling.
Private household in the 28 member states of the EU, in Switzerland 

and Norway may return their used electronic products free of charge to designated 
collection facilities or to a retailer (if you purchase a similar new one).
For Countries not mentioned above, please contact your local authorities for a 
correct method of disposal.
By doing so you will ensure that your disposed product undergoes the necessary 
treatment, recovery and recycling and thus prevent potential negative effects on 
the environment and human health.

Important Safety Information

Summary of Contents for Q9U

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...y step instructions for its setup and use If your microphone was purchased in the United States you ll also find a registration card enclosed don t forget to follow the instructions so that you can re...

Page 3: ...Studio Reference Headphones Samson TOURtek Pro Cables XLR Mic cables Samson MBA series boom arms for tablemounting Samson MD5 mini round base stand for desktop Samson BL3 BT4 tripod base boom type mic...

Page 4: ...ern 3 Mute Button Press in to mute signal sent to both analog XLR and USB audio output jacks Mutes the output of the microphone to the computer and headphone output 4 Integral Stand Mount This swivel...

Page 5: ...applications 7 XLR Male XLR connector used to send an analog output signal to a mixer or other input device that accepts mic level signal 8 Headphone Output Zero latency monitoring from 1 8 Headphone...

Page 6: ...id switches to your desired setting based on application and personal preference 7 Create an audio track in your DAW Note Input names may vary depending on software 8 Arm the track for recording 9 Set...

Page 7: ...e recording levels 7 While speaking at a normal level adjust the Volume slider until all levels are visible NOTE this adjusts the internal preamp of the Samson Q9U 8 Press Stop Test to see the peak le...

Page 8: ...y into the Q9U headphone output jack to take advantage of this sophisticated design What is this thing called latency Latency is the delay time between recording and playback that all computer softwar...

Page 9: ...ures of this polar pattern to help you understand the many use cases for a microphone such as the Q9U The cardioid pickup pattern is the most widely used for studio and live miking applications It cap...

Page 10: ...Q9U to a boom arm Samson MBA38 as well as installation of the foam windscreen accessory We suggest using the windscreen for spoken word and other vocal applications as it will help eliminate plosive...

Page 11: ...ormance while blocking out unwanted background noise Small adjustments to placement can change the tone of the microphone For example pointing the microphone directly at the sound source on axis will...

Page 12: ...ivity XLR 57 dBV Pa 1 kHz Max Sensitivity USB 16 dBFS Pa 0 dB gain 1 kHz Self noise USB 23 dBSPL A max gain Max SPL 140 dBSPL Bit Depth Sample Rate 24 bit Up to 96kHz Power Requirements USB bus powere...

Page 13: ...ed durations can damage one s hearing In order to reduce the risk of damage to hearing one should lower the volume to a safe comfortable level and reduce the amount of time listening at high levels Pl...

Page 14: ...B Duffy Ave Hicksville New York 11801 Phone 1 800 3 SAMSON 1 800 372 6766 www samsontech com Having Trouble with your Q9U We can help CONTACT OUR SUPPORT TEAM support samsontech com Our experts can he...

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