Earthworks PM40 PianoMic System

The Earthworks PM40 PianoMic System is a simple piano miking system that takes just minutes to setup and provides incredible results for live performances and studio recordings. An elegantly simple design that blends seamlessly into the piano, while delivering sound that stands out.

The heart of the PM40 PianoMic System is two omnidirectional 40 kHz High Definition Microphones with a frequency response from 9 Hz to 40 kHz, incredible impulse response and very short diaphragm settling time. The 40 kHz High Definition Microphones have been designed for random incidence pickup. When microphones are placed inside a piano they are within a sound field that has multiple sound sources: i.e. every string, the soundboard, multiple reflections of the sound from the sound board, the sides and the lid of the piano. All these sound sources and reflections produce sound waves that arrive at the microphones from all directions. This is called a diffused sound field, and the microphones are designed to perform optimally within such diffused sound field. In addition, these omni microphones have no proximity effect and the sound will remain the same (no increase or decrease in low frequency levels) no matter how close or how far the microphones are from the piano strings or sound board. This system provides exceptional sound quality with the piano lid either up or down.