NEWSKILL Kaliope Gaming Condenser Microphone Instruction Manual

: May 15, 2024
: NEWSKILL

Table of Contents

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
WHAT’S IN THE BOX
DIMENSIONS
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
FUNCTIONALD ESCRIPTION
INSTALLATION
MONITORING FUNCTION / HEADPHONES
References
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NEWSKILL Kaliope Gaming Condenser Microphone

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model	Newskill Kaliope
Dimensions	270mm 165×165 mm (with tripod) 188 x 049 mm (microphone)
Weight	625g (microphone + holder + tripod + usb cable)
Connection type	USB
Power input	SV-100mA
RGB	Cycle/Fix colour
Cable Lenght	1,8m

WHAT’S IN THE BOX

NEWSKILL Kaliope
Tripod
Antipop filter
USB cable

DIMENSIONS

PRODUCT OVERVIEW

FUNCTIONALD ESCRIPTION

Polarity pattern: Cardioid

Cardioid microphones are unidirectional microphones with a cardioid polar pattern, which means a higher sensitivity to sounds coming from the front and, on the contrary, a minimum sensitivity to sounds coming from the rear, where a gradual attenuation takes place.
This heart shape is obtained by leaving the diaphragm free at the front and building acoustic labyrinths at the back.
Cardiod microphones offer the best frequency response at mid frequencies. The bass is more dispersed, while the high frequencies become more directional.
As the cardioid mic can reach a preferred angle of 181°, they are ideal for general sound pick-up from a frontal point of view. In addition, cardioid mics support spaced sources, unlike two-way mics.
One thing to note about cardioid mics, however, is that feedback can occur if there is a rear-firing oudspeaker.
Cardioid polarity pattern is recommended for use in podcasting, streaming, voice recording, etc.

Gain

In a microphone, gain can usually be described as its sensitivity. Increasing the gain will increase the sensitivity of your microphone and allow you to pick up lower sounds.
Considering the nature of gain, and that it is the strength of the input signal, altering the gain begins to affect the recording volume at specific thresholds. Furthermore, gain can affect the recording volume because it is the input strength, but volume cannot affect gain because it is the output strength.
Since volume changes the strength of a signal after it has been processed, changing the volume does not affect the tone itself and only alters its loudness.
Gain on the other hand is the input dB and therefore gain alters the strength of a signal before it is processed. This means that changing the gain changes the signals that the audio device works with and processes. Therefore, gain can make a difference to the very characteristics of a sound.
To adjust the gain, simply turn the first “GAIN” knob to the left or right.

RGB lighting function

The RGB lighting function is activated by pressing the “GAIN” button and you can select the following colours/effects
The lighting function has no memory, so it will return to the initial position each time it is switched on.

INSTALLATION

USB cable connection

To use Kaliope fully, insert the USB cable into the PC and its corresponding connector into the microphone. You will be able to control its functions by means of the built-in buttons as well as being able to control its additional values by means of the operating system and/or additional software (OBS, Streamlabs, Audacity…).
Kaliope does not require additional software to work.

To ensure that Kaliope is configured correctly, please follow these steps

In Windows 10/11 go to System > Sound and select Kaliope in the input section.
If we click on the right arrow we can enter the properties and set it as default use and control the volume (not gain) of the microphone.

MONITORING FUNCTION / HEADPHONES

Headphone connection

If we connect headphones to the built-in output, we can have a monitoring function, i.e. we can listen both to what is played on the PC and to what is picked up by the microphone. To control the volume of the microphone, just use the wheel integrated in the microphone.
This function is very useful to detect if we are talking too loud or too quiet, highly recommended for online games and for streaming or podcasting, it helps us to maintain a regular tone although it may experience some discomfort when using it the first few times.

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