SCHOEPS
MK 41 MICROPHONE CAPSULE
CCM 41 COMPACT MICROPHONE

 
MK 41
MK 41
 

FEATURES:

  • Supercardioid pattern
  • Highest directivity of any first-order capsule
  • Polar diagram highly frequency-independent

The MK 41/CCM 41 is a highly directional capsule. Reverberant sound arriving off-axis is picked up with even greater attenuation than with a cardioid. Its pickup is "drier", and less susceptible to acoustic feedback than that of any other SCHOEPS capsule, provided that the loudspeaker is not located directly on the rear axis of the microphone.

Its directivity is highly independent of frequency, so that even sounds arriving off-axis and reverberant sound are registered without coloration. Consequently, even distant placement of the microphone produces a very natural sound pickup.

This is a real advantage over interference-tube "shotgun" microphones, whose directivity is very frequency-dependent -- exceeding that of a supercardioid only at higher frequencies. Interference-tube microphones are notoriously sensitive to their position in a room, where the shifting patterns of reflections cause corresponding shifts in sound color. Thus the supercardioid offers a very useful and space-saving alternative to a shotgun microphone, all the more surprising since the small size of the MK 41/CCM 41 belies its effectiveness.

An M-S stereo configuration can be placed far away from the sound source when the MK 41/CCM 41 is used in the "M" channel. Compared to the cardioid capsule, the MK 41/CCM 41 has slightly more roll-off at the low end, due to the gradient effect. Its high-frequency linearity both on- and off-axis also gives it a less brilliant sound than the MK 4/CCM 41.

MK 41
Dimensions:
     length: 22 mm
     diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 17 g

CCM 41
Dimensions:
     length: 45 mm
     diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 33 g

 

On-axis Frequency Response
MK 41/CCM 41 on-axis frequency response

Polar Diagram
MK 41/CCM 41 Polar Diagram

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