FEATURES:

• Omni, cardioid and figure-of-eight
• Mechanically switchable
• Very broad range of applications
• Main axis: lateral (pickup perpendicular to the microphone body)

As with the MK 5, the patterns are set mechanically, without any predictable intermediate position. When the ribbed cap of the capsule is rotated, a system of internal shutters alters the acoustic chambering around the diaphragm to change its characteristic from omni to cardioid to figure-of-eight, then back through cardioid to omni (there is no functional difference between the two cardioid positions).

As with the MK 8, the main axis is perpendicular to the body of the microphone, and is indicated by a red dot at the lower rim of the capsule. A black dot marks the 180° direction.

Typical of microphones whose switchable patterns include the "figure-of-eight" the frequency response is neither as flat nor as extended in the high-frequency region as with the capsules described earlier. However, in the figure-of-eight position, the MK 6 closely resembles the MK 8.

Dimensions:
     length: 39 mm
     diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 23 g

MK 6 on-axis frequency response, Cardioid

MK 6 Polar Diagram, Cardioid

MK 6 on-axis frequency response, Omni

MK 6 Polar Diagram, Omni

MK 6 on-axis frequency response, Figure-of-8

MK 6 Polar Diagram, Figure-of-8

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