Specifications

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Supercardioids
Microphone Capsule MK 41V
– supercardioid with especially consistent directionality
throughout its frequency range
– “vertical” (side-addressed) supercardioid capsule
– for a very wide range of recording applications
– high directivity, comparable to that of a short “shot-
gun“ microphone up through midrange frequencies
– often preferred for use in music and speech record-
ing, as a spot microphone and also as a main micro-
phone, especially when using the OCT recording
method
Like the MK 41, the MK 41V is useful in all situations
with music or speech, either as a “spot“ microphone
or as an overall directional microphone. How ever, this
type of capsule is addressed from the side.
It excels particularly in the constancy of its polar
response throughout the audio spectrum. As a result,
sound within 90º on either side of the main axis is
picked up with virtually no alteration of frequency
response or tone color. This is strongly evident with
sound sources that are in motion, but is also of great
benefit in obtaining stable, precise stereo imaging for
normal music recordings.
This capsule type is therefore preferred for use as a
support microphone as well as in the OCT (“Opti mized
Cardioid Triangle“) microphone system for surround
sound recording introduced by Günther Theile of the
IRT, Munich. (The front left and right channels in that
system are picked up by sideways-facing supercardioid
microphones; see page 132 in the technical appendix
to this catalog.)
When mounted on CMC amplifiers, the MK 41V
may be easier to use in near-coincident setups than
the MK 41 because the parallel microphone bodies
will not get in each other's way.
Length: 34 mm
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 18 g
Frequency range: 40 Hz – 20 kHz
Sensitivity: 14 mV/Pa
Equivalent noise level:
A-weighted*: 14 dB-A
CCIR**: 23 dB
Signal-to-noise ratio
(A-weighted*): 80 dB-A
Maximum SPL: 132 dB (0.5% THD)
Frequency response curve MK 41V + CMC 6
Polar diagram
from outer
to inner:
up to 2 kHz 4 kHz
8 kHz
16 kHz
20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20kHz
+10
0dB
-10
-20
*IEC 61672-1, **IEC 60268-1
COLETTE
modular
supercardioid