Specifications

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Switchable Capsule
omni
from outer
to inner:
up to 2 kHz 4 kHz
8 kHz
16 kHz
from outer
to inner:
up to 2 kHz 4 kHz
8 kHz
16 kHz
from outer
to inner:
up to 2 kHz 4 kHz
8 kHz
16 kHz
Microphone Capsule MK 6
– omni, cardioid and figure-8, mechanically switchable
– very broad range of applications
– main axis: lateral (perpendicular to the microphone
body)
– the most nearly “universal” capsule in the Colette
modular system
The MK 6 operates with a single diaphragm. 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-8.
In the omnidirectional setting the MK 6 is a true
pressure transducer with flat response down to the
lowest frequencies. (Other manufacturers use two
diaphragms to achieve a switchable pattern arrange-
ment. But that causes the “omnidirectional” setting to
behave as a pressure-gradient transducer, with greater
vulnerability to solid-borne sound and proximity effect,
while failing to produce the full low-frequency
response of a pressure transducer. It also causes the
cardioid pattern to lose directivity at low frequencies.)
In the cardioid setting, the MK 6 closely resembles the
MK 4V, while in the figure-8 setting it resembles the
MK 8.
As with the MK 8, the 0° axis is perpendicular to the
body of the capsule and is indicated by a red dot at
the lower rim of the capsule. A black dot marks the
180° direction.
Length: 39 mm
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 23 g
Frequency response curve
MK 6 + CMC 6
Frequency response curve
MK 6 + CMC 6
Frequency response curve
MK 6 + CMC 6
Polar diagram
Polar diagram
Polar diagram
cardioid
figure-8
20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20kHz
20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20kHz
20 50 100 200 500 1k 2k 5k 10k 20kHz
+10
0dB
-10
-20
+10
0dB
-10
-20
+10
0dB
-10
-20
*IEC 61672-1, **IEC 60268-1
COLETTE
modular
Frequency range: 20 Hz 40 Hz 40 Hz
– 16 kHz – 16 kHz – 16 kHz
Sensitivity: 10 mV/Pa 11 mV/Pa 10 mV/Pa
Equivalent noise level:
A-weighted*: 14 dB-A 16 dB-A 18 dB-A
CCIR**: 26 dB 26 dB 27 dB
Signal-to-noise ratio
(A-weighted*): 80 dB-A 78 dB-A 76 dB-A
Maximum SPL
(0.5% THD): 135 dB 134 dB 134 dB
switchable