Specifications

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Microphones for Close Pickup
MK 4A, CCM 4A
for pickup of speech or music at close
range (under 10 cm)
car dioid pattern
re du ced sen si ti vity
con sid er able at te nu a tion of low fre quen cies
When car dioids are used in so me si tu a tions, e.g. as
hand-held mi cro phones for vo ca lists or an noun cers,
pro xi mity ef fect can be co me qui te pro mi nent. In ad di-
tion, the output le vel can be co me much hig her than
that of the ot her mi cro pho nes being used at the sa me
ti me, which may be mo re di stant and / or of dy na mic
ty pe. Neit her cha rac te ri stic is des i r-
able. So SCHOEPS of fers the MK 4S /
CCM 4S in a spe ci al ver sion known
as the MK 4A or CCM 4A (“A“ for
“at te nu a tion“), with a stron ger
low-fre quen cy rolloff and 10 dB
lo wer sen si ti vity.
This microphone type is re com-
men ded for use ex clu si
vely in si tu a-
tions of very clo se pick up and high
sound pressure le vels. At gre a ter di s-
tan ces it wo uld on ly de li ver a low
out put le vel, re sul ting in an ef fec ti ve
re duc tion in signal-to-no i se ra tio.
Frequenzgang MK 4A + 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
MK 41S, CCM 41 S
for pickup of speech or music at close
range (under 50 cm)
supercardioid directional pattern which
is highly uniform throughout the fre-
quency range
considerable attenuation of low frequencies
excellent suppression of ambient noise
In its frequency response and in
the range of its applications this
microphone type resembles the
MK 4S or CCM 4S, but due to its
greater directivity it attenuates
reverberant sound further, and it is
less prone to feedback.
The rolloff of its low-frequency
response is offset by proximity
effect at close working distances.
Frequency response curve MK 41S + 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
corresponding CCM
L-Version / U-Version
corresponding CCM
L-Version / U-Version