Schoeps MK 4 Cardioid Microphone Capsule

Must be bought with Schoeps CMC6U Microphone Amplifier.

The MK 4 has been a reference microphone for years in a wide variety of recording situations. Due to its transparent sound character and excellent attenuation of rear-incident sound, it reproduces sound sources very naturally. This has given the MK 4 a reputation as a universal "problem solver" even in difficult recording situations. Its flat frequency response, and the constancy of its directional pattern for all frequencies, are the basis of the MK4’s sound quality. Even in the diffuse sound field its frequency response is flat, with a slight increase at 10 kHz compensating for high-frequency losses in the room. Thus the sound image is transparent for direct-arriving sound, for sound arriving from the side, and for diffuse sound in the room (reverberation). The MK 4 is a classic small-diaphragm microphone with all the advantages of this microphone type. Its frequency response and the consistency of its polar diagram from low to high frequencies are exemplary.

Features:

• Cardioid pattern
• The best-selling Schoeps capsule
• Directivity is highly independent of frequency
• Universally applicable; preferred use as spot microphone, for acoustic instruments, and in conference recording
• Often used in the main microphone pair for XY, ORTF and MS stereo recordings

Specifications

• Pickup pattern: Cardioid
• Frequency range:
  • 40 Hz - 26 kHz with CMC 6 / CMR
  • 40 Hz - 41 kHz with CMC 6xt
• Sensitivity: -36.5 dB (V/Pa), 15 mV/Pa with CMC 6
• Equivalent noise level (A-weighted): 14 dB with CMC 6
• Equivalent noise level (CCIR): 24 dB with CMC 6
• Signal-to-noise ratio (A-weighted): 80 dB with CMC 6
• Maximum sound pressure level (THD < 0.5 %): 131 dB-SPL with CMC 6
• Length: 22 mm
• Diameter: 20 mm
• Weight: 17 g
• Surface finish:
  • matte gray