Schoeps CCM 8 Figure-8 Compact Microphone

Schoeps CCM 8 Figure-8 Compact Microphone

Features

• Pure pressure-gradient transducer
• Figure-8 pattern with near-ideal consistency across the frequency range
• Side-addressed (pickup perpendicular to the microphone body)
• Optimal for use in M/S and Blumlein stereo recording

This capsule type is a true dipole (bidirectional) transducer, operating with a single diaphragm. Its main axis is at a right angle to the capsule, and is marked at 0° and 180° with a red and a black dot respectively.

The inherent qualities of a pure pressure-gradient transducer are readily observed in this capsule type:

• Its sensitivity decreases at low frequencies.
• The directional characteristic is extraordinarily independent of frequency.
• Proximity effect is present.

The directivity index of a figure-8 pattern is the same as that of a cardioid; if microphones with these two patterns are placed at the same distance from a sound source, a quantitatively similar balance of direct and reverberant sound would be picked up. In practice such a comparison would be deceptive, however, since a figure-8 does not respond to sound coming from the sides, from above or from beneath its main axis as does a cardioid. The figure-8 has a rear lobe equal in sensitivity to its front lobe, and this exactly makes up the quantitative difference – but in normally reverberant settings, the sound reaching a figure-8's rear lobe will be delayed and dispersed to a considerably greater extent than the reverberant sound energy which a cardioid picks up from its front and sides; the reflected sound will typically be subject to far more high frequency absorption as well. Thus the reverberant sound energy picked up by a figure-8, though theoretically equal in amount, is quite different in character from that which would be picked up by a cardioid in the same position.

The sound quality of the MK 8 is clear and neutral. The frequency response rolls off above 16 kHz.

Specifications

All Schoeps CCM Compact Microphones

CCM 8 Figure-8 Compact Microphone

Compatibility

Stereo Windshields

Cinela ALBERT Windshield for 3 Schoeps CCM Set (ORTF + Centre, XY)
Cinela ALBERT Windshield for Schoeps CCM Pair (ORTF, XY)
Cinela PIA-2 Windshield for MS Pair for use with Schoeps CMIT
Cinela PIA-3 Windshield for Double MS System for use with Schoeps CMIT
Rycote Stereo Windshield WS AE ORTF Kit (LEMO)
Rycote Stereo Windshield WS AC XY/MS Kit
Rycote Stereo Windshield WS AC MS Kit

Windshields

Rycote Modular Windshield Kit 9 (LEMO)

Stereo Connboxes

Rycote Connbox CB6 (2LEMO Detachable) for use in Windshield Kit 9
Rycote Connbox CB7 (2LEMO Long Detachable) for use in AC MS Kit
Rycote Connbox CB8 (LEMO/XLR-3F Detachable) for use with Schoeps CMIT
Rycote Connbox CB12 (2 LEMO Detachable) for ORTF Stereo Pair

Connboxes

Rycote Connbox CB10 (LEMO) for use in Windshield Kit 9
Rycote Connbox CB5 (LEMO Detachable) for use in Windshield Kit 9

Mounts & Suspensions

Cinela OSIX ORTF CCM Suspension for Schoeps ORTF CCM (with Lemo and XLR5M)
Cinela OSIX CCM-LU Suspension for Schoeps CCM
Rycote Invision 5 Mount
Rycote Invision 2 Mount

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