Schoeps CMC 6/MK 41 Hypercardioid Preamp & Capsule Bundle
- Includes Schoeps CMC 6 Ug, Schoeps MK 41 and Cinela Osix 2
- Flat frequency response. Extremely low noise and distortion
- Supercardioid with highly consistent directionality throughout its frequency range
- High directivity, comparable to that of a short “shotgun“ up through midrange frequencies
Schoeps CMC 6 Ug Microphone Amplifier
- Flat frequency response
- Extremely low noise and distortion
- Balanced, very low-impedance output
- Can be used with very long cables
- Well-protected against RFI
- For use with 12- or 48-Volt phantom powering
The capsules of condenser microphones (the only type which SCHOEPS manufactures) can't be connected directly to microphone cables or inputs; a microphone amplifier is required in between. Thus a complete microphone of the Colette series comprises any of the twenty available types of capsules combined with an amplifier.
The CMC 6 Ug is designed for standard 48- and 12-Volt phantom powering. Its circuitry recognizes the supply voltage and adjusts itself automatically. Its performance characteristics remain essentially the same either way; mainly, the difference is that the current drawn at 12 Volts is greater than at 48 Volts. However, the 12-Volt mode consumes less power and might be preferred for battery-powered recording.
The microphone amplifier provides the electrostatic charge which the capsule requires in order to produce a signal. Since only a miniscule amount of current is contained in this signal, amplification of the current is required. To avoid interference to the signal on the way from the microphone to the input of the mixer or preamp, the signal is conveyed at low impedance and in balanced form. The CMC 6 Ug amplifier offers a symmetrical, transformerless, direct-coupled Class A output stage with low impedance, low distortion, and high freedom from interference.
Schoeps MK 41 Microphone Capsule
The MK 41 is strongly directional. Sound arriving from off axis is attenuated even more than with a cardioid. The pickup is “drier” and less susceptible to acoustic feedback than any other SCHOEPS capsule type (a loudspeaker should not be located directly along the rear axis of the microphone, however).
Features
- Supercardioid with highly consistent directionality throughout its frequency range
- For music and speech
- High directivity, comparable to that of a short “shotgun“ microphone up through midrange frequencies
- Often preferred for use in film sound recording and as a spot microphone in orchestras
Cinela Osix 2 Shockmount
The Cinela OSIX series mounts incorporate technical solutions which allow an optimal compromise between vibration insolation and firmness of the microphone mounting. Almost all OSIX & MINIX are now equipped with unbreakable plastic isolators, whose elastic properties give isolation and firmness qualities to the suspensions, equivalent or better than old metal versions.
Cinela is considered the ultimate in mic isolation for boompole mounting. Features include a mount integrated XLRF to XLRM. The XLRM is mounted on the swivel. As with all of the OSIX series mounts, this mic targets a specific sizing. OSIX 2 has been designed for the SCHOEPS microphone, comprising a CMC 3, 4, 5 or 6 body and a COLETTE capsule.
