Manual

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Cardioids for Close Pickup
When a directional microphone is
used close to a sound source, its low-
frequency response increases greatly.
This ”proximity effect” gives voices an
artificial ”boomy” quality which is
sometimes useful as a special effect,
but it reduces intelligibility and causes
listener fatigue.
To avoid this problem and to reduce
the effects of breath noise and pop-
ping on consonants, low-frequency
filtering can be applied (e.g. the CUT 60
Active Filter) or special speech capsules
with reduced low-frequency sensitivity
can be used. These same measures
also help to suppress low-frequency
environmental noise.
Capsules
18
MK 4
MK 4(V)XP
MK 4(V)P
Low-frequency response curves of the two microphone types
(P and XP) compared to the standard MK 4 (measured at a 60 cm
equivalent distance).
Polar diagram MK 4P, MK 4XP
from outer
to inner:
up to 1 kHz 4 kHz
2 kHz 8 kHz
16 kHz
Polar diagram MK 4VP, MK 4VXP
from outer
to inner:
up to 1 kHz 4 kHz
2 kHz 8 kHz
16 kHz
MK 4VP
MK 4XP
MK 4P
MK 4VXP