Sennheiser Mk 8 Multiple-pattern Large-diaphragm Condenser Microphone User Guide

SENNHEISER MK 8 Multiple-Pattern Large-Diaphragm Condenser Microphone

Overview

1. Sound inlet basket
2. XLR-3 connector
3. switch for low-cut/roll-off filter switch for adjusting the pick-up pattern
4. switch for attenuation

In the box

Setup

Adjusting

low-cut/roll-off filter

• 20 dB reduces by 20
•  10 dB dB reduces by 10 dB
• 0 dB no attenuation

Cleaning

Accessory

Specifications

• Transducer principle
  • externally polarized dual diaphragm condenser microphone
• Diameter of diaphragm
  • 25.4 mm / 1″
• Acoustic operating principle
  • pressure gradient transducer
• Pick-up pattern, switchable
  • omni-directional, wide cardioid, cardioid, super-cardioid, figure-of-eight
• Frequency response
  • 20 – 20,000 Hz
• Sensitivity
  • 14.1 mV/Pa (-37 dBV)
• Equivalent noise level
  • 10 dB(A) (IEC 61672-1) 16 dB (CCIR 468-3)
• Dynamic range
  • 132 dB
• Phantom powering
  • 48 V ±4 V (P48, IEC 61938)
• Low cut/roll-off filter, switchable
  • linear
• Current consumption
  • 4.1 mA
• Temperature range
  • Operation: 0 °C to +40 °C Storage: -10 °C to +60 °C
• Dimension
  • ⌀ 57 mm x 160 mm
• Weight
  • 485 g

Connector assignment

Polar pattern and frequency response

References

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