SCHOEPS Shotgun microphone

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New type of digital shotgun microphone with increased directivity, based on SCHOEPS’ extremely successful analog model CMIT 5
Diffuse sound is suppressed to an extraordinary degree
Completely new operating principle with two transducers
Patented digital signal processing algorithms from ILLUSONIC (patent pending)
Two-channel output, with SuperCMIT signal in channel 1 and (direct, single-transducer) CMIT signal in channel 2
SCHOEPS sound quality: transparent sound

A new approach to high directivity and sound quality
The SuperCMIT 2 U microphone uses patented technology from ILLUSONIC. In addition to the capsule behind the interference tube, it contains a second, rear-facing microphone capsule. Digital signal processing (DSP) can analyze both signals and thereby distinguish discrete versus diffuse sound energy. The two signals are then combined in a time- and frequency-dependent manner such that the directional effect for discrete sound energy is increased while the level of diffuse sound is reduced.
At high frequencies (above 6 kHz) only the signal from the front-facing capsule is used, since the interference tube already offers optimal effectiveness in that range.
Technical Details | |
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Firmware version | 2.0 (details) |
Sensitivity | -31 dBFS at 1 Pa |
Equivalent noise level (A-weighted) | channel 1: 14 dB-A |
channel 2: 16 dB-A | |
Equivalent noise level (CCIR) | channel 1: 27 dB |
channel 2: 28 dB | |
Maximum SPL | 125 dB-SPL |
Filter(s) | switchable: |
80 Hz with 18 dB/oct. | |
5 dB lift at 10 kHz (shelving) | |
Powering | 10 V digital phantom powering (AES42) |
Current consumption | 170 mA |
Output | AES42, Mode 1, sample rate: 48 kHz, resolution: 24 bit |
channel 1: SuperCMIT | |
channel 2: regular CMIT (shotgun signal only) | |
Latency period | at 1 kHz: |
channel 1: 3.4 ms | |
channel 2: 1.6 ms | |
Length | 280 mm (11'') |
Diameter | 21 mm (0.83'') |
Weight | 112 grams (only 4 ounces!) |