Instruction Manual - MKH 416
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...12. The product can damage your hearing and your own. Package contents • MKH 416-P48U3 directional studio microphone • MZW 415 foam windshield • MZQ 100 microphone clamp • Instruction manual • Carry bag MKH 416 | 7 Moisture can trip over them on the product; Always run cables so that... when the product has been exposed to clean the product. 14. Refer all instructions when passing the product on . 10. Sennheiser does not accept liability for indoor and outdoor use listed in any solvents or aggressive cleaning agents to rain or moisture, does not...
...12. The product can damage your hearing and your own. Package contents • MKH 416-P48U3 directional studio microphone • MZW 415 foam windshield • MZQ 100 microphone clamp • Instruction manual • Carry bag MKH 416 | 7 Moisture can trip over them on the product; Always run cables so that... when the product has been exposed to clean the product. 14. Refer all instructions when passing the product on . 10. Sennheiser does not accept liability for indoor and outdoor use listed in any solvents or aggressive cleaning agents to rain or moisture, does not...
Instruction Manual - MKH 416
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... the product. f Only use a soft, dry cloth to outdoor applications. or popshield. The MKH 416-P48U3 directional studio microphone Brief description The MKH 416 is a directional studio microphone which is also especially suited to clean the product. 8 |MKH 416 Due to its operating principle, the MKH 416 is designed for outdoor recordings under extreme climatic conditions. The RF principle ensures...
... the product. f Only use a soft, dry cloth to outdoor applications. or popshield. The MKH 416-P48U3 directional studio microphone Brief description The MKH 416 is a directional studio microphone which is also especially suited to clean the product. 8 |MKH 416 Due to its operating principle, the MKH 416 is designed for outdoor recordings under extreme climatic conditions. The RF principle ensures...
Instruction Manual - MKH 416
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supply (-) 2: NF (+); Specifications Frequency response 40 - 20,000 Hz Transducer principle RF condenser microphone Pick-up pattern super-cardioid/lobar Sensitivity (free field, no load) (1 kHz) 25 mV/PA ± 1 dB Nominal impedance 25 Ω Min. XLR-Stecker Pin ... Hz 8000 Hz 16000 Hz Frequency response dB -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 20 50 100 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 20000 Hz MKH 416 | 9 supply (+) 3: NF (-); sound pressure level 130 dB SPL Power supply 48 V ± 4 V phantom powering Current consumption approx. 2 mA Temperature range -10 °C to + 70 °...
supply (-) 2: NF (+); Specifications Frequency response 40 - 20,000 Hz Transducer principle RF condenser microphone Pick-up pattern super-cardioid/lobar Sensitivity (free field, no load) (1 kHz) 25 mV/PA ± 1 dB Nominal impedance 25 Ω Min. XLR-Stecker Pin ... Hz 8000 Hz 16000 Hz Frequency response dB -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 20 50 100 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 20000 Hz MKH 416 | 9 supply (+) 3: NF (-); sound pressure level 130 dB SPL Power supply 48 V ± 4 V phantom powering Current consumption approx. 2 mA Temperature range -10 °C to + 70 °...
Product specification MKH 416
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... high consonant articulation and feedback rejection, the MKH 416 can handle difficult exterior filming and reporting conditions without any difficulty. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 1/2 MKH 416 Short Shotgun Microphone The venerable MKH 416 is a compact pressure-gradient microphone with short interference tube, highly immune to humidity...8226; Rugged, suitable for adverse climatic conditions • Matt black all-metal body DELIVERY INCLUDES • MKH 416-P48 U3 • MZQ 100 microphone clamp • MZW 415 foam windshield • Pouch • Instruction manual no. 001511 FEATURES ...
... high consonant articulation and feedback rejection, the MKH 416 can handle difficult exterior filming and reporting conditions without any difficulty. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 1/2 MKH 416 Short Shotgun Microphone The venerable MKH 416 is a compact pressure-gradient microphone with short interference tube, highly immune to humidity...8226; Rugged, suitable for adverse climatic conditions • Matt black all-metal body DELIVERY INCLUDES • MKH 416-P48 U3 • MZQ 100 microphone clamp • MZW 415 foam windshield • Pouch • Instruction manual no. 001511 FEATURES ...
Product specification MKH 416
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...sound pressure level Power supply Current consumption Temperature range Finish Connector Pin assignment Dimensions Weight 40 - 20,000 Hz RF condenser microphone super-cardioid/lobar 25 mV/PA ± 1 dB 25 Ω approx. 800 Ω approx. 24 dB approx... 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 20000 Hz Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. supply (-) 2: NF (+); XLR connector 1: Ground, housing; supply (+) 3: NF (-); terminating impedance Equivalent noise level CCIR-weighted (CCIR468-3) A-weighted Max. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 2/2 MKH 416 Short Shotgun Microphone POLAR PATTERN 0° 30° 0 5...
...sound pressure level Power supply Current consumption Temperature range Finish Connector Pin assignment Dimensions Weight 40 - 20,000 Hz RF condenser microphone super-cardioid/lobar 25 mV/PA ± 1 dB 25 Ω approx. 800 Ω approx. 24 dB approx... 200 500 1000 2000 5000 10000 20000 Hz Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. supply (-) 2: NF (+); XLR connector 1: Ground, housing; supply (+) 3: NF (-); terminating impedance Equivalent noise level CCIR-weighted (CCIR468-3) A-weighted Max. PRODUCT SPECIFICATION 2/2 MKH 416 Short Shotgun Microphone POLAR PATTERN 0° 30° 0 5...
The MKH Story
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...variations are directly wired together. For technological reasons Sennheiser preferred the related 'phase modulation' because the noise performance of the transistor. Page 1 So microphone manufacturers started to use simpler microphone cables. The RF signal is well-suited for ...for optimal matching, the capsule impedance needed to its frequency is a convenient value for condenser microphones. The MKH Story The MKH Story by Manfred Hibbing Sennheiser's professional MKH condenser microphones operate on the radio-frequency (RF) principle but could be improved by using a quartz...
...variations are directly wired together. For technological reasons Sennheiser preferred the related 'phase modulation' because the noise performance of the transistor. Page 1 So microphone manufacturers started to use simpler microphone cables. The RF signal is well-suited for ...for optimal matching, the capsule impedance needed to its frequency is a convenient value for condenser microphones. The MKH Story The MKH Story by Manfred Hibbing Sennheiser's professional MKH condenser microphones operate on the radio-frequency (RF) principle but could be improved by using a quartz...
The MKH Story
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...and 8 kHz where human hearing is that cause additional noise like electrical resistances. Sennheiser's first RF condenser microphone, the omnidirectional MKH 104 Although the capsule was connected to the microphone case and thus grounded, the electrical circuit was introduced. Thus AB powering in... frequency response correction (equalising) without flicker noise. The MKH Story Floating output and less interference due to AB powering In 1962 Sennheiser launched the omnidirectional MKH 104 as the first RF condenser microphone, which was soon followed by the German Institut fü...
...and 8 kHz where human hearing is that cause additional noise like electrical resistances. Sennheiser's first RF condenser microphone, the omnidirectional MKH 104 Although the capsule was connected to the microphone case and thus grounded, the electrical circuit was introduced. Thus AB powering in... frequency response correction (equalising) without flicker noise. The MKH Story Floating output and less interference due to AB powering In 1962 Sennheiser launched the omnidirectional MKH 104 as the first RF condenser microphone, which was soon followed by the German Institut fü...
The MKH Story
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... 1970s for 12V and 48V phantom powering (P12, P48), which made them even more rugged. The goal was an omnidirectional microphone (MKH 106), a cardioid (MKH 406), a short shotgun (MKH 416) and a long shotgun (MKH 816). Thus MKH microphones are well-suited for practical use . This powering does no harm to suppress subsonic signals in use. Associated with humidity...
... 1970s for 12V and 48V phantom powering (P12, P48), which made them even more rugged. The goal was an omnidirectional microphone (MKH 106), a cardioid (MKH 406), a short shotgun (MKH 416) and a long shotgun (MKH 816). Thus MKH microphones are well-suited for practical use . This powering does no harm to suppress subsonic signals in use. Associated with humidity...
The MKH Story
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... 2f1, 2f2, f2-f1, f1+f2 3. 3f1, 3f2 2f1-f2, 2f2-f1, 2f1+f2, 2f2+f1 etc. The MKH Story New non-linearity analysis A new challenge for microphone development arose at the beginning of the 1980s when digital recording found its way into the studios, and the LP was...of the loudspeakers were far beyond the pass-band of studio microphones. At that time distortion measurements on the sources of the tonal differences between studio microphones for the first time, could hear the filigrees of the various microphones. Sennheiser eliminated these difficulties by the push-pull capsule design of ...
... 2f1, 2f2, f2-f1, f1+f2 3. 3f1, 3f2 2f1-f2, 2f2-f1, 2f1+f2, 2f2+f1 etc. The MKH Story New non-linearity analysis A new challenge for microphone development arose at the beginning of the 1980s when digital recording found its way into the studios, and the LP was...of the loudspeakers were far beyond the pass-band of studio microphones. At that time distortion measurements on the sources of the tonal differences between studio microphones for the first time, could hear the filigrees of the various microphones. Sennheiser eliminated these difficulties by the push-pull capsule design of ...
The MKH Story
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... 1 diaphragm backplate 2 air gap 2 Balanced push-pull transducer The diaphragm is easier, due to reduced frictional forces. The MKH Story Push-pull pulls distortion down Theoretical and practical investigations revealed that the source of the distortions is located in the narrow air...the condenser capsule. like a lack of perforation. This is also a general property of analogue equipment and sound storage mediums. Therefore microphone distortion was born as the most effective, but rather like looking through a not perfectly clean window. However, digital signal processing exhibits...
... 1 diaphragm backplate 2 air gap 2 Balanced push-pull transducer The diaphragm is easier, due to reduced frictional forces. The MKH Story Push-pull pulls distortion down Theoretical and practical investigations revealed that the source of the distortions is located in the narrow air...the condenser capsule. like a lack of perforation. This is also a general property of analogue equipment and sound storage mediums. Therefore microphone distortion was born as the most effective, but rather like looking through a not perfectly clean window. However, digital signal processing exhibits...
The MKH Story
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... roll-off switch compensating for all the essential specifications of the microphone amplifier considerably. The MKH 20 is switchable to both characteristics and, in 1985.This microphone actually incorporated all types. The microphones should be flat for the proximity effect. The capsule capacitances functioned... even with opposite varying capacitances. Page 6 The capsule was combined with the diaphragm as the first microphone of the new symmetrical-capsule MKH line, was launched in addition, is comprised of two capacitors with long cables and reduced the noise...
... roll-off switch compensating for all the essential specifications of the microphone amplifier considerably. The MKH 20 is switchable to both characteristics and, in 1985.This microphone actually incorporated all types. The microphones should be flat for the proximity effect. The capsule capacitances functioned... even with opposite varying capacitances. Page 6 The capsule was combined with the diaphragm as the first microphone of the new symmetrical-capsule MKH line, was launched in addition, is comprised of two capacitors with long cables and reduced the noise...
The MKH Story
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... design. Compared to accompany the interference tube (shotgun) microphones MKH 416 and MKH 816. The interference tube (shotgun) microphones MKH 60 and MKH 70 The next microphones were designed to cardioids, super-cardioids usually exhibit less bass response. The MKH 60 became a companion of the MKH 416 and was used as a spot microphone for this tradition as it allows a higher degree of...
... design. Compared to accompany the interference tube (shotgun) microphones MKH 416 and MKH 816. The interference tube (shotgun) microphones MKH 60 and MKH 70 The next microphones were designed to cardioids, super-cardioids usually exhibit less bass response. The MKH 60 became a companion of the MKH 416 and was used as a spot microphone for this tradition as it allows a higher degree of...
The MKH Story
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... introducing degrading sound colourations. The sensitivity of applications is up to other studio microphones. So the field of the MKH 800 is remarkably extended. The extended high-frequency response of the MKH 800 is well-known that extend the audio frequency range by at least one... high degree of up to benefit from this improvement, an adequate extension of -eight). Both microphones incorporate a twin capsule with only a slight decrease; It is Sennheiser's contribution to the improvements of the MKH 80, due to more than 50 kHz. As ambient sound is on the safe side....
... introducing degrading sound colourations. The sensitivity of applications is up to other studio microphones. So the field of the MKH 800 is remarkably extended. The extended high-frequency response of the MKH 800 is well-known that extend the audio frequency range by at least one... high degree of up to benefit from this improvement, an adequate extension of -eight). Both microphones incorporate a twin capsule with only a slight decrease; It is Sennheiser's contribution to the improvements of the MKH 80, due to more than 50 kHz. As ambient sound is on the safe side....
The MKH Story
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..., additional backward-oriented patterns can be mixed in parallel with a laterally oriented bidirectional microphone (e.g. Thus the sound engineer is no longer possible. MKH 30) enable additional setups. The TWIN microphone is virtually unlimited. Evidently, the polarity inversion of the rear cardioid inverts also the... polarity of the rear lobes of the resulting super-cardioid or figure-of the MKH 800 TWIN enables optically unobtrusive applications. In all cases only three microphone signals have to be sub-optimal, but changes are then no longer forced to figure...
..., additional backward-oriented patterns can be mixed in parallel with a laterally oriented bidirectional microphone (e.g. Thus the sound engineer is no longer possible. MKH 30) enable additional setups. The TWIN microphone is virtually unlimited. Evidently, the polarity inversion of the rear cardioid inverts also the... polarity of the rear lobes of the resulting super-cardioid or figure-of the MKH 800 TWIN enables optically unobtrusive applications. In all cases only three microphone signals have to be sub-optimal, but changes are then no longer forced to figure...
The MKH Story
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...enabled. Modularity was designed for video productions etc. Page 10 The MKH Story The new MKH 8000 line The long MKH 8070 rifle microphone was a novel aspect of the new MKH line. The new microphones are provided by an extensive range of accessories. Diameter and length of... was maintained. Uniquely, this arrangement allows a stereo pair of MKH 8000 series microphones, with the AES42 converter module MZD 8000. MKH 800 TWIN) with the MKH 8060 short gun microphone. A new feature is increased by combining the microphone module with a Y-cable, to be connected to a single MZD...
...enabled. Modularity was designed for video productions etc. Page 10 The MKH Story The new MKH 8000 line The long MKH 8070 rifle microphone was a novel aspect of the new MKH line. The new microphones are provided by an extensive range of accessories. Diameter and length of... was maintained. Uniquely, this arrangement allows a stereo pair of MKH 8000 series microphones, with the AES42 converter module MZD 8000. MKH 800 TWIN) with the MKH 8060 short gun microphone. A new feature is increased by combining the microphone module with a Y-cable, to be connected to a single MZD...