Description

Schoeps CCM 21

This type of microphone has a directional pattern between omni and cardioid. The basic idea in designing the Schoeps CCM 21 was to combine the advantages of the cardioid with those of the omni. This results in a pickup pattern that blends the two sets of characteristics in a useful manner. It has a fuller and more extended low-frequency response than a cardioid, with less proximity effect, while attenuating side- and rear-incident sound less than a cardioid.

The polar diagram shows the directivity of the CCM 21 to be only slightly dependent on frequency. This contrasts with omnidirectional capsules, whose directivity increases with rising frequency, and with cardioids (at least smaller ones), which tend to accentuate high frequencies that arrive at oblique angles. The CCM 21’s orientation is less critical than with a cardioid since direct sound arriving on the axis and reverberant or other sounds off the axis are both reproduced accurately. This lack of coloration in the off-axis pickup produces a “warm” and natural sonic impression.

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