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Old 13th May 2008, 12:43 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Royer121 View Post
Actually this is not correct. The MK21 has the characteristic of a wide cardioid and has some proximity effect. Its a mix between a pressure microphone and a gradient microphone, defined as 1/3 gradient and 2/3 pressure...a supercardioid is defined 63,5 % gradient and 36,5 % pressure.

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SCHOEPS wide-cardioids

The MK21 has a wide range of use cases... :) I've seen it used as a close mic for piano, as a main mic for orchestra and also for voice.. ;)
Oops - sorry - should have checked the brochure before posting.

I'm so used to everything starting with a "2" being omni.
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