Schoeps MK 8g capsule

With its figure-of-eight characteristic, this microphone type is a true dipole with only one diaphragm. The direction of coverage is lateral, i.e. perpendicular to the microphone body, and is marked at 0° and 180° by a red and a black dot on the capsule housing respectively.

When recording using the MS technique, the 0° axis points to the left when viewed from a position behind the microphone, and the "8" engraved on the front of the microphone is aligned exactly horizontally. The microphone should be positioned exactly above or below the microphone for the M channel at the smallest possible distance.

The nature of the pressure gradient receiver becomes very clear with this type of microphone:

the sensitivity decreases towards low frequencies,

the directivity pattern and thus the directivity* are extremely little dependent on frequency,

the proximity effect is pronounced.

The sound of the MK 8 and CCM 8 is relatively bright and neutral. For physical reasons, the frequency curve drops off at 16 kHz.

When using this type of microphone as a support microphone, care must be taken to ensure that first reflections do not hit the back of the microphone from a short distance, as sound from this direction is picked up by the capsule with the same strength as sound from the front, but with the opposite sign, which can lead to comb filter effects at higher frequencies.

The MK 8 or the CCM 8 is particularly suitable for the S channel in MS stereo recordings, or as a pair - arranged at an angle of 90° above each other - for Blumlein stereophony.