Designed to be mounted on a boom, a handheld
pistol grip, or atop a compact camera for run and gun style filmmaking,
the microphone features a super-cardioid directional pickup pattern, a
frequency range of 20 to 20,000 Hz, a sensitivity of -32 dB re 1 V/Pa, a
dynamic range of 119 dB, a signal to noise-ratio of 78 dB SPL, and a
maximum SPL of 135 dB from 48V, 24V, or12V phantom power (4.5 mA current
draw).
Along the body of the microphone is a power button with
LED indicator as well as three digital switching buttons with LED
indicators.
The first button provides a -10 dB pad on the input of the microphone to allow the recording of loud sounds without clipping.
The
middle button turns on a 75 Hz high pass filter which is useful for
reducing low frequency and infrasonic rumble from HVAC systems indoors
or street traffic outdoors from over-powering the recording.
The
third button is a high frequency boost. The value of the high frequency
boost is in restoring some of the high frequency content that is often
lost when a blimp or furry windshield is placed over the microphone. An
added benefit is that the high frequency boost switch can help improve
the intelligibility of recorded speech, especially useful for filmmaking
and broadcast applications.
The microphone comes with an RM5 microphone clip, a foam windshield and a carrying pouch.