Compact microphones CCM

There are twenty different CCM compact microphones, with omnidirectional, wide cardioid, "Open Cardioid," cardioid, supercardioid, and figure-8 patterns as well as a mechanically switchable microphone (cardioid / omnidirectional). In addition, several microphones specifically designed for close pickup of speech are available.

Omnidirectional Omnidirectional microphones - if constructed as single-diaphragm transducers, as all our omnidirectional microphones and capsules are - can be considered optimal due to their excellent reproduction of low frequencies and extremely l... more	Cardioid The cardioid is the most popular type of directional microphone. It combines the highest level of audio quality with optimal suppression of rear-incident sound. SCHOEPS cardioids have a directional pattern that remains the same at a... more

Wide cardioid Schoeps introduced the world’s first wide cardioid microphones and capsules some twenty years ago. This pattern combines the advantages of omnidirectional and cardioid characteristics in an optimal manner. To an extraordinary ... more	Open cardioid Schoeps developed the “Open Cardioid” directional pattern in 2008. It is ideal for use as a soloist or spot microphone. The polar diagram lies between that of the classic cardioid and the wide cardioid. It can be conside... more

Supercardioid The supercardioid has the greatest directional effect of any first-order pressure gradient transducer. The response 90° off-axis is -10 dB. The polar diagram is consistent at all frequencies, which means that regardless of its direc... more	Figure-eight As with all other Schoeps microphones and microphone capsules, the figure-8 is a single-membrane system that uses no electronic equalization. It is a genuine dipole and thus a pure pressure gradient transducer. It is very well... more

Switchable Schoeps switchable-pattern microphone capsules are single-membrane systems. Unlike dual-membrane microphones their patterns are changed mechanically, not electrically. This is a more demanding approach, but it pays off because the c... more	Speech Schoeps offers special directional microphones and capsules for speech applications. Their marked reduction in low-frequency response compensates for proximity effect and helps to suppress both "popping" and ambient noise. more

Boundary layer microphones Boundary layer microphones have remarkably uniform frequency response for all angles of sound incidence. This provides an especially natural-sounding reproduction of room sound.