Schoeps CMT-S 501 U Stereo Condensor Mic.
The Schoeps CMT 501 review
This Schoeps Mic has two switchable pattern capsules, which are built on top of eachother and can swivel. It therefore lends itself to be used for XY or MS stereo recording techniques, but can equally be used as a mono mic. The patterns are Cardioid, Figure of Eight and Omni.
This Mic is stunning. It’s not the easiest to handle, since it provides endless options in placement and techniques. But when hovering around the instrument or room, you find sweet spots that other mics never hear and then that’s it, everybody has tears in the eyes. The Schoeps CMT sounds very similar to the two CMC 4′s I’ve got, most likely because they come from the same period of time.
Schoeps introduced the very first mechanically switchable three-pattern capsule, the MKT 26, as early as 1961. In contrast to the common electrically-coupled double diaphragm design, a patented, mechanically switchable transducer with only one diaphragm was used. This offered the exceptional low-frequency response of a real pressure transducer in the ‘omni’ position. In 1969, a stereo condenser microphone, the CMTS 301 / 301p / 501, was launched with two switchable three-pattern single-diaphragm capsules. The CMTS 301 already used the DC coupled output stage of the later Colette series. The CMTS 501 continued with a transformer output.
Links
- Schoeps Microphones
- Kevin Becka’s review of the Schoeps CMC XT in Mix Magazine
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