Sennheiser MKE 440 Compact Stereo Shotgun Microphone - Manual

PRESS RELEASE
Best video sound for your DSLR: The Sennheiser MKE 440 camera microphone
employs an innovative stereo technique to match sound and picture
Wedemark/Las Vegas, 18 April 2016 – At NAB, audio specialist Sennheiser is
unveiling the MKE 440, a stereo camera microphone that solves a typical
challenge encountered by DSLR users: capturing focused stereo sound from the
filmed object. “The MKE 440 is not only the most compact stereo shotgun
microphone on the market,” said Kai
Lange, Sennheiser product manager,
Broadcast and Media. “Quite unlike
other stereo camera microphones, it
will predominantly pick up the sound
from within the camera angle thanks
to its new stereo principle.” The
result is a well-balanced mix
between ambient sound and clearly
comprehensible speech and dialogue. “This enables DSLR users to capture
professional stereo sound in one go, which saves production time and effort,”
added Kai Lange.
DSLR filmmakers have always had a hard time getting good sound from their
camera-mounted stereo microphone. The new MKE 440 achieves this task: Thanks to
two mini-shotgun microphones and a new
stereo technique, it records the sound from
within the camera angle, beating any mini AB,
MS or XY arrangements. While these classic
stereo set-ups also capture sound and noises
from the sides – including any comments
from the camera operator or people next to
them – the two mini-shotguns of the MKE 440 are mounted in a V-shape
arrangement that predominantly picks up the sound from within the direction of
filming and rejects the majority of off-axis noise from outside the camera focus.
The matched mini-shotguns of the MKE 440 feature super-cardioid pick-up patterns
that overlap to create a front focus. “The result is what I would call picture-matched
stereo ambience,” said Kai Lange. “For example, this lets filmmakers capture