What is the difference between the MK4 & MK4 S??
The specs and description here tell the story: http://www.schoeps.de/en/products/mk4s/specs
These are for close-miking and have a built-in low frequency rolloff. Response is 80-20kHz and if you look at the frequency response plot it looks more like a Neumann KM150 hyper than a normal Schoeps Mk4.
It might actually sound good for live recording, if one liked a very rolled-off sound...
Quote from: acidjack on May 16, 2011, 03:40:01 PM
It might actually sound good for live recording, if one liked a very rolled-off sound...
Meaning they sound just like AKGs!
I have a pair and didn't find the rolloff to be as pronounced as I was expecting. That said, mine are for sale. I got them years ago with some bodies and never even tried them because I have mk21's, mk4's and mk41's (at the time). In the right application, they are fantastic - they are mk4's, with all the detail, etc.
Thanks for the responses! So these would probably sound better indoors??
Quote from: jmbell on May 16, 2011, 04:42:37 PM
Thanks for the responses! So these would probably sound better indoors??
depends on the level of boom. If you're problem is always reverberant sub-bass/boom in a specific room/location, then it would help, but so would doing a HPF later, if it's mid-upper bass, then I think you'd do better to just learn how to EQ the problem frequencys.
To actually answer your question, between indoors and outdoors, these would sound better indoors.
There is a set on ebay for $350 a cap, but I have seen many schoeps tapers running them.
I would not use these for recording live music. The low end is too severely rolled off.
I know freelunch has a set for sale on gearslutz for a very reasonable price.
Quote from: it-goes-to-eleven on May 16, 2011, 04:28:18 PM
Quote from: acidjack on May 16, 2011, 03:40:01 PM
It might actually sound good for live recording, if one liked a very rolled-off sound...
Meaning they sound just like AKGs!
^ :clapping: :lol:
Quote from: kennedy on May 16, 2011, 06:01:50 PM
Quote from: it-goes-to-eleven on May 16, 2011, 04:28:18 PM
Quote from: acidjack on May 16, 2011, 03:40:01 PM
It might actually sound good for live recording, if one liked a very rolled-off sound...
Meaning they sound just like AKGs!
^ :clapping: :lol:
If you mean clean and transparent then yeah that's the ticket.
WHOREZ ;D
Quote from: newplanet7 on May 16, 2011, 06:03:56 PM
Quote from: kennedy on May 16, 2011, 06:01:50 PM
Quote from: it-goes-to-eleven on May 16, 2011, 04:28:18 PM
Quote from: acidjack on May 16, 2011, 03:40:01 PM
It might actually sound good for live recording, if one liked a very rolled-off sound...
Meaning they sound just like AKGs!
^ :clapping: :lol:
If you mean clean and transparent then yeah that's the ticket.
WHOREZ ;D
Okay, I take it back. They don't sound like AKGs. AKGs sound like two skeletons fucking on a tin roof. And these are actually smooth and musical :P
Pa-ching!