salutations people of Earth um back with
a review of another Sennheiser
microphone so today we're looking at
this guy the Sennheiser mk4 if you do
want to pick this guy up it will set you
back around 300 bucks like always I'll
throw some links down below and also I
am connecting the mic direct to the 2i2
2nd gen with 48 volts on and my gain at
around 11 o'clock not gonna do any
post-processing but I will boost it in
post
so check the doobly-doo to see what I
did Lee did got it right that time now
let's talk about what comes in the box
you get a very nice padded carrying or
storage box you obviously get the
microphone you get a microphone mount
which does have a 5/8 to 3/8 inch
adapter already installed and you get
some documentation then as far as the
build quality I know I am starting to
sound like a broken record here but it's
because mic build quality is pretty
standardized but this thing feels pretty
good it has an all-metal body a metal
grill a good amount of weight to it and
it is a bare-bones microphone there are
no switches or any features on this
thing it is just a microphone but on the
bottom you will find the XLR port then
as far as the specs this thing has a
cardioid polar pattern a frequency
response of 20 Hertz to 20 kilohertz a
sensitivity of approximately negative 32
decibels a self-noise of 10 DBA and an
output impedance of approximately 50
ohms now I'm speaking into the MK 4
spinning it around to 90 degrees to show
you the off-axis coloration and
rejection we're continuing around to 180
degrees to show you what it rejects from
the rear continuing back around to the
secondary ninety degree position and we
will continue around to zero degrees
again now I'm typing on a keyboard with
cherry MX blue to show you how much of
my voice first how much of the keyboard
it picks up now I'm right on top of the
microphone to show you the proximity
effect of this thing about three inches
away from the microphone with the
steadman pro screen 101
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senator I'm really liking this
microphone
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now this part of the video is gonna be
pretty difficult for me because I
couldn't find much about this microphone
that I don't like in terms of pros this
thing does have a very nice and subtle
coloration I do rather like the off-axis
coloration as well it did a respectable
job in terms of background noise
rejection the self noise on this thing
is pretty good it's not the best but it
is pretty good and it does have a really
nice build quality and then in terms of
cons I couldn't really find anything I
didn't like about the performance of
this microphone so I will say I just
don't think it's a very good looking mic
so as far as my overall thoughts I was
actually very impressed with this
microphone on the electric guitar it
wasn't necessarily exciting but I think
that's a good thing because the
microphone wasn't over boosted in any
frequency range I also thought it
sounded incredible on the acoustic
guitar with a nice full body and then a
lot of shininess on the top end which is
very airy and open sounding for singing
I also thought it sounded pretty good if
not a bit on the airy side and then for
spoken word I think that's where this
really shined it had a really nice
amount of clarity without being harsh or
shrill or having too much siblings and
the thing that Sennheiser annoyin do
best that proximity effect of that silky
smooth proximity that when you get right
on top of the microphone you get that
really smooth low-end and you got that
clarity on top to even it out a bit I
really loved it for that so would I
recommend this microphone absolutely
like I already said it's very difficult
for me to find any kind of flaws with
this thing unless you're somebody is
specifically looking for a dead flat
microphone or you have an aversion to
broad presence and treble boost if you
don't fit into either of those two
categories then I think this is a great
all-purpose microphone to add to your
arsenal if you're recording electric
guitar acoustic guitar singing or spoke
in a word especially for spoken word if
you're looking for that sennheiser
neumann sound but you're not willing or
able to spend seven hundred or a
thousand bucks all right guys that's
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