Sanken Microphones has announced the CSR-2 shotgun microphone, combining a long acoustic tube and the company’s proprietary rectangular capsule design for super-sharp directivity.

Its high degree of directionality and flexibility is accomplished by using line microphone technology for narrow-angle directivity while cancelling background sensitivity with two capsules in the low/mid frequency range. In order to reduce the sensitivity at 90° degrees off-axis, the front capsule pattern is super-cardioid. It captures the low-mid frequencies that have a longer wavelength than the acoustic tube in the rear of the microphone, with no line microphone effects. In addition, the CSR-2 uses a second-order pressure gradient array, comprised of two microphone capsules. Their output is added to the line (front) microphone signal when the rear rejection switch is in on to suppress low-frequency background sensitivity.

The microphone additionally offers switchable rejection of the mid- and low-frequency range on the side and rear. In the off position, the switch provides a wider image and a ‘warmer’ room tone.

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