Schoeps CMIT 5U Shotgun Microphone

For years, sound professionals had been clamoring for a Schoeps shotgun mic that would match their modular Schoeps colette systems. In early 2006 Schoeps unveiled their new CMIT 5U and already it has set a new standard in shotgun mics. Not only is the sound quality typical Schoeps (in other words, fantastic), but with three push-button-activated filters with corresponding LED lights, the CMIT 5U becomes one of the easiest to operate shotguns on the market. Whether you're a long time Schoeps user or new to their products, the CMIT 5U guarantees to please the most discerning of ears.


Key Features

Unusually low coloration of off-axis sound since the pickup angles at low and high frequencies are kept reasonably similar to one another: At medium frequencies the directivity of the CMIT 5 U is higher than one would expect from a microphone of this length, while at high frequencies the pickup pattern is not as narrow as with long shotgun microphones. Thus in active scenes it is easier to cue the boom and keep actors "on mic."

Schoeps sound quality makes the microphone suitable for music recording as well as dialogue.

The directional pattern and sound quality are consistent in both the horizontal and vertical planes, unlike some other shotgun microphones.

Even greater immunity to wind noise than a Schoeps supercardioid

Very lightweight, robust all-metal housing


Three pushbutton-activated filters allow the microphone to adapt to all recording situations:

High-frequency emphasis (+ 5 dB at 10 kHz) enhances speech intelligibility, and compensates for high-frequency loss caused by windscreens

A steep low-cut filter (18 dB/oct. below 80 Hz) suppresses wind and boom noise

A gentle low-frequency rolloff (6 dB/oct. below 300 Hz) compensates for proximity effect.


Frequency & polar response

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