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Omni microphones tend to pick up everything equally, including background noise. The MD 46 cardioid interview mic focuses on the subject, increasing clarity while reducing background noise. Designed to deliver low handling and wind noise, and to eliminate vocal popping, this microphone gives the ENG team an ideal interview tool.
From the Manufacturer
The MD 46 is a high-quality reporter's microphone with cardioid pick-up pattern. It has been specially optimised for rough use in live reporting and broadcasting environments. The MD 46 is a very 'good-natured' microphone whose design avoids wind and handling noise problems. Colour: black, sound inlet basket: refined steel, black.
- ply sound inlet basket provides increased protection from wind and pop noise
- metal housing
- mount capsule ensures low sensitivity to handling noise
- up pattern ensures excellent speech intelligibility even with high ambient noise levels
- Pick-up pattern: cardioid
- Frequency response: 40 ... 18 000 Hz
- Sensitivity in free field, no load (1kHz): 2,0 mV/Pa
- Nominal impedance: 350 Ohm
- Min. terminating impedance: 1000 Ohm
- Dimensions: 49 x 250 mm
- Weight: 360 g
zhatcher
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
Makes my voice sound better than it is!
Robert Esposito
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2024
I run a video production company and I wanted to add a long handled interview mic to our audio kit so we could fit a flag on it for clients that like that branded/newsy look. This fit the bill and sounds super clean with great response and very little background noise pickup.
Angela Rodriguez
Reviewed in Canada on January 16, 2023
I needed a microphone to record and live stream during a busy conference, in the booth area. The sound is just incredibly crisp and nearly no background noise. It’s impressive. By far the best microphone that I’ve ever owned. For reference, I used it with a canon rebel t6i using an adapter and it worked great! When you’re doing playback on the camera itself, it might seem like the sound is not being recorded, but if you either switch to Manual to check the sound levels, or download the video into a computer, you will see that the sound is indeed being captured.
Shopper
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2019
I first owned one of these in 2005 and it was the same price even back then and later I made the mistake of letting it go as i became more aware of its history ( being originally created for NBC IN 2000 among other things) I used this in my home studio for voice over and announcing practice and now that I own a Mic preamp in my mixer the sound of the MD 46 is even better than before. you can use this in a studio as well as the field and for completely plosive free results I recommend using a foam pop filter ( thankfully I invested in a good supply of them.) It's nice to have the MD46 Mic back in my Mic Collection after a long absence
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Reviewed in Canada on November 19, 2019
This hand held mic is perfect for large crowded areas. I love it. All other brands don't even come close.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on January 28, 2018
nice
Douglas White
Reviewed in Canada on March 7, 2017
Nice mic.
Curtis M
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2016
Great mic. Very directional. Can isolate an interview in a noisy environment if you have it directly pointed at the subject. Consequently if you are off axis, it can be difficult to hear. Use it for interviews all the time. A workhorse in the industry. You'll notice them in lots of network sports broadcasts for stand ups.
G/rose 🖤
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2015
This is a great microphone for voice recording. I take it with me to do interviews at conventions all over the world. The cardioid pattern does an excellent job of isolating the noise from the conference floor while still picking up the voices of people I'm interviewing. I had previously used the e835 from Sennheiser but like the longer stem on the MD 46 which is more comfortable to hold.
DB
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015
Love it, it keeps the sounds from the sides out pretty nicely. Haven't been able to find a better microphone for interviews. There is one video on youtube comparing this to the Rode Reporter microphone and shows that it's not very good at keeping the wind out, unless the wind is blowing at a 90 degree angle at the microphone, you won't have much of a problem. I don't think the youtube video did the sound isolation justice. There's a reason they used this mic in mid 2000's when recording the olympics.
John P Reisman
Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2014
My first production with this mic was in Cologne, Germany. The mic is solid and clean. I think it even gave the interviewer greater confidence in what he was doing simply because it feels so solid. Sennheiser is a great company and I've been using their mics for over 30 years. The 421, 441, and shotguns. There are many great microphone companies out there providing the right tool for the right job. Sennheiser is definitely a top performer for audio professionals.
THOMAS
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2013
Great Mic, it's a little weak on my Tascam DR100 MKII, but still more than Ok for interviews. Good quality
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