Sennheiser re-invents the MKE 400 – a compact shotgun mic that delivers the professional features you demand from a camera microphone.

For vloggers, videographers and mobile journalists, storytelling is equal parts art and craft. Perhaps more than anything else, it is sound that makes a story come to life. Whether interviews, commentary or ambience, sound is the key to captivating and drawing in an audience.

To provide creators with a tool to explore their sonic horizons, Sennheiser has launched the new MKE 400 – a highly directional compact shotgun microphone that brings compelling audio to DSLR/Ms and mobile devices alike.

A highly directional microphone to focus on your subject and eliminate background noise

The MKE 400 achieves its directionality with an acoustic interference tube, providing a super-cardioid polar pattern that ensures pick-up from the direction in which the camera is facing while cancelling out distracting noise from the sides. The result: dialogue recordings with presence and clarity that will help bring your content to life.

Protection from wind and handling noise

The MKE 400’s shock-mounted capsule minimises handling noise, while the cleverly designed microphone housing doubles as a standard windscreen. For outdoor use, a furry windshield is included. Simply place it over the integrated windscreen for maximum wind protection while recording. The microphone’s low-cut filter also does its part in removing problematic low frequencies like the hum from air-conditioning systems or the rumble from wind.

Flexible adaptation to any sound source

In your creation process, you will come across loud and confident speakers – but you will also want to catch those softer voices. The three-step sensitivity switch adjusts the audio level to the mic input of the camera, helping you to address all the differences in dynamics that you encounter on a shoot.

Full control over the sound

One of the most important things when recording audio is to check levels and monitor your sound. Therefore, the MKE 400 is not only fitted with a low-cut filter and threestep sensitivity switch to fine-tune your sound but also with a headphone monitoring output and integrated eightstep digital volume control, as not every camera has its own audio output. You can plug any headphone with a 3.5mm jack directly into the MKE 400 and conveniently check levels and audio performance while rolling.

Versatility

Your video recording is most likely not confined to one device, and your microphone doesn’t have to be either. The MKE 400 includes 3.5mm TRS and TRRS locking cables to be used with DSLR/M cameras or mobile devices, ensuring that switching from one device to another is accomplished with ease. The mic’s coldshoe mount with ¼-20 thread allows for universal mounting atop of cameras, gimbals or even at the end of a boom pole. ✤

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