Sanken CS-3e Moisture-Resistant Shotgun Microphone

Sanken CS-3e Moisture-Resistant Shotgun Microphone

The CS-3e Shotgun Microphone is a small and lightweight directional microphone with a low-cut switch to satisfy the various needs of location and studio recording.

Sanken Microphone Company is known as a professional microphone manufacturer which has the longest history in Japan. The company was established in 1925, and has been manufacturing microphones for professional use ever since.

In the CS-3e, three directional capsules are arranged in a front-back array to combine microphone performance and second-order pressure gradient response in a single system. With this unique design, the CS-3e achieves phenomenal supercardioid directivity in the lowest frequencies and throughout the full range in a microphone only 27cm (10 inches) in length. The standard 19mm diameter permits use of a wide range of accessories developed for enhanced performance and field mobility.

It is significant that the Sanken CS-3e Shotgun Microphone picks up the targeted frontal sound sources with exceptional clarity over a wide frequency range - even in noisy ambient environments or in long reverberation spaces, rejecting undesired noise and sounds coming from the rear and sides.

Conventional shotgun microphones invariably pick up unwanted sounds coming from the back and sides. The CS-3e virtually eliminates the proximity effect and maintains sharp directivity.