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Key Features
Engineered for engineers. There's a reason the C414 has been a studio mainstay since 1971. The AKG C414-XLS Condenser Microphone Stereo Pair delivers a combination of versatility, detail, and sound quality like few other microphones can. Every subtlety and nuance in your source audio is captured flawlessly by the C414 with pristine reproduction and almost no self noise.
A single mic for any recording application. The C414 XLS maintains the legendary AKG standard for sound, adding a variable polar pattern, pad, and high pass filter to adapt the mic to any situation. A total of nine polar patterns are achievable by the simple switch on the front of the mic. Why buy nine different microphones when the C414 can do it all?
AKG's factory matching process ensures the stereo pair is as close as they can be. The closer the mics are in a stereo pair, the better the stereo image. With the AKG C414 Stereo Pair you can be sure of impressive stereo imaging time after time.
Nearly New: This product may have been opened for quality control purposes, returned by a customer, refurbished, or may have non-essential parts or software missing. Otherwise, the product operates as new. This is a great opportunity to buy a fully functioning product at a discounted price.
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AKG know that realistic stereo recordings require microphones with outstanding performance and excellent quality. Every factory-matched pair of C414-XLS’ come from thousands of individual microphones that are then selected by AKG's sophisticated computer-aided matching method. This results in the highest possible correlation over the whole frequency range and virtually identical sensitivity - providing you with incredible, stunning, three-dimensional recordings.
Between 1971 and today studios have changed a lot. Recording engineers from that time would hardly recognise most of the technology we use today. One thing they would recognise? The AKG C414. Throughout the '80s and '90s computers and DAWs replaced tape recorders, CDs and MP3 files replaced vinyl and cassettes. Through a technological and musical revolution the AKG C414 microphone proved to be irreplaceable.
A well equipped studio will have a variety of microphones with different polar patterns. Each polar pattern has ideal uses and can help to capture a variety of sources in the best way. So why are some microphones limited to one?
The AKG C414 lets you choose from five standard polar patterns - omnidirectional, wide cardioid, cardioid, hypercardioid, and figure of eight. You can even blend between each pair, for an additional four hybrid patterns, giving an impressive nine in total.
With nine polar patterns the C414 is not only equipped to take on any modern studio application, but can also be used for a variety of stereo techniques. You can record stereo audio on a film location with a mid-side set or blumlein pair in the morning and then take your C414 to the studio and capture a vocal session in the afternoon. Do it all with one microphone.
Changing and monitoring the settings on the AKG C414 is simple and intuitive. All you need to do is press one side of the switch and the LEDs will show you what polar pattern, pad level, or filter frequency is currently being used.
For live or installation situations all the switches can be disabled, keeping your settings the same even if the microphone is accidentally bumped. The included pad lets you record even loud sound sources up to 158 dB SPL - don't let loud drummers cause you problems anymore!
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