Sanken CMS-10, CMS-10MS User Manual

CMS-10

Stereo Shotgun Camera Microphone

CMS-10MS

Microphone to Match the New HD Standards

he Sanken CMS-10, the world's first
camera mount Stereo Shotgun microphone,

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was developed in conjunction with NHK for
HDTV broadcasting of the Nagano Winter
Olympics. Since its world debut, it hasbecome
the new industry-wide standard microphone
for use with HD cameras. While compact and
lightweight, the CMS-10 provides extremely
high-resolution audio tomatch today's
advanced picture quality.

Unique Design

The CMS-10, uses M-S design to provide stereo
ormono with superior frontal directionality and a
rejectionof sounds from the sides and back,
making itideal for noisy shooting situations or
reverberant environments. The built-in Mono/
Stereo switch allows output of a highly directional
mono signal to both L/R channels or a L/R stereo
signal. (The CMS-10 is also available in an MS
version. It is M - S output only. ) The supplied
suspension camera-mount eliminates vibrations
from both camera and operator movement. The
condenser elements use exclusive PPS (Poly ­Phenylene Sulfide) diaphragms to provide
exceptional response and optimum humidity /
temperature stability.

Conventional shotgun microphones use a line
capsule array and a pipe with slits in front of the
capsule to create high directivity by utilizing phase
interface within the casing. With the traditional
design, maintaining high directivity at low
frequencies requires a length of more than 20
inches in length.

desirable to record targeted sounds precisely,
with the added option of capturing realistic
stereophonic perspectives. In many cases,
engineers have accomplished this with a pair of
shotgun microphones, or with the combination of
a shotgun mic and an MS-stereo mic. Both
methods are lacking because of problems in
stereo localization, accurate width of the sonic
image and clarity of the audio. In addition,
multiple microphone configurations impair field
mobility and sonic consistency.

Stereophonic localization depends primarily on
signal accuracy and channel separation in the
400Hz to 3kHz range. Pattern control of the CMS

-10 has been optimized in this range. Very low
and very high frequency response has been
optimized along the frontal axis so that the
" target " on-axis sounds are clearly delineated.
The result in play back accentuates the frontal
image, with side signals positioned slightly behind.

Unlike conventional shotgun microphones, the
CMS-10 uses a unique second-order pressure
gradient design, enabling precision directional
response through multiple cardioid elements in a
front-back array. The capsules combine line
microphone performance and second-order
gradient response in a single compact [8.6 inch
long] system.

Versatile

For episodic television, film/video documentaries,
and major broadcast events, it has become

CMS-10

Stereo Shotgun Camera Microphone

CMS-10MS

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS:

Transducer
Capsule directivity

Sensitivity

Equivalent Noise Level

MAX SPL (THD less than 1%)
Output Impedance
Output connector

Connector Pin Layout

Consumption Current
Weight
Finish
Switch:

DC biased condenser microphone

MID.............Narrow angle hyper cardioid

SIDE...........Figure eight

STEREO .....-26dB(50mV)+-1dB

MONO .........-30dB(32mV)+-1dB(0dB=1V/Pa, 1kHz)

STEREO .....20dB(A weighted)

MONO .........22dB(A weighted)

more than 120dB SPL
240 ohms
Cable direct out from the microphone, cable length

0.26m, connector XLR-5M. Connectable to "front"
mic-input of most HD-camcorders stereo Mic-In

1 Ground, 2 Lch +, 3 Lch -, 4 Rch +, 5 Rch ­Phantom feed to 2 &3, 4 &5

less than 4mA
170g
Lusterless black soft touch coating
CMS - 10 : Mono / L - R output selection

CMS - 10 MS: M - S output only
(CMS - 10 MS has no switch. )

Microphone to Match the New HD Standards

SANKEN MICROPHONE Co., Ltd., 2-8-8 Ogikubo, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, 167-0051, Japan

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