Schoeps Colette MK41

Schoeps Colette MK41 hire in Melbourne. The interior dialogue mic most professional sound recordists reach for, when a shotgun makes a small room sound like a tin can.

Boom mic hire for interiors comes down to this mic. A shotgun like the MKH416 works brilliantly outside, but indoors its interference tube picks up the room's reflections and dialogue goes hollow and phasey. The MK41 is a supercardioid capsule on the Colette modular system, with no tube, so off axis sound stays natural and the voice sounds like the person is standing there. It rejects what's behind and beside it, which keeps the air conditioner and the crew out of the take. Compact and light on the end of a boom, so the operator can hold it overhead for a long scene without shaking.

We run the MK41 on drama, broadcast, branded content and documentary interiors and it's the mic our recordists choose for sit down interviews. Hire it on its own, or build it into a full location sound kit.

Good for: interior dialogue, sit down interviews, scripted drama, documentary, branded content, voice capture, music and any controlled space where a shotgun sounds wrong.

Good to know: Comes with a mic clip and foam. Booming it? Ask for a Rycote shock mount when you book and wind protection if any of your day is outside.

What’s Included

• Mic clip
• Foam sock