DPA 4017ES Shotgun Mic, Side Cable, XLR

With our tiniest preamplifier design, the 4017ES Shotgun Microphone features an integrated cable solution with side cable entry. It is the shortest professional interference tube shotgun mic available today; only 12.5 cm (4.9 in) in length and 121 g (4.3 oz) in weight (including 3 m (9.8 ft) cable and connector). It is ideal for booming actors or capturing distant voice dialogue for broadcast and video situations.

Impressive accuracy and clarity

Designed for a broad range of applications, the 4017 Shotgun Mic is ideal for use with camera systems, in fixed positions at sports facilities, for broadcast / ENG / film booming and even studio recording environments.

Features:

• Small and lightweight
• Excellent RF immunity
• Highly immune to humidity
• Uniform off-axis response
• Highly directional pattern
• Sleek shotgun for distant miking

This condenser microphone capsule is part of the flexible pencil microphones. It is equipped with a highly-directional hypercardioid pickup pattern; obtained using a supercardioid design with an interference tube that provides excellent off-axis rejection.

The Shotgun Mic Capsule is immune to RF emission and the 19 mm (0.75 in) condenser cartridge is capable of handling peak SPLs of 152 dB before clipping. It withstands use in very humid environments with ease. It delivers clear sound even when used in very hot or cold areas of the world such as the desert and the arctic.

Excellent off-axis rejection

Extensive research and development has been undertaken to optimize the sound coming from the sides and back of the microphone. One of the key accomplishments is that we have minimized the often un-linear response of a shotgun microphone due to its side lobes. The condenser capsule uses a high voltage pre-polarized back plate, endowing the shotgun with high output as well as wide dynamics, extremely low noise and distortion specifications. The sound coming from the sides and back of a shotgun often sounds unnatural but DPA has managed to make these additions to sound natural as well – just damped.

All DPA mics, from the smallest miniatures to this shotgun, feature the same sonic character. This makes it easy to use a mix of hidden miniature mics and boom mics, while a minimum of workload in postproduction. This common sonic character means that you have the same timbre, independently, whether the sound is best recorded via a miniature mic or a boom, plan mic or any other DPA mic you choose to use.

DPA 4017 Frequency Response:

Typical on and off-axis response of a 4017B Shotgun Microphone measured at 60 cm (23.6 in)

DPA 4017 Frequency Response with Filters:

Frequency response of switching filters on 4017 measured at 60 cm (23.6 in)

DPA 4017 Polar Pattern:

Typical directional characteristics of a 4017 Shotgun Microphone