PRODUCT HISTORY
HISTORY OF A COMPANY & MICROPHONE INNOVATIONS
The CMC 1 miniature amplifier combines the advantages of our modular Colette series with those of the compact, one-piece CCM microphones.
The much-remarked-upon “tennis racquet” capsule head of the M 201 microphone from 1952, as well as the beautiful amplifier body of the CM 51/3 microphone served as the esthetic basis for this newly-designed cardioid microphone for studio applications.
In 2008 the “ORTF Surround” setup was developed for a large international soccer tournament. Today it is widely used as a 5.1 atmosphere microphone in sports and film sound.
The CMIT 5 was introduced in 2005 and established a new, higher level of quality.
The new “Compact Condenser Microphone” (CCM) series became the world's smallest professional studio condenser microphones.
SCHOEPS was the first manufacturer to introduce such a capsule, the MK 21.
Since the MK 8 was introduced many thousands have been sold.
The SCHOEPS MSTC was the first microphone specifically designed for this recording method ...
Both technically and in terms of practical usability the Colette series was a milestone in microphone history.
The SCHOEPS CMTS stereo microphones were an outgrowth of the CMT series.
By 1966 low-noise field-effect transistors had become available, so SCHOEPS could return to simpler, more reliable audio frequency circuitry, and capsules that were reliably interchangeable.
The CMT 20 series were SCHOEPS' first transistorized microphones and the world's first phantom-powered microphones.
The microphones in this series used socketed 6 AU 6 (EF 94) vacuum tubes that could easily be replaced in the field, and were each named according to their capsule type.
The M 221 B is the best-known “vintage” SCHOEPS microphone series, with some still in use in studios even today.
The M 221 was designed to take advantage of Telefunken's subminiature AC 701 vacuum tube, which was optimized for use in condenser microphones, and small enough to fit into a 20 mm housing.
This microphone series developed under the influence of the new relationship with Telefunken.
The CM 7 capsule was the first SCHOEPS product manufactured for actual sale.
By this time the company had nearly finished developing its first condenser microphone capsule − a small pressure transducer with flat response across the entire audible range.
"Schall-Technik Dr.-Ing. Karl Schoeps" was founded on March 1, 1948, with Wilhelm Küsters as the first employee; Karl Steinbrunn then joined the company in August.
