DPA Microphones DPA MMC4018V d:facto Softboost Supercardioid Vocal Capsule

The MMC4018V is the softboost voicing of DPA's d:facto vocal capsule: a supercardioid condenser element with a 3 dB lift around 12 kHz, so a voice keeps its air without the top being pushed. It handles 160 dB SPL peak, which is the reason it survives a singer eating the grille.

On its own it is a capsule. Thread it onto the wired d:facto handle for a phantom-powered XLR microphone, or onto one of the d:facto wireless adapters and it becomes the capsule on a Sennheiser, Shure, Sony, Lectrosonics or Wisycom handheld transmitter. Specifications are quoted for the capsule measured as a complete 4018V.

Directional pattern	Supercardioid
Principle of operation	Pressure gradient, pre-polarized condenser
Capsule diameter	19 mm (0.75 in)
Frequency response (as 4018V)	20 Hz - 20 kHz
Effective frequency range at 12 cm	40 Hz - 16 kHz with 3 dB soft boost at 12 kHz
Sensitivity (as 4018V) at 1 kHz	5 mV/Pa (-46 dB re. 1 V/Pa); 2 mV/Pa with a wireless adapter
Equivalent noise, A-weighted	Typ. 19 dB(A) re. 20 uPa
Max. SPL, THD 10%	160 dB SPL peak
Supplied as	Capsule only - the d:facto handle or wireless adapter is ordered separately