Shure MX412 S

The MX412/S is a 12-inch supercardioid gooseneck from Shure's Microflex family, the mic you see rising from a lectern, pulpit, or council dais. The supercardioid electret cartridge tightens the pickup around a single presenter and rejects more of the PA and audience off to the sides, which helps hold off feedback when the podium sits close to the speakers. The flexible gooseneck lets an operator aim the capsule at the mouth and leave it there.

The gooseneck screws into an attached preamplifier with a balanced, transformerless XLR output, and a shock-mount flange in the base isolates the capsule from desk thumps and vibration carried through the mounting surface. The transformerless design shrugs off electromagnetic hum and RF over long installed cable runs, and the mic operates on 11 to 52 V phantom power. A snap-fit foam windscreen is included.