Pearl ELM-C

This model meets very specific recording demands

Conventional microphone capsules are round. It's an easy shape to produce but it has one significant disadvantage — a primary resonance frequency. That's why so many microphones have unnatural boost in the 5-10 kHz region. Pearl's rectangular capsule has almost no resonances at all, a fact that pleases many audio engineers.

Pearl has made rectangular capsules for many years now, but never before with such an extreme (7:1) length/width ratio. The resulting polar pattern is that of a cardioid in the horizontal plane while it vastly reduces high frequencies in the vertical axis. This is very useful when isolating a sound source from, say, floor and ceiling reflections.

Pearl ELM-C can be used MS stereo setup (in conjunction with a figure-of-eight microphone, such as the Pearl ELM-B) or when used in a pair for XY stereo use.

The ELM-C is finished in piano black ED lacquer with a yellow logo, ring and engraved model number.

Technical spec data

Package includes

Wooden box
Microphone shockmount 1930
Individual frequency graph

Frequency response

Specifications

Polar pattern

Sensitivity

Frequency response

Impedance

Operating Voltage

Rec. load imp

Current consumption

Self noise

Max SPL

Connector

Dimensions

Weight

Cardioid

22mV/Pa

20Hz - 25kHz

100 ohms

48 volts

1k ohms

2.7 mA

10 dBA

126 dB

3-pin XLR

192 x ø32 mm/28mm

305 g

Pearl ELM-C

Technical spec data

Package includes

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Frequency response