Small-diaphragm omni with ultra-flat response!

The Behringer ECM8000 is a microphone with linear frequency response and and omnidirectional polar pattern that allow you to carry out measurement and alignment tasks with minimum hassle and maximum precision. The ECM8000 mic is a perfect complement for any realtime analyzer. It operates on 15-48V phantom power and its rugged construction ensures years of trouble-free use.

Professional Tip: The Behringer ECM8000 also makes an amazingly good acoustic guitar and vocal microphone!

Behringer ECM8000 Microphone Features:

• Extremely linear frequency response from 15Hz to 20kHz
• Electret condenser technology
• Well-balanced, true omnidirectional characteristic
• Optimally suited for acoustic measurement applications
• Especially effective on acoustic guitars and vocals
• Harmonizes perfectly realtime analyzers
• Phantom powered, +15V to +48V
• Delivered in a rugged hard case with microphone clip and stand adapter

A price this low for a mic this versatile? It's a steal! Pick up a couple TODAY!

Behringer ECM8000 Microphone Specifications:

• Type: omni electret condenser
• Impedance: 600 ohms
• Sensitivity: -60dB
• Frequency response: 15Hz-20kHz
• Connector: gold-plated XLR
• Phantom power: 15-48V
• Weight: 4 oz.

Behringer ECM8000 Microphone

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Don't Buy

Posted by wado1942 from Idaho on Mar 10, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active musician, profesional mastering engineer.

Reviewer's Play Style: Just about anything.

They're noisy enough to be useless for anything other than high SPL frequency response measurements. That is if the specs they published online weren't different than what's in the documentation. The online docs show a ruler flat response from 1KHz down to 20Hz. In actuality, they're flat only down to about 200Hz and the response drops like a rock below that. They also show only a +2dB rise above 2KHz but in actuality, it's closer to +6dB. This makes the mics worthless even for measurement purposes. Behringer lied like a dog on this one. I didn't expect anything great, but these are a total waste of money.

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Great measurement mic, Good lectern mic.

Posted by Too Much EDU from Kansas and Missouri on Feb 16, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician, Audio Nerd

Reviewer's Play Style: Jesus Music, Rockesqe things, etc.

This was originally purchased as a measurement microphone which it does an amazing job of (it ought to this is not a hard task) but I was pleasantly surprised when the AKG C747 that we usually use at our lectern broke and I went ahead and stuck this little guy on the lectern to limp by. If it was not for the silver finish, I would leave it there. Voices sound much more natural through this microphone than they do through the 747. This makes sense given the razor flat response curve, i.e. there is no coloration. It is prabably too noisy for most studio apps but I have not tried it with a descent preamp.

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SUPER VALUE

Posted by digit from LA on Dec 23, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: PRO

Reviewer's Play Style: Many

This mic actually compares very favorably (and in some cases sounds even better) on acoustic guitars than other much more expensive cardiods I have - a giant surprise considering I had bought it to make room measurements! After hearing it I actually re-tracked some nylon string parts and compared them to the previously recorded ones done with a much more expensive European mic and I ended up keeping the ones done with this mic. I used it with both a Millennia STT-1 and a TL-Audio VP-1 pres and it just sounded surprisingly good.

GO figure...!

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Useful Mike

Posted by eenedenaar from Montana on Aug 7, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Classical Musician / Recording Engineer

Reviewer's Play Style: Organ, Harpsichord, Piano, Electric Bass

This is not my first choice of mikes, but I often use it at close range where is is absolutely flat and exhibits no proximity effect. I own three, which I purchased on sale here. I also use one with Behringer's Ultra-curve to tune a room. Drummers, especially, should consider this mike for close-up work since the frequency response approaches a very ample 32kHz!!! Very good at getting the pluck of a harpsichord string. I used it to record the 32' pedal tones of a monster pipe organ, and the 16Hz was audible as well as visible on the software display. This works for close in, low-gain use. Behringer seems to be creating some useful gizmos for those of us on a budget....

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Great for the price, noisy on an absolute scale

Posted by Steve S. Stevenson from Kansas City, MO on Mar 31, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Pro Player, Home Studio like everyone else

Reviewer's Play Style: whatever pays. prefer jazz and latin

It is a cheap mic, and it's meant for tuning rooms, etc using test tones - and for that it does well. It has a very flat response. However, as with all things audio, electronic, and bottom-rung cheap, it is noisy. Not intolerably noisy, just lots of self-noise that raises the floor quite a bit with dynamic program material. I can't see myself using this for music recording - and I think I'm done in general wasting time with mics in this price range; but it is a perfect tool for understanding the frequency response of rooms, amps, and devices. Don't hesitate to get one if that's what you want.

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