Description

The Peavey CM1 is a handheld condenser microphone with a cardioid polar response ideal as a main or support microphone in studio and live applications. The Peavey CM1 is suited for recording engineers looking for affordable, high quality recording mics. The CM1 contains a medium-format condenser element designed to handle SPL levels up to 136 dB while maintaining a clean, natural sound. It has a sensitivity of -43 dBv per pascal and a low noise floor, equivalent to only 24 dB SPL. The built-in shock mount reduces handling noise considerably, making the CM1 ideal for close-range vocal or instrument pickup. The frequency response is tailored to give a crisp, clean, intelligible sound from 50 Hz to 16 kHz. The CM1 is equipped with a dual-layer pop filter to reduce pops and wind noise.

The Peavey CM1 looks like a standard dynamic vocal microphone, but under the covers it’s actually a back-electret condenser design. It’s made for hand-held use, so it’s robust, has low handling noise (internal shock-mount and built-in double layer pop filter) and is voiced for close-up work. Frequency response is generally similar to standard vocal mics with a relatively flat midrange between 300 Hz and 2kHz, a fairly gentle roll-off below and a few interesting looking bumps and dips above. Sensitivity is significantly higher than most dynamic mics manage (as we’d expect), self-noise is a decent 24 dB A, maximum sound level is quoted as 135 dB SPL (for 1% distortion) and it has an active transformer/FET output stage.

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