Se Electronics SE8

A Modern Small Diaphragm, Designed for Precision

The sE8 is designed to cover a wide variety of recordings where precision matters as much as musicality: acoustic strings, piano, drums, ensembles, and ambiance. Its 0.5-inch capsule, carefully selected and handcrafted, aims for a balanced frequency response and faithful transient reproduction. The result: a microphone pair particularly comfortable whenever definition, air, and a clean stereo image are sought, without excessive harshness.

Who Is the sE8 Pair For and When to Use It?

This pair is intended for demanding home studio users, studios needing a versatile pair, as well as live sound engineers seeking reliable overheads that are quick to set up. On acoustic guitar, it captures the grain and attack with great clarity. On piano, it helps preserve hammer precision and body depth. On drums (overheads, room), it highlights cymbal detail and overall coherence. It is also well suited for strings, orchestras, woodwinds, and brass, where dynamics and micro-articulation variations are essential.

Practical Features for Studio and Stage Adaptability

1/2-Inch Capsule and Cardioid Polar Pattern: Precision and Control

With its 1/2-inch condenser transducer and cardioid polar pattern, the sE8 prioritizes focused capture, useful for limiting bleed and better "reading" the source in a mix. This is a particularly relevant choice for close-miking acoustic instruments or for overheads when a stable image is desired and to prevent the room from dominating too much.

-10 dB or -20 dB Pad: Maintain Headroom Even on Powerful Sources

The attenuation switches increase headroom before saturation on very dynamic sources, typically a snare drum, close cymbals, percussion, or brass. In practice, this also helps optimize preamp gain and preserve a clean signal chain by avoiding unnecessary boosting of your interface or console input.

Low-Cut Filter: Clean Up the Bass and Stabilize the Low End

The low-cut is a simple and effective ally to reduce mic stand vibrations, handling noise, stage rumble, or bass buildup in a room. On acoustic guitar, piano, or overheads, it can help clarify the low mids, better anchor the mix, and limit the proximity effect depending on placement.

Facilitated Stereo Recording: Included Stereo Bar

The sE8 pair comes with a stereo bar, convenient for quickly making pair recordings (for example in XY or near-coincident pair) on piano, overheads, or string ensembles. Combined with the clips and windshields, it allows switching from a studio setup to a concert configuration without losing time, while maintaining a clean and reproducible setup.

Technical specifications

Frequency response - start	20 Hz	Directivity	cardioid
Frequency response - end	20 kHz	Connection	XLR
Category	studio microphone	Color	Black

Transducer	1/2-inch Condenser	Requires phantom power	+48 V
Polar pattern	Cardioid	Pad switch	-10 dB or -20 dB
Frequency range	20 Hz to 20 kHz	Dimensions	23 x 120 mm
Impedance	110 ohms	Weight	141 g