sE Electronics
sE8 Supercardioid
Small-diaphragm condenser · Supercardioid · 20–20,000 Hz
- The supercardioid sE8, for overheads on a stage loud enough that a cardioid pulls in too much wedge.
- The product name and the published polar plot both say supercardioid; that is the pattern used here.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve redrawn from a graph the manufacturer publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. No published graph has been redrawn for the sE8 Supercardioid yet, so the numbers are in the spec table below.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for supercardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | sE Electronics |
|---|---|
| Model | sE8 Supercardioid |
| Type | Small-diaphragm condenser |
| Form factor | Stick / pencil |
| Polar pattern | Supercardioid |
| Frequency range | 20–20,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 25 mV/Pa · -32.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | 139 dB SPL (0.5 % THD) |
| Self-noise | 13 dB(A) |
| Impedance | 110 Ω (electrical) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | Phantom 48 V |
| Weight | 141 g |
Specifications: sE Electronics specifications page · last checked 2 Oct 2026. These are the maker’s published figures for this model. A dash never means zero: “not published by the maker” means the maker’s documents give no figure; “not yet checked” means MicSense has not confirmed one yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.
MicSense notes
| Price tier | Mid |
|---|---|
| Introduced | — not recorded |
Price tier and “a rider regular” are MicSense’s own judgement, not the maker’s.
What it gets used for
- Overhead
- Hi-hat
- Acoustic instrument
MicSense tags microphones by the job on a live stage, not by studio category — so you can filter for “kick in” or “monitor vocal” instead of working backwards from “large-diaphragm condenser”.
sE8 Supercardioid alternatives: closest in published specs
Based on published specifications only — always listen at soundcheck. These are the microphones in the MicSense library whose datasheet figures sit closest to the sE Electronics sE8 Supercardioid’s for the same live job, with the reasons. It says nothing about how they sound.
Not compared for the sE Electronics sE8 Supercardioid: response curve not redrawn yet.
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Sennheiser
MKH 8050
- Same job: overhead, acoustic instrument
- Same type: condenser (small diaphragm)
- Same supercardioid pattern
- Same form: stick / pencil
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Max SPL as high or higher (142 vs 139 dB SPL)
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Sennheiser
e 614
- Same job: overhead, hi-hat, acoustic instrument
- Same type: condenser (small diaphragm)
- Same supercardioid pattern
- Same form: stick / pencil
- Max SPL as high or higher (139 vs 139 dB SPL)
- ≈ 18 dB less output — add about 18 dB gain
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sE Electronics
sE8
- Same job: overhead, hi-hat, acoustic instrument
- Same type: condenser (small diaphragm)
- Same form: stick / pencil
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Max SPL as high or higher (139 vs 139 dB SPL)
- Cardioid instead of supercardioid — deepest rejection at 180°, not ±126°: check where the wedge sits
Compare it against the alternatives.
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