Sennheiser
MKE 1
Electret / lavalier · Omnidirectional · 20–20,000 Hz · a rider regular
- The miniature omnidirectional lavalier that musical theatre runs on — small enough to disappear in a hairline.
- Omnidirectional, so it keeps sounding the same when the performer turns their head, which a directional lav does not.
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 MKE 1 yet, so the numbers are in the spec table below.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for omnidirectional. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Sennheiser |
|---|---|
| Model | MKE 1 |
| Type | Electret / lavalier |
| Form factor | Lavalier |
| Polar pattern | Omnidirectional |
| Frequency range | 20–20,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 5 mV/Pa · ≈ -46.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | 142 dB SPL (THD not stated) |
| Self-noise | 27 dB(A) |
| Impedance | — not published by the maker |
| Connector | wireless bodypack |
| Powering | Bias voltage from the bodypack (bias via bodypack (wireless bodypack connector)) |
| Weight | 0.1 g |
Specifications: Sennheiser 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 | Premium |
|---|---|
| Introduced | — not recorded |
Price tier and “a rider regular” are MicSense’s own judgement, not the maker’s.
What it gets used for
- Theatre lav
- Broadcast
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”.
MKE 1 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 Sennheiser MKE 1’s for the same live job, with the reasons. It says nothing about how they sound.
Not compared for the Sennheiser MKE 1: response curve not redrawn yet.
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Sennheiser
MKE Essential Omni
- Same job: theatre lav, broadcast
- Same type: electret / lavalier
- Same omnidirectional pattern
- Same form: lavalier
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
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DPA
4061 CORE+
- Same job: theatre lav, broadcast
- Same type: electret / lavalier
- Same omnidirectional pattern
- Same form: lavalier
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Check: Max SPL 6 dB lower (136 vs 142 dB SPL) — check it on loud sources
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Sennheiser
ME 2
- Same job: theatre lav, broadcast
- Same type: electret / lavalier
- Same omnidirectional pattern
- Same form: lavalier
- ≈ 11 dB more output — about 11 dB less gain
- Check: Max SPL 12 dB lower (130 vs 142 dB SPL) — check it on loud sources
Compare it against the alternatives.
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