I use the e609 every weekend, and have done so for two years or so. Your concern about the build quality can be laid to rest. They hold up. They also sound rather fantastic for their intended application: guitars and bass cabs.
+Paul Aulridge Jr Thank you very much! That’s great to hear. I love the tone of this thing on my amp. I have actually used it a couple times since the review (which is rare for me to say of many of the mics I review).
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BREAKING NEWS: this mic is on sale at Long & McQuade (Canada) and amazon for only $79. Amazing deal for those of you watching this video and interested in making a purchase. Great review too. Thanks!
I've used these quite a lot in a live situation and I've always found the 609 to be almost aggressively clean, which is great for clean guitar playing but just dreadful for any kind of distortion or overdrive. That being said, if you can afford to, it's well worth going to an e906 which is the step up from this one. Much better sound and a bit more durable.
The useful thing about these mics is that you can just hang them down the cab by their cable. You know the old trick: wind the cord around the combo amp's handle and down the front. The mic points in the right direction. Can't do that with a SM-57 while having it point in the intended way.
So, I took your advice and got one of these... It is indeed great! It picks up the guitar at close-mic range beatifully. What do you recommend for a budget room mic to compliment this? AKG414 is waaaay out of my price range. I'm looking for an omni condenser? Whst about ~$100 small diaphragm mics like the AKG P170?
After 5 years how do you feel about this mic, do you still have it, use it? how about the reliability you were talking about, it would be nice to get an update.
It is similar to the sm57 in terms of frequency response, but the form factor / handling noise / plosives make me not like it for voice. It REALLY excels at instruments though.
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Dragging these things all over hell and half of Georgia. Nice indoor stages to flat bed trailers full of rotten wood n holes ... no "build quality" issues or concerns to report.
I'm heading to Long & McQuade tomorrow to pick one up for $80CDN!!! This thing is a killer on cabinets, and acoustic guitar, believe it or not. I may even do a review of my own...and I'm not easily impressed otherwise.
can you do a bit of a tutorial on peaking because i feel like my mic peeks over things that it shouldnt is it the mic or the interface or am i just being loud
@@Podcastage Funny, that was always my favorite NoFX album too. Pump up the Valuum and Bath of Least Resistance should not have been cut from that record. I think I like those 2 songs more than anything else on it.
Hey, re. plastic, the top casing of the sm57 is plastic, but we consider that built like a tank... Actually you know what IS built like a tank? That EVre20 in the background. "Tank green" colour, and is like a club you can bludgeon a crowd-surfing audient with.
You never mentioned how you thought it worked with the Acoustic guitar? Since that's all that I would use it for, I feel that your review was incomplete.....
Your concern about durability shouldn’t be a concern if used properly. SM57s are at risk for getting hit with drumsticks…and worse. It needs to be built like a tank. The 609 is designed to be flush up against a guitar cab. Safer territory.
The E609 uses glass filled plastic which is quite rugged in a vaguely similar way to what carbon fibre is. It you need a metal one get the higher end E906
Regardless of the quality of the microphone I chose the this e609 that sounds perfect for your guitar cab. For my taste me sounds better than the legendary sm57. I would like to see a review of the lewitt lct 441 flex. Have a nice day everybody.
The Sennheiser 906 ist even better, but both are absolutely great for electric guitar & you can simply hang them over the amp with the cord and leave the stand out :)
It is an instrument mic, so comparing to a vocal mic, I guess I just wonder why? My watch is great as a watch, it is terrible as a radio. Just kidding with you, thanks for a good solid review.
I love this mic , it works every time and when chicks see it they cream their panties …. Especially the older generation. Grandmas and great grandmas wanna marry me that night but I just sign their breast … well some of em I have to initial my name ( you know who you are ) But this is a great mic for the money and I think it’s made by Germans (?) Ya know , anything built by the Germans isn’t gonna break unless you own a German car but they design them that way so you’ll come back for another German car. BTW … Front of this mic is the silver colored part of the mic. For the first year I thought it was the other way around and that’s why I wanted to see this vid 😬
I've always thought these sounded so much more full on a guitar than the SM57. Also, really loved them as close mics on toms, too. Seems to get a nice low end roundness/fullness.
Yea, you're right. It does sound full. But you are using the "always thought", "loved them": suggesting you do not love them any longer.; so what I am going to do is DOWN VOTE YOU AHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Because you dun lub did ne mo.
I appreciated that you used it on the vocals for speaking and singing, it really communicated the sound profile of the mic throughout the whole video. First of yours that I’ve seen. Good stuff.
I'm recording electric guitar at home at low volume levels (75-80db). One of the problems is that my current mics (Beyerdynamic M101N(С) (omnidirectional) and MXL67 condenser) are picking up a bit of pick attack sound, unless I stand as far as the cord allows. The other issue is noise to signal ratio with the 2i2 set at about 75%. With this in mind, would you recommend the supercardioid E609 over a cardioid SM57?
@@TempoDrift1480 You see, if I just draw the shades, the neighbours in the flat on the other side of the very wall next to which the amp stands won't be calling the police, but if I turn up the amp, they might. Having said that, shortly after the comment I purchased a used silver E609 and it did the trick. No more pick attack.
Hey! First day visiting your channel... But what about receivers and amps? I see the real profs having a Focusrite audiointerface, but what does the difference make?
I want to do an all dynamic mic drum recording ... Possible choices for overheads are the Senhieser e609, Shure sm57, Heil pr31bw. The 609 and 57 are $100 each. The Pr31bw is $270 each. Notable differences are the large diaphragm design in the Heil. I dont know what diaphragm is in the e609.. but it really handled the guitar really well. Is the pr31bw worth almost 3x the price?
Hey fren. I'm looking into this mic as well for drums. However you don't want to use this or the sm57 as an overhead just imo. The e609 or 57 will do good on snare , toms, the e609 possibly on bass drum (looking into this) you want to use condenser mics for the overhead. They are more sensitive and will pick up the whole image of the drumkit. Where as dynamic mics will be close mics for the snare, toms, etc. My current set up is an akg p120 condenser as my overhead , sm57 as snare, and a cheap behringer xm8500 on bass drum. I'm going to get the e609 to close mic one of my toms, another to close mic a Tom and maybe a matched pair of condensers to replace my overhead p120. Just my two cents. There isn't a really wrong way to do anything but condensers are going to work way better as an overhead then a sm57. Sm57 sounds great as a close mic on snare though.
@@From_A_Diverging_Timeline Thanks. I have a set of overhead condenser mics. They're not giving the results need. They work great on my acoustic drums... but I'm using electric drums with acoustic cymbals. Condenser mics pick up the sound of the pads. So I need something with side rejection. Charlie Daniel's band used the Heil pr31bw as live overheads, toms, and snare. But not sure if they used them in studio. Im wondering if the large diaphragm in it would widen my cymbal tone without picking up the mesh pads
@@JasonWelchMusic you are supposed to use overheads in conjunction with close mics. A pretty simple set up is overheads, mic on snare, mic on bass drum. What type of overheads are you using and what specific problems are they giving you?
@@From_A_Diverging_Timeline Correct. And I do use close mics with overheads in conjunction. But what I'm trying to record is ELECTRIC drums... with acoustic cymbals. Condenser mics pick up too much of the sound from the mesh heads. For an example, go to my channel and look for me playing How Far Is Heaven. Youll see mesh heads with triggers on acoustic drum shells. And real cymbals.
Just curious, what are you using the XM8500 for and why do you want to upgrade? I use the XM8500 and the Shure SM58 and as far as bang for the buck goes, the XM8500 is outstanding IMO. I only use them for spoken word though. No singing or instruments. That's why I ask.
I use a Behringer USB mixer and the Behribger 8500 has a lot of white noise compared to condenser mics I've had. I want something with less noise. I was looking at the Electro Voice ND76 has an upgrade but idk.
Without knowing much about the ND76, I’d guess that what you’re experiencing is the just the common “dynamic vs condenser” scenario wherein the condenser mic simply being more sensitive allows you to turn your gain down a good bit on the mixer, reducing the noise floor. That being said, since the ND76 is also a dynamic mic, you may find that the background hiss will still be there. May need to take the money you’d be spending on the ND76 and buy an in line mic preamp.
Hey! Love your reviews.. Too good.. I have a question.. Please help if you can.. I record my songs on an app named Smule.. My voice has a thin texture and sounds quite kiddish.. Can you suggest a dynamic microphone that can make me sound better? What do you suggest Behringer Xm8500 or AKG D5? Or any other microphone? And will these mics work with my Tascam IXZ interface? Please suggest if you can.. Thanks! Waiting for a response!
Shure SM7B $399 Heil pr31bw $269 Rode Podmic $99 MXL R144 $99 (First 3 are dynamic and the last one is a ribbon. None of these mics require phantom power to operate.) They are all VERY warm microphones.
I haven't tried this mic personally, but this seems to be a great PODCASTING mic. It sounds smoother than the SM57 (which I think is a good podcasting mic for the price), plus it is a side address mic - which comes in very handy if you are sitting in front of a computer screen and don't have the space to put a front address mic with an attached cable between you and the screen. I was surprised to not notice any annoying pops. Also, the supercardioid pattern can be an advantage for podcasters.
I had not considered the form factor being a benefit for that kind of environment! That's actually a great point.I was being very careful about plosives. It is about as bad as the SM57 without a windscreen. So with this thing, I think you would need a windscreen/popfilter, and I don't know of any windscreens designed for this thing, so you may be stuck with a bulky pop filter which could block your view.
That's why - hint, hint! - the Shure Super 55 (supercardioid) and possibly 55SH (cardioid) are good podcasting mics in my opinion: They have the upright form factor, built-in shock mount and pop shield. From my experience, no additional shock mount is necessary, and a 'popgard' screen (meant for side address LDCs and attached with two elastic bands) can be attached for additional pop protection if needed. It's just great to be able to lean back during an hours-long podcast or Skype call, grab your Elvis mic and continue talking. (I have mine on a small K&M 23230 desktop stand.)
Podcastage they're really perfect for an enclosed iso cab setup. In that application you won't put it in danger of knocking or on stage antics. Utilizing an iso cab setup for larger productions and stage performances makes running cleaner audio to front of house a lot easier, but most people aren't at that level as performers tho. Typically, for stage level performances with only one amp in a smaller venue benefit more from the sm57. It's more rugged, better at rejection and "cheaper". However, this mic you've tested is equally and in my opinion better for micing cabs especially if you don't have a ribbon (super expensive).
I got this for micing my guitar, have had it for years, and I love it. It sounds great and I don't need a stand. So useful
I agree
Meh it sounds pretty good on voice though.
I use the e609 every weekend, and have done so for two years or so. Your concern about the build quality can be laid to rest. They hold up. They also sound rather fantastic for their intended application: guitars and bass cabs.
+Paul Aulridge Jr Thank you very much! That’s great to hear. I love the tone of this thing on my amp. I have actually used it a couple times since the review (which is rare for me to say of many of the mics I review).
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WHAT? No sticker? shame on you Sennheiser.
It's a go to guitar (etc.) tracking mic for a reason - it does the job very well!
BREAKING NEWS: this mic is on sale at Long & McQuade (Canada) and amazon for only $79. Amazing deal for those of you watching this video and interested in making a purchase.
Great review too. Thanks!
I've used these quite a lot in a live situation and I've always found the 609 to be almost aggressively clean, which is great for clean guitar playing but just dreadful for any kind of distortion or overdrive. That being said, if you can afford to, it's well worth going to an e906 which is the step up from this one. Much better sound and a bit more durable.
That's a great suggestion and always awesome to hear real world feedback with these mics. I'll definitely check the e906.
Isn't the side of the mic head on the 57 is plastic too?
How about a versus? SM57 and E609?
Usama Alshughry that’s definitely going to happen.
The useful thing about these mics is that you can just hang them down the cab by their cable. You know the old trick: wind the cord around the combo amp's handle and down the front. The mic points in the right direction. Can't do that with a SM-57 while having it point in the intended way.
It even sounds good for vocals, thinking about using mine for comms on PC gaming.
I've had mine for about 9 years now, and it's still good as new. I love it for Guitar and bass cabs and have used it for shouty vocals
So, I took your advice and got one of these... It is indeed great!
It picks up the guitar at close-mic range beatifully. What do you recommend for a budget room mic to compliment this? AKG414 is waaaay out of my price range. I'm looking for an omni condenser? Whst about ~$100 small diaphragm mics like the AKG P170?
Sounded super for vocals to me aswell. Bought it today for acoustic guitar and vocals recordings
Same, James Murphy uses a similar one for all his vocals and it sounds great
After 5 years how do you feel about this mic, do you still have it, use it? how about the reliability you were talking about, it would be nice to get an update.
May I know why does this mic isn't suggested for vox? The vocal seems okay
It is similar to the sm57 in terms of frequency response, but the form factor / handling noise / plosives make me not like it for voice. It REALLY excels at instruments though.
Thanks for the heads up Andrew!
Any mic in the same price range that IS good for vocals?
bought it for recording my guitar! now i just need a room that i can turn into a studio :D
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You called me a dope, Demonetized! No soup for you! (Seinfeld)
I was too distracted by that beautiful EV re20 in the background.
Looking at getting the E609 to blend guitar tracks with my SM57 on a different amp speaker... Is that worth it, or are the sounds too similar?
I find the e609 to be a bit brittle and trebley by itself on electric guitar. It does sound best blended with an sm57 in my opinion.
You get can some awesome sounds blending the two mics together, I recommend using them both on the same source
Your songs are great, dont fret!
was that a fucking pun?
Haha. Thanks man.
Dragging these things all over hell and half of Georgia.
Nice indoor stages to flat bed trailers full of rotten wood n holes ... no "build quality" issues or concerns to report.
Phenomenal review.
I'm heading to Long & McQuade tomorrow to pick one up for $80CDN!!! This thing is a killer on cabinets, and acoustic guitar, believe it or not. I may even do a review of my own...and I'm not easily impressed otherwise.
Ah, I discovered the problem. The mic is way too far away from the guitar cab. It needs to become one with the cab surface. Right? I mean... yes?
Pretty much. Just move it around until you ;Ike what you hear.
Just got a pair from Offer Up can’t wait to try them.🎤🎤🤩
I'll use it on vocals.
Doesn't sound too bad for vocal neither
can you do a bit of a tutorial on peaking because i feel like my mic peeks over things that it shouldnt is it the mic or the interface or am i just being loud
2:40 That is the type of improv that someone who grew up listening to Warped Tour and Tony Hawk pop punk would do.
How’d you know?
@@Podcastage It sounds like Blink and NoFx. I listened to the same stuff haha.
Pump up the Valium is one of the best punk albums of all time!
@@Podcastage Funny, that was always my favorite NoFX album too. Pump up the Valuum and Bath of Least Resistance should not have been cut from that record. I think I like those 2 songs more than anything else on it.
Only side-address dynamic mic I've ever seen. I'm trilled with my e835 as a vocal recording microphone
The Neumann BCM705 is another side address dynamic. They certainly are a rare breed though.
@@Podcastage Yep!
Hey, re. plastic, the top casing of the sm57 is plastic, but we consider that built like a tank... Actually you know what IS built like a tank? That EVre20 in the background. "Tank green" colour, and is like a club you can bludgeon a crowd-surfing audient with.
You never mentioned how you thought it worked with the Acoustic guitar? Since that's all that I would use it for, I feel that your review was incomplete.....
I agree. I thought it sounded great in this video, and wanted to hear more about it
I don't think is is necessarily bad for voice. Guitar is notoriously hard to get a good sound; a mic which can do that can do anything. :)
Your vids are great. Solid format. New sub here!
Your concern about durability shouldn’t be a concern if used properly. SM57s are at risk for getting hit with drumsticks…and worse. It needs to be built like a tank.
The 609 is designed to be flush up against a guitar cab. Safer territory.
Fair point
The E609 uses glass filled plastic which is quite rugged in a vaguely similar way to what carbon fibre is. It you need a metal one get the higher end E906
I got this mic, first good gtar mic. Used in on 3 recent recording videos. Left channel.
That's great you've found a mic that's working well for ya. Happy recording.
Regardless of the quality of the microphone I chose the this e609 that sounds perfect for your guitar cab. For my taste me sounds better than the legendary sm57. I would like to see a review of the lewitt lct 441 flex. Have a nice day everybody.
The Sennheiser 906 ist even better, but both are absolutely great for electric guitar & you can simply hang them over the amp with the cord and leave the stand out :)
It is an instrument mic, so comparing to a vocal mic, I guess I just wonder why? My watch is great as a watch, it is terrible as a radio. Just kidding with you, thanks for a good solid review.
I love this mic , it works every time and when chicks see it they cream their panties …. Especially the older generation. Grandmas and great grandmas wanna marry me that night but I just sign their breast … well some of em I have to initial my name ( you know who you are )
But this is a great mic for the money and I think it’s made by Germans (?)
Ya know , anything built by the Germans isn’t gonna break unless you own a German car but they design them that way so you’ll come back for another German car.
BTW … Front of this mic is the silver colored part of the mic. For the first year I thought it was the other way around and that’s why I wanted to see this vid 😬
Front towards the amp , black towards the crowd 🤙😎
Happy jammin everyone 🎸😀
Works great for everybody
2:03 Unless you're James Murphy.
Im want to use it as a live vocals microphone (yeah quite same as james murphy) do u recommend me to do that with the mic?
What would be the best mic to record trumpet instrumental work
AKG Perception 420
I've always thought these sounded so much more full on a guitar than the SM57. Also, really loved them as close mics on toms, too. Seems to get a nice low end roundness/fullness.
Yea, you're right. It does sound full. But you are using the "always thought", "loved them": suggesting you do not love them any longer.; so what I am going to do is DOWN VOTE YOU AHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Because you dun lub did ne mo.
BTW DOOOWN VOOOTED HAHHAHAHA
Thank u , Because I just bought this mic for my live show
Hey! Greetings from Argentina, do you know the Russian Soyuz microphones? It would be very good a Review THANK YOU !!!!
Hey German. I have never checked those mics out. They look interesting, but WAY out of my budget. Ha. =)
I appreciated that you used it on the vocals for speaking and singing, it really communicated the sound profile of the mic throughout the whole video. First of yours that I’ve seen. Good stuff.
sounds pretty weird on voice, like the mic trying to catch all the sound in the room even your voice.
Thank you for a real world review and demo...i loved how you demonstrated the pickup pattern...
But bandrew, your spoken word sounded really greAt on that sennheiser, even though it was designed for instruments
love mine, i've had it for years and still sounds great, doesn't need a stand just hang it over the amp.durability is very good, taken it everywhere.
I'm recording electric guitar at home at low volume levels (75-80db). One of the problems is that my current mics (Beyerdynamic M101N(С) (omnidirectional) and MXL67 condenser) are picking up a bit of pick attack sound, unless I stand as far as the cord allows. The other issue is noise to signal ratio with the 2i2 set at about 75%. With this in mind, would you recommend the supercardioid E609 over a cardioid SM57?
You need to crank your amp up homie. That's like saying you can't watch your projector because you refuse to draw the shades.
@@TempoDrift1480 You see, if I just draw the shades, the neighbours in the flat on the other side of the very wall next to which the amp stands won't be calling the police, but if I turn up the amp, they might.
Having said that, shortly after the comment I purchased a used silver E609 and it did the trick. No more pick attack.
Hey! First day visiting your channel... But what about receivers and amps? I see the real profs having a Focusrite audiointerface, but what does the difference make?
receivers & amps as in stereo equipment? I don't know much about that stuff at all.
I want to do an all dynamic mic drum recording ...
Possible choices for overheads are the Senhieser e609, Shure sm57, Heil pr31bw.
The 609 and 57 are $100 each.
The Pr31bw is $270 each.
Notable differences are the large diaphragm design in the Heil.
I dont know what diaphragm is in the e609.. but it really handled the guitar really well.
Is the pr31bw worth almost 3x the price?
Hey fren. I'm looking into this mic as well for drums. However you don't want to use this or the sm57 as an overhead just imo. The e609 or 57 will do good on snare , toms, the e609 possibly on bass drum (looking into this) you want to use condenser mics for the overhead. They are more sensitive and will pick up the whole image of the drumkit. Where as dynamic mics will be close mics for the snare, toms, etc.
My current set up is an akg p120 condenser as my overhead , sm57 as snare, and a cheap behringer xm8500 on bass drum. I'm going to get the e609 to close mic one of my toms, another to close mic a Tom and maybe a matched pair of condensers to replace my overhead p120.
Just my two cents. There isn't a really wrong way to do anything but condensers are going to work way better as an overhead then a sm57. Sm57 sounds great as a close mic on snare though.
@@From_A_Diverging_Timeline Thanks.
I have a set of overhead condenser mics. They're not giving the results need.
They work great on my acoustic drums... but I'm using electric drums with acoustic cymbals.
Condenser mics pick up the sound of the pads.
So I need something with side rejection.
Charlie Daniel's band used the Heil pr31bw as live overheads, toms, and snare.
But not sure if they used them in studio. Im wondering if the large diaphragm in it would widen my cymbal tone without picking up the mesh pads
@@JasonWelchMusic you are supposed to use overheads in conjunction with close mics. A pretty simple set up is overheads, mic on snare, mic on bass drum. What type of overheads are you using and what specific problems are they giving you?
@@From_A_Diverging_Timeline
Correct. And I do use close mics with overheads in conjunction.
But what I'm trying to record is
ELECTRIC drums... with acoustic cymbals.
Condenser mics pick up too much of the sound from the mesh heads.
For an example, go to my channel and look for me playing How Far Is Heaven.
Youll see mesh heads with triggers on acoustic drum shells.
And real cymbals.
Hey man what"s the best beetween a t.bone SC 450 and Behringer C1? My audio interface is a Behringer UMC22
Unfortunately I can't get t.bone mics in the US.
Great demo. I liked the Marshall amp tone - what model is it?
What about for a bass guitar amp cabinet?
If you're doing a biamp clean/dirty rig it could be cool, but on its own it doesn't have enough low end information and I'd pick something else
happy new yea 2023 bro,,,, thanks as usual
I love this mic it pretty much replaced my sm57.
WOW! Another Microphone Again...? Bandrew! :)
I think I may have G.A.S. (gear acquisition syndrome).
Ah okay.
I have a Behringer XM8500 what mic should I upgrade to below 120$?
Just curious, what are you using the XM8500 for and why do you want to upgrade? I use the XM8500 and the Shure SM58 and as far as bang for the buck goes, the XM8500 is outstanding IMO.
I only use them for spoken word though. No singing or instruments. That's why I ask.
Patten asked the right question. What's your main issue with the xm8500 currently, and what is your use case?
I use a Behringer USB mixer and the Behribger 8500 has a lot of white noise compared to condenser mics I've had. I want something with less noise. I was looking at the Electro Voice ND76 has an upgrade but idk.
Without knowing much about the ND76, I’d guess that what you’re experiencing is the just the common “dynamic vs condenser” scenario wherein the condenser mic simply being more sensitive allows you to turn your gain down a good bit on the mixer, reducing the noise floor.
That being said, since the ND76 is also a dynamic mic, you may find that the background hiss will still be there.
May need to take the money you’d be spending on the ND76 and buy an in line mic preamp.
Patten Approved What's an in line mic preamp and what is it's purpose ?
Hey! Love your reviews.. Too good.. I have a question.. Please help if you can.. I record my songs on an app named Smule.. My voice has a thin texture and sounds quite kiddish.. Can you suggest a dynamic microphone that can make me sound better? What do you suggest Behringer Xm8500 or AKG D5? Or any other microphone? And will these mics work with my Tascam IXZ interface? Please suggest if you can.. Thanks! Waiting for a response!
Try a MD421?
Shure SM7B $399
Heil pr31bw $269
Rode Podmic $99
MXL R144 $99
(First 3 are dynamic and the last one is a ribbon. None of these mics require phantom power to operate.)
They are all VERY warm microphones.
@@JasonWelchMusic Thank you so much for all the information. This will really help me a lot.
Can you please do e609 vs sm57 ?
I haven't tried this mic personally, but this seems to be a great PODCASTING mic. It sounds smoother than the SM57 (which I think is a good podcasting mic for the price), plus it is a side address mic - which comes in very handy if you are sitting in front of a computer screen and don't have the space to put a front address mic with an attached cable between you and the screen. I was surprised to not notice any annoying pops. Also, the supercardioid pattern can be an advantage for podcasters.
I had not considered the form factor being a benefit for that kind of environment! That's actually a great point.I was being very careful about plosives. It is about as bad as the SM57 without a windscreen. So with this thing, I think you would need a windscreen/popfilter, and I don't know of any windscreens designed for this thing, so you may be stuck with a bulky pop filter which could block your view.
That's why - hint, hint! - the Shure Super 55 (supercardioid) and possibly 55SH (cardioid) are good podcasting mics in my opinion: They have the upright form factor, built-in shock mount and pop shield. From my experience, no additional shock mount is necessary, and a 'popgard' screen (meant for side address LDCs and attached with two elastic bands) can be attached for additional pop protection if needed. It's just great to be able to lean back during an hours-long podcast or Skype call, grab your Elvis mic and continue talking. (I have mine on a small K&M 23230 desktop stand.)
Awesome
Can you add the Electro Voice ND76 to the poll please ?
I believe it's already on the poll. =)
What if i use it for live vocals?
awesome review man! I have a question is there any way to hook up the mic to a smart phone and record a video using it?
If you have a decent interface that is designed to work with your smart phone.
Use it with a Roland go pro mixer to your phone.
E906 please.
WHERE ARE THE DAMN STICKERS???!!??!?!??!
Sennheiser doesn't want to give us what we want! What a bunch of punks.
I'm amazed it took you this long to try this one lol
Me too man. I'm suprised.
Podcastage they're really perfect for an enclosed iso cab setup. In that application you won't put it in danger of knocking or on stage antics. Utilizing an iso cab setup for larger productions and stage performances makes running cleaner audio to front of house a lot easier, but most people aren't at that level as performers tho. Typically, for stage level performances with only one amp in a smaller venue benefit more from the sm57. It's more rugged, better at rejection and "cheaper". However, this mic you've tested is equally and in my opinion better for micing cabs especially if you don't have a ribbon (super expensive).
over used mic.
is it overused?
Thanks for the great review, was just about to ask for you to do this!
What’s up podcastage!
Nothing much. Just making videos on youtube.
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Can I use this on a stand, about 1 or 2 feet from the guitar cab, for recording?