Pro Audio Professional MD 421-II Cardioid Dynamic Instrument Microphone

What can I say, it's an incredible microphone for guitar amplifiers and drums, which is what I mainly use it for in my recording studio.

Love that German quality and performance! Perfect for skindrums!

This mic has been around forever for a reason. It is an extremely versatile microphone that can be applied in many roles. A big part of the versatility is a relatively high output level, large diaphragm and the really well engineered variable high pass filter ring. The high pass filter selector takes this from a very powerful bottom end response for capturing bass cabinets and toms to being able to thin it out to use for things like an overhead mic for drums or communications grade speech recording. For voicover or singing work you will need to manage plosives with pop filters or application of compressors. It has a great articulate quality for voice with the emphasis on the upper mid-range frequency response. Once managed it performs very well across many types of voices. I have a lot of low frequency energy in my voice and run these at the mid-point selection of the high pass filter selector. Works great. The cardioid pattern has a nice forgiving sweet spot to it allowing for some freedom of movement with a predictable and manageable proximity effect. With practice you can get some great dynamic speech results as well as vocal effects while singing. If you are strictly doing voiceover work and don't have appropriate outboard processing gear or experience with processing, other mic designs like the EV RE series, the Rode or the Heil PR40 may make it easier for you, but this microphone has broader applications.

Received as described. No doubt a good Sennheiser product.

The size does matter. This fits perfect on all three of my Toms. Switched the full size for these. No sound difference but they are out of the way.

This is the best dynamic mic ever, in my humble opinion. Although I do respect the versatility of others dynamics I have and use in specific occasions, such as the SM57 and the e906, the MD421 is at a higher level and too much better for recording drums (snare, toms and kick), bass and guitar amps. I do recommend this mic and will acquire more of it in the future.

We used these every day, for 25-years while I was in radio. Very nice mic - versatile and well built!

Compact design and like it. What can you write about the 421 that not been written. It's standard in studio and stages the world over.

好きな海外アーティスト(Patrick Watson)が長年使っているマイクなのでいつか手に入れたい！と思っていました。 MD421は現在、一年前と比べて3万円以上も高くなってしまいましたが、値上がり前の在庫があるお店では旧価格で買える所もちらほら有りますので、欲しい方は急いだ方が良いです。 もうそろそろ旧価格在庫は底をつくでしょう。 肝心のマイク音質は、素人の私が聴き比べても自分のイメージする自分の声にかなり近く、余りイコライザーを弄らないで済んでます。 このマイクの特徴であるマイク下部に付いているローパスフィルターは、 「M」ミュージックから「S」スピーチまでの5段階で、回すとハッキリと音質が変化します。 Sスピーチまで回すとローがかなり低減してしまうので、私はMミュージックから動かす事はなさそうです。 人によっては、このローパスフィルターは、かなり便利なのではないでしょうか。 それと、MD421を使う人が必ずと言っていい程、口を揃える、悪評高き抜け易いマイクホルダーですが、価格変更直前の現行製造モデルだからでしょうか？ 全然、抜け易くありません。 むしろストッパーを押しながら、かなり力まないと抜けません。 嬉しい誤算でした。 MD421は昔から使っている人が多いモデルですが、レビュー情報が昔のモデルか現行品のレビューかが分からないので、昔のモデルのみ抜け易いのか、現行品もそうで、私の購入した物の個体差なのかが判別できません。 あと、ローパスフィルターもそこそこ堅く、チョット手が触れた位では回りませんので安心してください。 音質、マイクホルダー、ローパスフィルター、非常に面白いマイクです。 好きなアーティストが使っているので、多少贔屓目に見ている部分を抜きにしても買って良かったです。 唯一の不満点を挙げるとすれば、日本の音楽業界ではクジラと形容される、このマイクの特殊な形状。 個人的には好きなデザインですが、形状が特殊なので、普通のショックマウントが使えません。 メーカー純正の物がありますが高いんですよね。

I tried this mic during my time in Manchester loved it then, and always wanted one. Got it at a great price. It captures the fidelity that most condensers can't imagine

Me encanta su sonido, ideal para percusiones, súper preciso

muy buen producto

Very nice mic just like its suppost to sound