Shure SM81-LC Cardioid Condenser Instrument Microphone for Guitar, Piano, and Cymbals, includes Swivel Adapter, Attenuator-Switch Lock, Windscreen, Carrying Case, No Cable Included (SM81-LC)

Product Information

So the above points should be kept in mind when choosing the best microphone for recording a ukulele. Let's talk about how the Neumann KM 184 and the Shure SM81 compare to the above criteria. Shure’s SM81-LC is much taller and is compatible with a wider range of accessories, which allows you to customize its performance and adapt to different situations. You’ll usually find ranges like this with condenser mics as opposed to dynamic ones. Condensers are typically more expensive for this and many other reasons. Sound Quality Other than thin diaphragm ribbon mics, small diaphragm condensers (SDCs)offerthe most accurate transient response. The journey should have been flown in less than four and a half hours at 260–270km/h (160-170mph), but on encountering strong headwinds at 1,000m (3,280ft) they climbed to 3,500m (11,480ft). the best cruise altitude for the Alfa Romeo 125 engines. After five hours they were still an hour from their final destination of Melilla in Morocco. Trying to maintain tight formation despite the clouds was also fuel-costly, with non-linear flight, only nine aircraft managed to land at Melilla. One ditched in the sea, another crash-landed and a third force-landed without damage in Algeria. The remaining aircraft arrived with an average of only 130L (34US gal) of fuel remaining in the tanks, the most being the 200L (53US gal) left. This aircraft was sent to search for the missing SM.81s. Being only 3% of the total fuel capacity, this was enough for just a few minutes of flight and meant that, with only a slightly stronger headwind, all of them would have been lost or forced to land in Algeria. The surviving aircraft were valuable assets and soon put to use as troop-transports and bombers.

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Performance

To help you do that, I’ve whipped up a list of some of the best hi-hat mics on the current market, so let’s have a look. What are the Best Hi-Hat Mics? This microphone features a lightweight half-inch true condenser transducer diaphragm that delivers great clarity and transient response. This microphone has very low noise and does an excellent job at rejecting sound away from its directional pattern. The Audio-Technica ATM450 has a brightened response that highlights presence, slightly adding to upper midrange and brilliance. The peak is at 6.5 kHz, which can remind some discerning ears of an SM57 albeit with a less aggressive and smoother sound.

The first thing we'd notice when looking at the graph is the 3 options we have with the SM81. There are 2 different high-pass filters (HPFs) we may engage: one gentle slope starting around 300 Hz, and a steep slope starting around 120 Hz. Remember the Royer R-121? Well, it turns out that its maker, David Roger, also started a custom mic shop named Mojave Audio. If you think that Shure SM81 doesn’t suffer from a distorted low end, then… you are right! Or at least it is unnoticeable. There is a different issue, it sounds much richer than other SDCs, which is great but it can be overwhelming in the mix. However, it is much easier to roll it off, than to reconstruct what is missing, and the two switchable low cut filters are there for you to help. But let’s note that despite having a beautiful low end, it still won’t replace a good LDC, because we don’t want the reader to form an impression that it can handle everything, and then use it for something it wasn’t meant to do. With its extensive frequency response coupled with a transformerless design, the AT4041 delivers a smooth, well-rounded sound that stays true to the natural tone of the sound source. With that being said, some microphones and gear suit some instruments better than others, prompting this series of articles under “Recommended Microphones And Accessories.”

If you're plagued by a dull, boxy sounding acoustic, chances are a C451 or two will bring enough clarity and brightness to lift it out of the mix. This is partly due to the C451's ultra-fine diaphragm and somewhat down to its pronounced presence bump after about 5KHz. In addition, the switchable low-cut filter that can roll-off the bass at 75Hz or 150Hz, will help to remove any muddiness induced by the proximity effect when close miking, letting that shimmer shine on through. An acoustic dreadnought is about a metre long and almost half a metre wide, with many other guitar sizes not really that much smaller. Where exactly should you place a mic – pointing one at the sound hole seems the obvious place to start? Well, not really… The Audio-Technica ATM450 doesn’t get as much love as it rightfully should. I think it’s massively underrated, as I find it performs extremely well as a hi-hat microphone option.