AUDIX i5 Dynamic Instrument Microphone – Black

I bought this mic which rivaled the SM-57 due to a shoot out comparing the mics when used with a guitar amplifier. This microphone is great for my amplifier. It is also pretty good for vocals but you must be pretty close to it or turn up the gain a lot. In other words you should have this directly in front of your mouth if you want the best sound. I use an IO2 to record and this mic can pick up a ton of sound with high gain on. I tested this briefly on my djembe and I highly recommend having drum stands when recording with this to hold them steady. The mid an treble response are excellent but I think the bass could be a bit better, with a simple eq and some easy editing it should be fine. The sound is very accurate to real life which was one reason I chose it.

The stand is also excellent and is full sized it is a boom like in the picture and works great for micing almost everyting, the cable is also pretty great, however it is a bit longer than I expected which is no problem.

Sound better than the Shure 58 and 57. Amazing pick-up. Audix is affordable, practical, and just all out amazing. Can’t beat the quality and durability for the price.

Ordered this mic about a month ago. Rigged it up to my upright bass using an amp grabber and putting the mic at the treble f hole. Dropped the 5 kHz slider down on my amp a little and had a great bass response. The next week I mic’d the banjo in a gig that the bluegrass gospel band played. Ran it straight to the board. Never had better sound from our banjo in the 12 years our band has been together! In the last two Sundays I have mic’d the bass amp at Church instead of using the built in DI on the amp to feed the board. Sounds so much better. This mic is great for the price. I tested the Shure SM57 on my bass but it just doesn’t seem to have the same response and sound that the Audix I5 does.

I use this mic and the Shure SM57 interchangeably. As instrument mikes. I’m not sure which one I like better.

Es un buen micrófono, es más corto que la mayoría de dinámicos por lo que se puede acomodar bastante bien en un tambor o amplificador de guitarra.
La respuesta de frecuencia le da un carácter moder y casi “pre ecualizado” por lo que en eventos en vivo es muy útil

El micrófono tiene una calidad de sonido excelente, propio para grabar instrumentos con una alta presión sonora, como la caja de una batería o un amplificador de guitarra. Tiene un realce en los medios graves y en los agudos, lo que lo hace más apropiado aún para estos dos instrumentos, casi no hay que ecualizarlos una vez grabados.

I took my time and did some pretty extensive research before buying this (my first) mic. Having done about a billion gigs before, but rarely requiring amplification I needed to take the plunge and get my own for a series of recent performances.
I play a 1967 Conn Mellophonium. A kind of a bell front French Horn with small bore .500” trombone like characteristics sound wise (Think Stan Kenton c1967). I have to say that the Audix is absolutely spot on for this horn, whilst not specifically designed for horn use either.
The Mellophonium can totally obliterate a band in the wrong hands, delivering some pretty hardcore if potentially nasty power output especially above the staff and above written high C. Exciting certainly, but not always so subtle! This mic took all of this energy easily in its stride, highlighting exactly what I wanted response wise and respecting the rest sound wise. Its incredibly well built and robust plus it looks decent too.
Whilst I realise that not many bands like mine feature a Mellophonium, I would nigh on guarantee that the i5 will make a great trombone microphone without a doubt. It is also very sensibly priced I thought for a first purchase like mine.