Audix OM7

not as good as i expected...

this mic has pros and cons.. i start with the pros...

the mic litterally NEVER FEEDBACK its amazing.. shure beta starts to feed back like by only the 1 third of audix volume ..

2 very solid and pretty

cons..

sound is not that good

1proximity effect its ok if you get used to it.. and sing very close

2 high frequencies are not that clear... there is like a bell ring at 8k and

above 8 there is no clarity as it is on beta58 for ex

lows are clean and very good but thats only what it has

imagine singer changing from chest voice to head voice and sounds the same :D lol...

NEEDs much of de-ess and the air transparency resistance is rediculus..

the most serius problem is that air from singer penetrates the capsule and makes noise is the worst part.. i think they can do better at the sounding

but overal i dont think there is ANY other mic that has less bleed and better feedback rejection than this.. so GOOD job at that...

Great mic for loud stages.

An amazing mic perfect for any vocalist that has to share a stage with anything ranging from a twin reverb that's cranked to a wall of full stacks.

Although some vocal mics produce a more natural open sound. The OM7 produces a modern clear and punchy signal.

Too bad after only using it 10-20 times the microphone grille is already starting to rust. At 39€ a pop they aren't very cheap to replace.

The overall design is lovely though. It falls right into your hand and has a nice weight to it. Not too heavy or too light.

Really good for feedback rejection.

I have been using this microphone live for a couple of years, I would guess at around 70 gigs. It is not the best sounding microphone maybe, but the feedback rejection is really amazing in my experience. It takes some getting used to since you have to be really close to the microphone because of the pick up pattern, but that is why it rejects other sounds on stage. But be sure to practice this, since the pick up pattern is so tight it can actually reject the sound coming from your nose if you have the wrong angle, resulting in a stuffed nose sound.

I use a lot of effects on my vocals and that is why it is important for me to not have any other sounds leaking in to the mic, especially in smaller venues where the acoustic treatment might not be the best and a lot of the out sound gets to the stage as well.

And the build quality is really fantastic, it has been through a lot and the grill doesn't even have a dent.

Like the slim design and the black grill as well, plus it is easy to clean.

Love it

Bought it beacuse of feedback problems in our small rehearsal room. We play LOUD metal and it was impossible for me to push vocals' volume through amps&drums because feedback occured directly (especially with reverb/delay). Also, I was hearing way too much of the instruments through my in-ears monitors.

Now all those problems are solved. I was a bit afraid about that extra gain required, but I don't really have more on the mixer that with my old SM58.

Also, it is very solidly made... and extremely aesthetic. Really love the design: all black, minimalist yet elegant curved lines. Wow!

Hovewer, it really requires some discipline from the singer. The angle has to be stable and I must almost eat the mic ;) but that is not a big price for the comfort of growling as I want.

Totally recommend for metal vocalists.

Great mics.

I bought three of this mic's for all singing band members and the results are great. I decided to buy this microphones because we have a really small practice space, so the drums bleed thru other microphones quite drastically. Being hypercardiod, this mic's have great rejection, which is helpful with cutting down on that annoying cymbal bleed in our in-ear's. There are a little on the quiet side as far as the output goes, but as long as you have an adequate mic pre (those on audio interfaces work just fine), so you can gain stage them as best as possible, they are really great sounding microphones. The price tag is a bit hefty, but well worth it.

Very good mic

I bought two OM7,

One of these after three years of use, I could say exactly that after about 50 open air concerts with moisture and so on, it stopped working.

These microphones have very warm sound, exceptional feedback resistance and the best "anti leakage" & "source isolation" proprieties ever found in a vocal live dynamic microphone.

I suggest a very good preamp because these Audix requiring a lot of gain (+6db vs sm58)

Died on me after couple of months

I heard Foo Fighters stopped using these because they aren't very resistant to sweat, well the same thing happened to me. I was satisfied with it and it's sound, until his sound characteristics became much much worse after i guess around 6 months of use on concerts.

so now it sounds very damp and muddy, it's really of no use whatsoever, not even for rehersals. for that i use SM58 that's actually 20 years old and still working fine

Very solid mic

First things first, this mic is extremely well built. Very solid Audix build quality. The body is weighty, the XLR connection doesn't budge and the grille is very strong.

The clarity is pretty good, but being a hyper-cardioid mic with the capsule very near the grille, you tend to come across a LOT of proximity effect.

This mic sounds great once high passed and processed, but won't sound as good as other stage dynamics straight out of the box.

Good for vocalists with good mic technique, but doesn't sound good on vocalists who swerve on and off axis. The level and tonal change is very dramatic unless axis/distance remain very consistent.

Off axis rejection is very very good and gain before feedback is the best I've seen. Very useful indeed on loud stages.

Dave Rat (live engineer for Blink 182 etc.) has a great video demonstrating the off axis rejection of this mic here >>> >

Overall, I would only recommend using this mic if you are/you are working with a vocalist who understands the principle of mic polarity and proximity effect and is fighting against high stage volumes.

In most cases, you will get better results from an SM58 (less proximity effect and less off axis colouration), but if you are woking with an experienced stage singer with good mic technique on a loud stage - no other mic will do the job better than an Audix OM7.

Feedback prince

Made for the road and for high volume stages. Whenever I`m near the drums I use this mic, but be careful with the distance between you and the mic tho. You should be very close for it to sound good.

Audix OM7

I use this mic for my live use, as a vocalist / guitarist, based in cyprus.

I use a bose L1 MKII P.A setup , so having a mic with almost zero feedback is a must when using this above system, as it surrounds the stage, and using previous mics, i found i couldn't get enough level/headroom without feedback issues.

so now with the OM7 those issues have all but gone !

Marvelous product A++++