beyerdynamic M201TG

beautiful live mic

great rejection

good sound, handle well pressure, amazing on percussions, vocals, very good on sax, trumpet, can be used for guitar With success although the medium can be a bit blurry.

The Noise Cancelling Dynamic Microphone

Built to last.

Worth every extra penny.

This is much better German quality than the cheaper Chinese Shure SM57.

All the goodness of SM57 without the static hum noise cheaper dynamic microphones like SM57 are plagued by.

The extra coil in the Beyerdynamic M201G provides the hum-canceling I need.

Used for vocals and heavy guitars in a great tandem with Sennheiser E960 complementing each other on a true professional level.

excellent mic

These things are very versatile. I would not consider this a competitor to the SM57, although they do somehow have a similar feel. I like using them on snares, hi hats, and other random instruments. I don't think they would sound bad anywhere and can sound very good in certain places.

Super mic for instruments playing live

Brilliant mic for mic'ing up quiet instruments without pickups on a live stage. (Violin, Acoustic Gtr, Banjo, etc)

Very directional, very good feedback rejection, nice and compact can fit onto small boom stands with a standard vocal mic clip.

All round have nothing bad to say about the m201

Its probably one of the best Ive come across for such a cheap price.

Would highly recommend it in your arsenal for live sound applications.

Great for snare

Replaced a working Sennheiser e904. The M201Combined with the K&M 24030 Mic Holder made it easier to get the right angle to obtain a full sound of the snare with an open and nice top end - so I even dropped the snare bottom e904 and ran with only the M201 (on the snares miked so far)

Snared

This is a must-have Snare Microphone.

Great German microphone

This microphone is quite amazing for a dynamic mic. You can use it where you would typically use a condenser microphone, and it will deliver. Pair it with a Soyuz Launcher and it becomes full of character. Highly recommended for snare drum, but also for string and wind instruments.

Excellent dynamic mic

Great allround dynamic mic. Great for vocals, guitar, drums. The only reason you might not want to use it is when you need a wider polar pattern.

A classic smooth-sounding dynamic with tight pattern

This mic looks like a condenser but it's a dynamic/moving-coil type. It *sounds* flat yet the response graph shows something of a presence boost like an SM57, though less pronounced. This mic sounds great on snare if you need an alternative; since it doesn't sound as present and cutting you will hear more of the mids and lows giving you a very full snare sound. If your snare drum is bright this may be helpful. Its specialties are snare, guitar amps, toms, hi-hats and anything you need to mic up close to reduce stage spill on a noisy stage.

The tight hyper-cardioid pattern is the most useful feature. Used on snare you can almost eliminate bleed from the hi-hats. On a loud stage it will help isolate each source from stage spill, and it's very effective.

Personally I love the sound of this mic, through careful positioning you can get the result you need eg. by controlling proximity effect with distance. But if you're used to the brightness of an SM57 or e906 it's quite different on guitar amps. It responds really well to EQ so you can tailor it easily, and that fantastic tight pattern means a cleaner sound.

This great little mic is a versatile tool that an experienced technician can use to get top results, but get ready to hear the difference between common cheap mics and a genuine pro classic!

Bit harsh

I have tried this mic in various settings and it is a little bright and harsh in most cases.

It is however, a well built, strong and easy to use microphone which I am sure will suit some peoples taste more than mine :-)