Microphones

The New Adelphi Microphone Comparison Series

Not sure what microphone to choose or want to gain some insight as to how microphones compare to each other? Visit the UoS New Adelphi Studios Soundcloud for a full series of microphone comparison recordings captured in the New Adelphi Studios. This list is expanding all the time so keep an eye on Blackboard for updates!

Microphone Stocklist

The following microphones are available to use in the recording studios of New Adelphi.

Manufacture	Name	Type	Quantity	Pola Patten	Description	Suggested Applications	48V	First Years	Second Years	Third Years	Masters
AKG	C12 VR	Condenser, Valve	1	Bidirectional (Figure-8), Cardioid, Omnidirectional	Box, Windshield, 12-pin Microphone Cable, Power Supply Box, IEC	Vocals	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔
AKG	C214	Large Diaphragm Condenser	6	Cardioid	Box, Shockmount	Vocal, Overheads	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
AKG	C4000	Large Diaphragm Condenser	3	Cardioid, Omni-Directional, Hyper-Cardiod	Box, Shockmount	Vocal, Overheads, Ambient	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
AKG	C414	Large Diaphragm Condenser	14	Bidirectional (Figure-8), Hyper Cardioid, Cardioid, Wide Cardioid, Omnidirectional	Box, Shockmount, Windshield	Vocals, Overheads, Electric Guitar, Strings	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
AKG	C451	Small Diaphragm Condenser	14	Cardioid	Box, Clip, Stereo-Bar	Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Overheads	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
AKG	D112	Dynamic	7	Cardioid	Clip	Kick-Drum	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
AKG	D12 VR	Dynamic	3	Cardioid	Clip	Kick-Drum, Electric Guitar, Bass	✘ ✔	✘	✔	✔	✔
Aston	Origin	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Box	Vocals, Electric Guitar, Overheads	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Audio Technica	AT2050	Large Diaphragm Condenser	6	Bidirectional (Figure-8), Cardioid, Omnidirectional	Box	Vocal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Audio Technica	AT4050	Large Diaphragm Condenser	6	Bidirectional (Figure-8), Cardioid, Omnidirectional	Box	Vocal, Overheads, Acoustic Guitar	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Audio Technica	AT4053	Small Diaphragm Condenser	3	Cardioid	Box	Overheads, Acoustic Guitar, Piano	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Audio Technica	AT5040	Large Diaphragm Condenser	1	Cardioid	Box, Shockmount	Vocal	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
Audix	D2	Dynamic	4	Cardioid	Clip	Racktom, Floortom	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Audix	D6	Dynamic	2	Cardioid	Clip	Kick-Drum, Floortom, Bass Cabinet	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Audix	i5	Dynamic	3	Cardioid	Clip	Snare-Drum, Guitar Cab	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Audix	f12	Dynamic	2	Cardioid	Clip	Rack Tom, Floor Tom	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Beyerdynamic	M130	Ribbon	4	Bidirectional (Figure-8)	Pouch, Mic Clip	Drum Overheads, Electric Guitars, Room Microphones, Strings	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Beyerdynamic	M160	Ribbon	2	Hypercardioid	Pouch, Mic Clip	Drum Overheads, Electric Guitars, Room Microphones, Strings	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Beyerdynamic	M201	Dynamic	6	Hyper-Cardioid	Pouch, Mic Clip	Snare, Toms, Electric Guitars	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Beyerdynamic	M88	Dynamic	4	Hyper-Cardioid	Pouch, Mic Clip	Kick Drum, Toms, Bass Cab	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Beyerdynamic	MCE 86 S II	Dynamic	1	Shotgun	Rycote Boom Enclosure	Location Recording, Boom Operation	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Blue	Baby Bottle	Large Diaphragm Condenser	1	Cardioid	Case	Vocal, Guitar Cab, Mono-Overhead	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔
Brauner	Phanthera V	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Case	Vocal,Overheads	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
Cascade	Fathead II	Ribbon	2	Figure-8	Case, Stereo-bar, 2x Rycote Shockmount	Overheads, Ambient, Guitar Cab	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Chameleon Labs	TS1	Valve Condenser	1	Cardioid, Omni-Directional	Case, Powersupply, Shockmount	Ambient	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Coles	4038	Ribbon	6	Figure-8	Case, XLR-Adapter	Overheads, Ambient, Guitar Cab, Strings	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔
Electrovoice	RE20	Dynamic	13	Cardioid	Case	Vocal, Broadcast, Kick Drum, Guitar Cab	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Electrovoice	RE50	Dynamic	1	Omni-Cardioid	Case	Broadcast, Interview	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
DPA	4060	Condenser	2	Omnidirectional	Case	Broadcast, Interview	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Flea	Flea 47	Valve	1	Cardioid, Omnidirectional	Case, Cradle, Power Supply, Microphone Cable	Vocals	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔
Flea	Flea 251	Valve	1	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure of Eight	Case, Cradle, Power Supply, Microphone Cable	Vocals	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔
Groovetubes	1b-FET	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Case	Vocal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Groovetubes	GT57	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-8	Case	Vocal, Guitar Cab	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Josephson	C42	Small Diaphragm Condenser	6	Cardioid	Pouch, Clip	Acoustic Guitar, Strings, Hi-Hats	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔
Josephson	e22s	Small Diaphragm Condenser	3	Cardioid	Pouch, Clip	Snare, Toms, Piano, Overheads, Guitar Cabinet	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
Line Audio	CM4	Small Diaphragm Condenser	6	Cardioid	Case, Clip, Windshield	Drum Overheads, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Strings	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Line Audio	CM4	Small Diaphragm Condenser	3	Omnidirectional	Case, Clip, Windshield	Drum Overheads, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Strings	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Neumann	KM100	Small Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-8, Hypercardioid	Case, Capsules, Output Stage	Ambient, Strings, Piano	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
Neumann	KM184	Small Diaphragm Condenser	10	Cardioid	Case	Overheads, Acoustic Guitar, Strings, Piano	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔
Neumann	M149	Valve Condenser	2	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-8, Hypercardioid, Wide-Cardioid	Case, power Supply, 10-pin Cable	Vocals, Ambient, Piano	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔
Neumann	TLM103	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Case	Vocals	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔
Neumann	TLM193	Large Diaphragm Condenser	4	Cardioid	Case, Mount	Vocals, Guitar Cab, Bass Cab, Overheads	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔
Neumann	U47	Large Diaphragm Condenser	1	Cardioid	Case	Kick Drum, Vocals, Guitar Cab, Bass Cab	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
Neumann	U87	Large Diaphragm Condenser	3	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-8	Case	Vocals, Overheads	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
Neumann	U67	Valve Large Diaphragm Condenser	1	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-8	Case	Vocals, Drum Overhead, Guitars, Brass Instruments, Sax	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
Oktava	MK012	Small Diaphragm Condenser	12	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-8, Hypercardioid	Case, Clip	Overheads, Piano, Acoustic Guitar, Ambient, Strings	✔	✘	✔	✔	✔
Oktava	MK219	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Pouch	Overheads, Guitar Cab	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Oktava	MK319	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Pouch	Vocal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Rode	K2	Valve Condenser	4	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-8	Case, Powersupply, Cable, Shockmount	Vocal, Overheads	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Rode	NT2000	Large Diaphragm Condenser	4	Cardioid, Figure-8, Omnidirectional	Pouch	Vocal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Rode	NT2a	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid, Figure-8, Omnidirectional	Pouch	Vocal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Rode	NTK	Valve Condenser	2	Cardioid	Case, Powersupply, Cable, Shockmount	Vocal, Overheads	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Rode	NT5	Small Diaphragm Condenser	6	Cardioid or Omnidirectional	Pouch	Overheads	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Royer	R-121	Ribbon	2	Bidirectional (Figure-8)	Case, Clip	Overheads, Piano, Strings, Guitar	✘	✘	✘	✔	✔
Schoeps	CMC6 MK4	Small Diaphragm Condenser	4	Cardioid, Omni-Directional Option Available	Case, Clip	Overheads, Piano, Strings, Everything	✔	✘	✘	✔	✔
SE Electronics	SE1a	Small Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Case, Clips	Overheads, Piano	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sennheiser	AMBEO VR	Ambersonic	1	4 Cardioid Capsules	Kit	Field Recording	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sennheiser	E606	Dynamic	2	Cardioid	Pouch	Guitar Cab	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sennheiser	E901	Boundary Condenser	2	Cardioid	N/A	Kick Drum	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sennheiser	E906	Dynamic	2	Cardioid	Pouch	Guitar Cab	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sennheiser	MD421	Dynamic	20	Cardioid	N/A	Toms, Snare, Guitar Cab	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sennheiser	MD441	Dynamic	2	Super Cardioid	Case	Toms, Snare, Guitar Cab	✘	✘	✔	✔	✔
Shure	Green Bullet	Dynamic	1	Cardioid	Pouch	Harmonica, Vocals	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Shure	55SH	Dynamic	1	Cardioid	Pouch	Vocals	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Shure	Beta 52a	Dynamic	6	Cardioid	N/A	Kick Drum, Bass Amp, Floor Tom	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Shure	Beta 91a	Boundary Condenser	7	Half Cardioid	N/A	Kick Drum, Ambient	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Shure	KSM141	Small Diaphragm Condenser	4	Cardioid, Omnidirectional	Case	Overheads,	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Shure	SM57	Dynamic	10	Cardioid	Mic Clip	Electric Guitars, Snare, Toms	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Shure	SM58	Dynamic	8	Cardioid	Mic Clip	Vocals	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Shure	SM7b	Dynamic	7	Cardioid	Case	Vocal,	✘	✔	✔	✔	✔
Sontronics	STC1	Small Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Pouch	Overheads, Acoustic Guitar	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Studio Electronics	2200a	Small Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid	Case	Vocal	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Studio Electronics	4400a	Large Diaphragm Condenser	2	Cardioid, Omnidirectional, Figure-8	Case, Shockmount	Ambient, Overheads, Strings	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔