Audix D4 Dynamic Microphone

Bought the Audix D4s and Sennheiser E604s to get a better sound than my SM57's on toms. The E604 did sound quite better, fatter and punchier than the 57, then the D4 sounded even more so than the 604 !!! Both mics are awesome in size and placement. Completely out of the way for studio and live use. The 604 is plastic but the D4 is metal and built like a tank ! Looks beautiful as well. I then put a D4 on the snare and OMG !!! Blew away my 57 or 58 which were great to begin with..D4 gave the same result,.fatter and punchier !!! So I now have D4's on snare and all my toms tops and I put the 604's on the bottom tom heads, The D4 is a little more costly than a 57 or 604, but well worth the difference in cost,,,It's performance far outweighs the difference in cost, it was a no brainer for me.

I use Audix D2s on my rack toms, D4s on my floor toms, D6 inside the kick, i5 on the snare and my drums always sound great. Cant beat the Audix D series for drums. The i5 works great for guitar too.

This microphone is great for live and studio applications, this is my go to on toms.

very nice floor tom mic lots of low end boom boom lol

This microphone is great: I use it for floor toms, bass drums, saxophones, and guitars. For floor toms, you get a great punchy sound, and it picks up more of your ambient drum noise (more of the overtones, rather than JUST picking up the attack). For bass drums, I like this for jazz, indie, soft rock, etc- genres where you want the bass drum to be a pop, rather than a huge bassy thud (the Audix D6 is fantastic for that). It'll pick up your 18-20 inch bass drum nicely, and it can tame a muddy 22+ incher. Now what I didn't expect was the glorious tone I get using this mic for saxophones- it really lets the saxophones character shine through (whereas an SM57 type microphone seems to suck some of the low-mid from it), and for live applications it seems to outshine every other instrument mic i've used. For guitars, this is great for thick, low-midrange tones (think Les Paul through Marshall), and paired with an i5 or an SM57, you can do some great blending (try hard stereo, one mic in each ear). Overall, I'm impressed with this microphone; it's proven it's not just a one trick pony, like many drum-optimized microphones.

I've used the Audix D4 for years as a kick drum mic after it quickly became my favorite. I've found that placing it halfway into the hole of the front skin of a kick gives it just the sound I'm looking for. Depending on the characteristics of mic placement and the drum itself you may find yourself needing to boost the low end of your EQ just a bit, but this mic has never failed to satisfy.