Thanks a lot for the comprehensive shootout 🙌we really appreciate the effort you put in these videos!

Well, to my 45-year-old ears, the OD-5 sounded tighter, if you know what I mean.

I personally liked the OD-5 more than any of the others, taking in account the placement of course. It was kind of subtle in the transients and creamy in the low mids, giving a solid body to the snare. MD421 was a bit too harsh and even nasal to my liking, again...placement maybe.

I'm guessing "no text" parts mean AKG 414. If so, that's my favorite. OC-7 at second place. And if I would've received that MD421 snare to mix, it would have been trigger replacement time.

Both of them sounds very "new" and clean. I like it very much. Would probably sound nice on brass elements and percussion too. Thanks for sharing as usual!

OC-7 was best-sounding overall but had a bit too much hi-hat bleed. I suppose it's the one in the middle. OD-5 was positioned underneath the hi-hat which helped to reduce the bleed, but the snare sound was a bit worse than OC-7 (less open, less articulate transient).

Great as always! I really like the OC's the bleed from the hats were way darker and EQing the snare will be so much easier than than the bleed from the other mic's.🤘

I like the MD441's on toms, love those mics!

I live in the US and I just want to say I love the way you say "look" LUUUUUUK It makes me smile every time. Lets have a look 🙂

If you can ever get your hands on some microphones from Advanced Audio in Canada, I'd love to hear your thoughts. I've been blown away by how great they are, and they're vastly cheaper than you'd expect. Really great microphones.

OC-7 had a weird high mid thing that made me want to squint my eyes every time the snare hit. Like an ice pick to the inner ear. OD5 sounded great.

Man, that coffee cup on the JH-24 hurts my feelings. I have a hard rule in my studio, no drinks on gear….even empty

The OC-7 on snare sounded awesome. I might have to get one!

I’m a big fan of a heil pr31bw on snare, great rejection. -40db at sides, traditionally used in SM 57 for years

When it first switched to the 421 ( while text was showing ) we had one tone. Shortly after ( when the camera moved up ) , that tone got deeper. Being very old school, i'd used 421's on toms.........but now i know a little piccolo snare that just might like a bit of 421 teatment.

I think for a live situation these switches are really good if they are that difficult to move.

I liked the OD-5 best by quite a margin!

SEN MD421.. top!. Not sure if the transients saturate the heights. It sounds more punchy and you can hear the room noise and snare tone as well. What a question!

Love the OD-5! Sounds like a mix-ready snare. Still the SM57 might be the best snare mic ;-)

@anteshell

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I don't like the sound of SM57 at all. I cannot really explain what's wrong about it, but I also do realise that when ever I have worked with that mic, the quality of the drums and especially tuning might have been the biggest or possibly even the only one degrading factor.

@Whiteseastudio

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I've used the SM57 for a lot of things... Audio recording wasn't one of them 😂

@MixedByDotRob

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​@@Whiteseastudio That might expain, why you haven't experienced how good the SM57 actually is 😅

I'm surprised the MD421 had the most apparent hi-hat bleed of all. Also, it changed the tone of the hi-hat in a very annoying way. I'm not sure how much the placement did in this case, but the OD-5 wins this round imo. I wonder if I'd say the same in case of a full mix, though.

@KimchiBagels

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did you find the MD421 a little nasally in the highs as well?

The snare rings out a lot longer on the OC7 and 414... makes sense the capsule on the condensers would vibrate longer than the dynamics. To me it sounds like Austrian tried to voice their dynamic to sound more like their condenser. And I'm not sure it works. Maybe. Hell, I don't even know that's what they were going for, just sounds like it to me. On the whole, I preferred the Sennie to the AA, but preferred the AA to the AKG. All caveats for placement, etc. I'm really becoming a big fan of Austrian Audio. Though I didn't love the OD5 in this shootout, I really think that between them and JZ I could complete a pro-quality mic locker and save some money for the one thing they don't offer, a good tube mic.

Will THESE make your SNARE sound BETTER?

Is the 414 the one we are hearing when no txt is on screen?

Shnare drum? What's that?

whats the name of that samson stand? thank you

Normally use a variety of dynamic mics for the top of the snare but not the 421. What is the model of 414?

I'm a little skeptical of your test setup. Every degree of rotation around the rim that snare drum could produce a different sound, and here are your mics spanning a good 40 degrees. You should have done a pass with four of the same mic arranged like that to see what kind of differences you'd get. Otherwise how do you know for sure which sonic differences are attributable to the mic and which to the position?

@Whiteseastudio

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And then I would get the comment that I didn’t test it on the same performance… can’t do mic tests perfect, unfortunately

@helmanfrow

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@@Whiteseastudio I hear you. These kinds of tests are hard. The best way to do it might be with a robot drummer that can repeat performances with minimal variation.

@Whiteseastudio

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I actually did a test a while ago with a robot device, but that thing couldn't hit the snare drum hard enough to make any sense...

I'll stick with my CAD M179 for half the price, pads, and fully variable polar patterns.

No need for hihat mics with those cymbals...

MD 421.. (On everything) But non of them helps with the groove of course... Also nowadays is so easy to do drums replacement and/or adding extra layers of samples to make it more fat or whatever... But soon A.I. will give us Jeff Porcaro as a session drummer to every (quality) projects.

Self-noise: 21 dB SPL (A) Not sure how I feel about that.

@imaginarytube

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That's high.

Sounds like advertising the senheiser more than anything else 😂😂😂

Algo suena muy estridente en el hi hat de forma no placentera

i want now a video dedicated to vocal processing

@lillightstruck5378

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with analog please

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for this snare setup i go with the MD421... the other mics reproduce some ringing and high freq of the sn i dont like... Well the OC7 was also very nice

@SoundcastStudios

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I prefer the OD-5 The md421 has a LOT of hat in it

Come on the real reason you didn't like the switches was because you destroyed your nails while trying to use them. That's a bias not everyone has. (I'm joking)

Tea Towel FTW

George is a badass

@LondonSteveLee

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Quite a bit of time drift.

@dougleydorite

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@@LondonSteveLee makes him more badass

Looks very Sony c500

I like "let's get started!" better.. 🙁

@Whiteseastudio

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Will do that next time… maybe…

Austrian sounding is more naturel all of them

@xyxyxyxza2252

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sennheiser md421 top end is too much crisp

Wow, he knows ONE fill. Boring

@Whiteseastudio

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Spoiler alert: the drummer is there to facilitate a mic comparison video. Loads of musicians could learn from this, because I requested him to play the same fill to create a more equal comparison...