Lauten Audio has announced its Snare Mic, a purpose-built FET condenser microphone designed explicitly for use on snare drums.
Snare Mic is optimised for use in small spaces while delivering the impact, nuance, and characteristics of a snare drum without the drawbacks of traditional miking options through a carefully tuned frequency response, ultra-high dynamic range and off-axis rejection of up to 28dB.
‘Snare drums are the lifeblood of music – when you’re in a room with one, you don’t just hear it, you feel it in your bones,’ says Lauten Audio President, Trent Thompson. ‘That sensation is really difficult to capture, which is why people throw so many microphones, post-processing, and even sound replacement at snare drums. Our goal with Snare Mic was to make that process easy – one microphone that captures the totality of a snare drum without needing to do all of those other things.’
As with all Lauten Audio microphones, Snare Mic has been engineered for ease of use, long-term durability and reliability. Its 4.2-inch length it fits within the most densely populated of drum kits and works equally well in both stand and rim-mounted applications. A solid brass headframe, vibration-resistant capsule design, and mildew-resistant dust filter protect it from stick hits and debris, ensuring it will continue to provide service for the long haul.
Key specifications:
- End-address pressure gradient FET condenser.
- 32mm capsule.
- Cardioid polar patterns.
- 20Hz-20kHz frequency response.
- High Pass Filter: Flat/80Hz/140Hz.
- Low Pass Filter: Flat/5kHz/12kHz.
- 135dB minimum dynamic range.
- >135dB SPL handling: (0.5%THD@1000Hz).
- >150Ω impedance.
- <15dB-A self-noise.
- 79dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio.
- -66.0dBV/Pa sensitivity (0dB=1V/Pa 1kHz) .
- 48V Phantom Power.
With its release of the Snare Mic, Lauten Audio has also launched Snare, a four-part documentary video series that reconnects legendary drummers with the snare drums they chose to define what would become the future of music. Episode 1 features Brad Wilk (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, Black Sabbath) and Grammy-winning Engineer Darrell Thorp on location at Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters’ Studio 606.
Snare Mic is available now for MSRP US$549.
More: www.lautenaudio.com/snare-mic
