The M-Audio Pulsar II Matched Pair Condenser Microphones

The Pulsar II from M-Audio comes as a somehow natural and expectable sequel to the acclaimed Sputnik: hand-assembled in small quantities for a top manufacturing quality, this small-diaphragm condenser microphone set is one new tool that will make recording your fav sound in a studio an easier, more professional job and at the same time allow you to benefit from its distinctive sound.

These small-capsule mics have been carefully designed so that they are within the +1/-1dB range of each other, thus ensuring a fantastic balance when capturing sound and being a pair of mics that you can safely rely on. The Pulsar II is made from top-quality components as there were no efforts channeled towards making them cheap but rather on making them as close to perfection as possible.

The brass backplate ensures a sturdy behavior while the complex engineering on the inside, for both the proper capsule and the rest of the architecture, will give you both a physical strength that will make these mics last and a strong and present sound to make your recordings better. The 12dB/ octave 80Hz high-pass filter is just one tech-fact inside the M-Audio Pulsar II microphones that brings a good deal of sound-engineering help: it will cut off the rumble and prevent the mic preamps from getting overloaded with the lows you actually don't need here and are especially trying to avoid from having in your mix.

The Pulsar II can handle very large amounts of SPL (for their class) and in extremely loud environments you can use the -10dB attenuation switch allowing you to do the job and still have your mics in perfect safety. These microphones are ideal for recording drum overheads, acoustic guitars, piano, stringed and wind instruments, or for room recording. The MSRP is around $400 but the street price will definitely be lower.

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