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Most mic bundles economise on their included models, but Audix’s BandPack series features some of their leading designs.
John Gatski
With all the microphones available for live performance today, musicians and engineers have their work cut out trying to sort through a smorgasbord of different models for that club gig, concert or live recording. Or they could buy a bundled set of microphones that are well matched, come with the proper mounts and are easy to transport in a handy, rugged carrying case. The Audix BandPack Pro is just such a mic bundle, and with some of the company’s flagship mics included, it can reward you with that ‘just right’ sound.
As a reviewer, I am well acquainted with Audix, and I own a number of their mics, including the SCX25A ‘lollipop’ condensers (my favorite dreadnought guitar recording mic) and the versatile i5 dynamic, which forms part of this bundle.
The BandPack Pro comes in two flavours: the five-mic BP5 Pro ($775£522), or the seven-mic BP7 Pro reviewed here. The five-mic pack features Audix’s OM5 vocal dynamic mic, two hypercardioid OM2 vocal mics, one i5, and a single Audix D6, one of the best kick-drum mics on the market. The seven-mic BP7 Pro kit adds two extra i5s, allowing for increased coverage of a drum kit, or keyboards and guitars.
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