Hypercardioid dynamic mic, can handle very high SPL. Useful for snare drum, freak high-SPL situations where you still need good midrange clarity. If the SM57 were a microphone, it would sound like this.
Read more: http://recordinghacks.com/microphones/beyerdynamic/M-201-TG#ixzz74DUhFWDc
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