Electro-Voice N/D468

Electro Voice ND468 Review / See All ZenPro Audio Reviews Here: Review Page

One of my favorite all time dynamic microphones, the 468 delivers a unique sound and positioning apparatus that is just so easy to get what I need during a session. The pivoting head and swiveling yoke mount, not to mention the way the mic itself sits inside of the clip, gives you more placement tweak options than just about anything else out there. The hypercardioid pattern is tight, I mean TIGHT (it makes the room just disappear when close mic’ing).

The egg shaped 468 is very proximity dependent when it comes to low end response. You really have to stick it right up on things to get much extreme low end response out of it. On guitar cabs in particular I appreciate this quality, I can stick it very close to the speaker (typically dead on center if not ever so slightly off axis, about 3” or so out) and no flub is delivered which typically doesn’t survive during mixdown anyhow (less fighting with the bass guitar). I’ve even had good results with this mic on acoustic guitar, the present upper midrange and top end are better suited for this than most dynamics. There is a cut to this mic, and a small sound that I really like. Lets face it, you need a lot of sonic real estate in a tight mix and guitars don’t end up sounding big and bloated when solo’d. The 468 makes it a great reach for that cutting sound on cabs that keeps it in its own space.

Conclusion: Buy one if anything for guitar cab use, but for drum and even some acoustic instruments the ND468 delivers a defined sound that is never tubby and tends to step on other tracks less with its smaller sound.