the t.bone CC 57

Great little microphone with amazing sensitivity. At this price range you really can't complain. I bought it purely to see if it could handle recording snares or toms and I'll definitely get more of these in the future. The input quality is very good.

What are the downsides? Although the material is quite strong , and the spring clip has a lot of pressure, it would have been better if the makers would have created something that can hook it self a bit better to rounded drum hoops. I found that adding some rough material to the hoop helps but not everyone will want to do that. Some hoops might not hold the clip... but in my case it works fine and does not fall off.

one more detail is that after a wile the microphone tends to go up a bit , so the positioning starts to change after a while, fixable problem but ... it shouldn't really happen. It could be that the longer i use it that it will stop doing that - Its a bit of stiffness issue .

but again , for this price range ... I'm forgiving and I do expect small things like these. I would suggest: try one before buying a load of them

I’ve purchased 3 of these so far for all of my Toms. I did a series of tests alongside some notable standard Tom mics and these held their own! I just finished recording the drums for my band’s new album and can’t be happier with them. However the largest problem is the mechanical design. I do NOT recommend clipping these right to a drum, instead you can find some cheap standard mic clips that fit the middle body and mount them on a mic arm. Mounting it this way enables the microphone to be positioned closer to the drum head AND with it being detached from the drum the angle of the gooseneck will stay in place. Warning though- don’t put the mic too close to the head or the sound will get too boomy. I’m also surprised with how decent the off-axis rejection is for being a condenser mic. I would buy them again and I like that they don’t cost a ton to replace if needed…however buy multiple mics at once since shipping is so costly!