CAD E-100

I am a worship pastor and write and record in my simple home studio. I record to an old Roland VS-840 as well as a Korg MK-1600. I am not a "pro" sound guy but a songwriter who tries to capture my songs in a simple way to share. I use generic headphones as well as studio moniters to listen to tracks and to mix.

I love the sound of this mic. I own some cheap condensor mics that I never really use. I borrowed a friends $1000 AKG to record with before I bought the e100 and I couldn't tell a drastic difference.

I bought the original e100 7 years ago to record with in my home studio. I used it extensively for vocals, acoustic guitar and even choirs. Very clear and crisp sound. I have been very happy with it.

Why I'm writing this review though is the customer service through Omnitronics that I have experienced. Incredible! The day I started have problems with it I emailed the company and received a reply an hour later! After several email conversations (all the replies where very quick), they ended up replacing my 7 year old mic with the new model e100/2 with case and the new shockmount for only $100 (they sell for $250)! Not bad for a mic that's 5 years out of waranty.

They've won my business with the great sound and the way they stand behind their products.

Buy with confidence.

Ive been recording mainly at home for about 15 years. Done a lot of live band recording too.
I started with a Tascam 4 track and went through digital 8 tracks and now use mainly Cakewalk Sonar 3 Producer edition. Ive used many mics although I havent had opportunity to work with expensive ones like Neuman and others. I live in the home studio budget realm.

Condenser mic
I've used it for guitar amps, acoustic guitar, drums -primarily as an overhead, vocals, room (ambience) mic for natural reverb, piano, just about anything really. Its just a great all around studio workhorse condenser.
I got this one back when it first came out. I think I read a good review on it and thats why I got it.
Definitely a good mic. Well worth the money.
Its a great drum over head mic for those vintage tones that are the in thing now days. Great natural sounding drums with just this over the kit and maybe a kick dynamic and a SM57 on the snare to mix in if needed- usually I dont need it though.
Good on vocals if you have a pre. Defenitely sounds better with phantom power instead of just the batteries, although it works on the batteries alone, just not quite as well IMO.
Maybe too sensitive for some electric guitar amps. It picks up too much space with the guitar. I prefer a SM57 on the guitar or my AT electret condenser that is not as sensitive.

I would defenitely recommend this mic to others.

I've been playing, writing, and recording for nearly 18 years. I've used everything from a Tascam 4 track cassette studio to a full-blown 24 track ditital with way too much junk in the controll room. My preferred method involves tracking to a Roland VS series recorder with a handful of outboard mic pres and compressors. I listen through an old (but pristine) pair of Altec-Lansing speakers which were made for audiophiles in the era of reel-to-reel and vynil. They're capable of really detailed and unadulterated sound reproduction, the likes of which are generally reserved for expensive studio monitor systems. I've gotten great results with my home studio setup.

This mic has been the go-to mic in my home studio arsenal for quite some time now. It's got a really wide response that is 'razor flat' down to 10Hz. I've recorded kick drum with this mic and gotten a proverial woody with the results I've gotten. It's a cardioid-only mic with a 80Hz low cut and a dB redux pad--very useful features for a mic like this. I think this mic is the single-element version of the E-300 which (predictably, albeit) means that it'll have a little harsher response on the top end as a result. Compare the Behringer single-and dual-element condensers for a comparison. That said, I've gotten excellent results recording everything from lead vocals, to distant-mic'd vox/acoustic, acoustic, hand percussion, kick, and even a guitar amp here and there. Let me tell you, for acoustic guitar I've never heard a better mic. The hand percussion and guitar amp sounded damn fine, too (keep in mind the level of recording I'm referring to here...I'm not saying an AKG 414 or a Royer R12 wouldn't do better, I've just never had the opportunity to use them). On vocals, I've gotten really good results on ballady-type songs, but don't really favor this mic for rock singing. It's just too revealing of the limitations of the singer's voice. I much prefer using a dynamic mic (with preamps, compression and all the other accollades that generally accompany studio micmanship). That's just my opinion, though and would probably feel differently if I were using the larger, dual-element version. I've never used this mic as a drum overhead, but could imagine a couple of them sounding great over a drum kit. The best thing about this mic is its versatility. It's got a super hot and transparent FET pream built-in, so it can drive less-than-ideal inputs with great aplomb. It's also got a 10dB pad, which makes it suitable for when you've got the super sweet mic pres and want a little coloration. It's got a handy-dandy bass cut switch that pretty much instantaneously fixes boomy acoustic reproduction (or bass isolation in an ensemble setting). Overall, this is a mic I'm happy to call my own.