[garageband]

Wow, nobody's talking about this mic? This is a far superior mic on snare to an SM57. More clarity, just a little less compression, and best/most important, it's much more directional. So you can sculp your snare sound and don't have to play EQ games to get the high hat outta there. Great looking metal, no plastic mic with a nice clip and canvass bag. These days, I only use the SM57 for my Leslie cabinet or some vintagy guitar cab or snare effect. The i5 is just more modern and better. It just doesn't have that one sound.