Electro-VoiceND44
microphone
New retail price (MSRP)
$109
Used market: $85*
Specifications
5 of 8 values have a recorded sourceExpert Audio Engineering Commentary
Tonal profile
The same ND capsule in a short body on a gooseneck mount, meant for toms and snare where a handheld will not fit. Electro-Voice calls the pattern tight cardioid, which is their name for something between cardioid and supercardioid.
Gain staging
-52.4 dBV/Pa is a lot of level for a drum microphone: 3.6 dB above an SM57 on a source that is already loud. Set the gain by ear on a soundcheck rimshot and the first real hit will clip it. Leave headroom.
What the datasheet actually says
Quoted verbatim from the manufacturer’s own page, with the date we checked it. We state what is printed, not what anyone intended by it.
«Sensitivity, Open Circuit Voltage @ 1 kHz: 2.4 mV/Pascal ... Impedance: 350 ohms balanced (low-z)»
Electro-Voice prints the same open-circuit voltage of 2.4 mV/Pascal and the same 350 ohm balanced impedance on the engineering data sheets of three ND-series microphones with three different polar patterns: ND76 (cardioid), ND86 (supercardioid) and ND44 (tight cardioid). One number covering three capsules may be correct, but it cannot be used to tell the three apart.
checked 8/5/2026* Estimated with the depreciation fallback (~78% retained value).