Audio-Technica
AE6100
Dynamic · Hypercardioid · 60–15,000 Hz · a rider regular
- Audio-Technica's placement advice is a wedge at 135° off axis, 45° off the rear, where the hypercardioid pattern has its rear null.
- The back-cavity assembly floats inside the handle shell to keep handling noise away from the element.
- The spec sheet suggests an in-line attenuator such as the AT8202 if its output overloads a sensitive preamp input.
Frequency response
No response curve yet.
MicSense only draws a curve redrawn from a graph the manufacturer publishes — it never estimates one from the microphone’s class. No published graph has been redrawn for the AE6100 yet, so the numbers are in the spec table below.
Polar pattern
Generated from the first-order directivity formula for hypercardioid. It illustrates the pattern type — it is not a measurement of this individual model.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Audio-Technica |
|---|---|
| Model | AE6100 |
| Type | Dynamic |
| Form factor | Handheld |
| Polar pattern | Hypercardioid |
| Frequency range | 60–15,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 1.7 mV/Pa · -55.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | — not published by the maker |
| Self-noise | — none (passive capsule) |
| Impedance | 250 Ω (low-impedance balanced) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | None (dynamic) |
| Weight | 310 g |
Specifications: Audio-Technica datasheet · last checked 2 Oct 2026. These are the maker’s published figures for this model. A dash never means zero: “not published by the maker” means the maker’s documents give no figure; “not yet checked” means MicSense has not confirmed one yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.
MicSense notes
| Price tier | Mid |
|---|---|
| Introduced | — not recorded |
Price tier and “a rider regular” are MicSense’s own judgement, not the maker’s.
What it gets used for
- FOH vocal
- Monitor vocal
MicSense tags microphones by the job on a live stage, not by studio category — so you can filter for “kick in” or “monitor vocal” instead of working backwards from “large-diaphragm condenser”.
AE6100 alternatives: closest in published specs
Based on published specifications only — always listen at soundcheck. These are the microphones in the MicSense library whose datasheet figures sit closest to the Audio-Technica AE6100’s for the same live job, with the reasons. It says nothing about how they sound.
Not compared for the Audio-Technica AE6100: max SPL not published by the maker · response curve not redrawn yet.
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Audix
OM7
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same hypercardioid pattern
- Same form: handheld
- ≈ 7 dB less output — add about 7 dB gain
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sE Electronics
V7
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same form: handheld
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Supercardioid instead of hypercardioid — deepest rejection at ±126°, not ±110°: check where the wedge sits
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Sennheiser
e 845
- Same job: FOH vocal, monitor vocal
- Same type: dynamic
- Same form: handheld
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Supercardioid instead of hypercardioid — deepest rejection at ±126°, not ±110°: check where the wedge sits
Compare it against the alternatives.
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