Audio-Technica
ATM650
Dynamic · Hypercardioid · 80–17,000 Hz · a rider regular
- Introduced at NAMM in January 2007 as part of Audio-Technica's relaunched Artist Series, aimed at snare and percussion.
- The flat, multi-stage grille is shaped so the capsule can sit very close to a drumhead or a speaker cone.
- A dual-wall floating construction isolates the element from the body to cut handling and stand noise.
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 ATM650 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 | ATM650 |
| Type | Dynamic |
| Form factor | End-address |
| Polar pattern | Hypercardioid |
| Frequency range | 80–17,000 Hz |
| Sensitivity | 1.5 mV/Pa · -56.0 dBV/Pa |
| Max SPL | — not published by the maker |
| Self-noise | — none (passive capsule) |
| Impedance | 300 Ω (low-impedance balanced) |
| Connector | XLR3M |
| Powering | None (dynamic) |
| Weight | 279 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 | Budget |
|---|---|
| Introduced | 2007 |
Price tier and “a rider regular” are MicSense’s own judgement, not the maker’s.
What it gets used for
- Snare top
- Guitar cab
- Toms
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”.
ATM650 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 ATM650’s for the same live job, with the reasons. It says nothing about how they sound.
Not compared for the Audio-Technica ATM650: max SPL not published by the maker · response curve not redrawn yet.
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sE Electronics
V7 X
- Same job: snare top, guitar cab, toms
- Same type: dynamic
- Same form: end-address
- 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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Shure
Beta 57A
- Same job: snare top, guitar cab, toms
- Same type: dynamic
- Same form: end-address
- Supercardioid instead of hypercardioid — deepest rejection at ±126°, not ±110°: check where the wedge sits
- ≈ 5 dB more output — about 5 dB less gain
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Sennheiser
e 906
- Same job: snare top, guitar cab, toms
- Same type: dynamic
- About the same output — within the datasheets’ tolerance
- Supercardioid instead of hypercardioid — deepest rejection at ±126°, not ±110°: check where the wedge sits
- Side-address — aim it from the side, not the end
Compare it against the alternatives.
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