Shure NXN2 Supercardioid Kick Drum Microphone

Powerful, Focused Kick Drum Capture for the Stage

Bring out the punch, depth, and definition of your kick drum with the Shure NXN2, a professional dynamic microphone engineered specifically for low-frequency drum applications.

Built around Shure's advanced dual-engine transducer technology, the NXN2 is designed to capture the natural impact and tonal character of a kick drum while minimizing unwanted mechanical vibration, handling noise, and stage bleed.

Its focused supercardioid pickup pattern, extended low-frequency response, rugged construction, and road-ready design make it an excellent choice for touring drummers, live sound engineers, venues, houses of worship, studios, and professional production environments.

Advanced Dual-engine Transducer Technology

At the heart of the NXN2 is Shure's innovative dual-engine transducer design.

Two precisely engineered transducers work together to optimize the microphone's acoustic performance and provide a strong, controlled output.

This design helps reduce unwanted mechanical vibration and handling-related noise before the signal reaches the mixing console, giving engineers a cleaner starting point when building a drum mix.

Compared with conventional single-transducer designs, the NXN2 is engineered to reduce the need for traditional shock-mounting systems and excessive corrective processing.

The result is a kick drum microphone designed to capture the instrument with clarity, power, and consistency.

Built Specifically for Kick Drum

The NXN2 features a wide 20Hz–16kHz frequency response, allowing it to capture both the deep low-end energy and upper-frequency attack of a kick drum.

This makes it well suited for reproducing:

• Deep sub-bass impact
• Low-frequency body
• Beater attack
• Drum shell resonance
• Kick definition in a full mix

Whether you're reinforcing an acoustic kit onstage or capturing drums in a recording environment, the NXN2 is designed to deliver a balanced representation of the entire kick drum sound.

Supercardioid Isolation

Kick drum microphones are often positioned in acoustically busy environments, surrounded by cymbals, toms, amplifiers, monitors, and other instruments.

The NXN2 uses a supercardioid polar pattern to focus on the intended sound source while rejecting a significant amount of unwanted sound arriving from the sides.

This focused pickup helps minimize bleed from:

• Snare drums
• Toms
• Cymbals
• Bass amplifiers
• Guitar amplifiers
• Stage monitors
• Other nearby instruments

Improved isolation gives live sound engineers greater control over the kick channel and helps maintain definition in dense mixes.

Less Corrective Processing

The NXN2 is acoustically optimized to provide a strong, usable kick drum signal directly from the microphone.

Its dual-engine transducer system helps shape the response mechanically and acoustically before additional console processing is applied.

For engineers, this can mean:

• Faster soundchecks
• Less corrective EQ
• Improved channel separation
• Reduced mechanical noise