This mic is a true beast for your home studio with tons of I/O and control for an array of different uses. Offering pristine sound with 4 selectable polar patterns and Mackie’s legendary Onyx™ Preamp circuitry. On top of that, you get a 1/4″ instrument input that you can mix in with the mic. Want to play along with a track? Connect anything with a headphone output to the 1/8″ Aux in and hear it in your headphones.