greetings earthlings today I'm reviewing the microphone that's used in the White House so
today I'm reviewing this guy the shure sm57 if you are interested in this mic it'll set you
back around a hundred bucks as per usual links in the description and for this review I of the
mic connected directly to the - I - 2nd gen I will do no post-processing but I may boost the
audio and post so check the doobly-doo for that information now let's go ahead and talk about
what comes in the box you're obviously gonna get the microphone you dope you get a zippered
pouch which offers little to no cushioning you get a microphone clip and I do not recall if it
comes with a 5/8 to 3/8 inch microphone stand adapter and you get some documentation that I
no longer have as far as the build quality what else can I say but this microphone is an industry
standard for a reason the majority of this mic is metal but at the top you do have a little
bit of plastic that you should be aware of it's an end address microphone and on the bottom you
find the XLR port just like the sm58 there's a video of this thing being run over by a tour
bus so you can be sure that dropping this thing isn't gonna break it and it's not gonna ruin your
day as far as specs this thing has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 40 Hertz
to 15 kilohertz a sensitivity of negative 56 decibels and an impedance of 150 or 310
ohms now I'm passing the microphone between my hands to illustrate what kind of handling noise
you can expect out of this microphone in a live situation now I'm spinning around the microphone
around the mics capsule now I'm banging on a keyboard with cherry MX blues directly behind
the mic to see how much of my voice versus how much of the keyboard it picks up now I am right
on the microphone to illustrate what kind of proximity effect you can get out of this mic
now I'm about a foot away from the microphone and just because we can now I've connected the FET
head to the sm57 and it has allowed me to drop my gain from about 75% down to around 20% and
this is how the microphone sounds right now I'm speaking into the shure sm57 and this is how my
voice sounds now I'm speaking into the shure sm58 at the same distance with the same gain
setting and the same boost in post and this is how it compares in tone as well as loudness and
now I'm speaking into the shure sm7b at the same distance same gain setting and same boosting and
post to illustrate the tonal differences as well as the loudness differences now if you
do plan on using this for voiceover or for a podcast there are a couple of accessories that
I would recommend picking up first is the a 55 M which is just the shock mount that you see
right here and second is the a2 WS blk which is this foam windscreen on the top and then if you
wanted to go full white house you could pick up this guy which is the a 81 WS windscreen and as
you can see it is massive but it should curb any kind of plosives that you have
I like sure mics I like sure mics I like sure mics because they sure don't seem to suck so
honestly I just don't think there's a single sure mic I've used so far that I don't like in terms
of pros this thing is just insanely well-built it has great background noise rejection it has
some relatively cheap accessories that make this a lot more versatile and in my opinion
it just sounds great for spoken word as soon as I threw the a 81 WS on it reminded me quite a
bit of the shure sm7b and then in terms of cons this mic just has a very low sensitivity so you
will need a decent preamp to drive it and without a windscreen this thing is subject to some pretty
serious plosive issues so as far as the overall sound I thought this mic sounded excellent on
the electric guitar and on spoken-word but for singing an acoustic guitar I don't think this
microphone really shined I think it lacked a bit too much in the higher air frequencies so if I was
recording some music I would look for a microphone with better high end so when it comes down to it
would I recommend this thing yes it's a hundred bucks it will likely outlast you you can get sm7b
like tones with some accessories it's great for podcasting with some accessories and for live
instrument miking it is amazing because it does so great a background noise rejection and on electric
guitar oh my god it sounds so good alright guys I guess that'll do it for today if you found this
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