greetings earthlings i'm back with a review of one of my favorite microphones that i have ever used
so today i'm reviewing this guy the shure sm58 if you are interested in this microphone it'll
set you back about a hundred bucks as per usual link in the description and for this video I've
connected the mic directly to the scarlett solo with the input gain set at 75 percent I will do
no post-processing to the audio but I may boost it in post so make sure to check the lower third for
more information now let's go and talk about what comes in the box obviously you're going
to get the microphone you get a microphone clip which does come with a 5/8 to 3/8 inch microphone
stand adapter you get a zippered pouch to carry everything and you get some documentation which
I no longer own as far as the build quality in my opinion this thing is the gold standard this thing
is built like an absolute tank you can find videos of it being run over by a semi-truck or being used
as a hammer and it still works after it goes through all that torture the body is all metal
and the grille is metal as well with some foam on the inside to help with the plosives as far
as specs this thing has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 50 Hertz to 15 kilohertz
a sensitivity of negative 54.5 decibels and an impedance of 150 or 300 ohms now I'm just passing
the microphone between my hands to demonstrate the handling noise of this microphone because it is
such a staple in live environments on stage now I'm spinning around the microphone to determine
what the actual polar pattern is and how the audio changes as we move around the microphones capsule
now I'm banging on a keyboard with cherry MX blue strictly behind the mic to see how much
of my voice versus how much of the keyboard it picks up one foot away from the microphone do
feet away from the microphone and four feet away from the microphone now I have the microphone
connected directly to my Mac using an XLR to USB cable I just wanted to include this test
because I know people will ask about it but I do not recommend this method of connecting a mic to
your computer at all I just wanted to include it because it will save me from answering questions
in the now I have the mic connected to a cloud lifter cl1 and then into the scarlett solo and
this is a mic activator which is a device that I recommend to anybody who's serious about recording
and really wants to use a dynamic microphone and what it does is it takes 48 volt phantom power and
turns it into about 25 decibels of clean gain so this has allowed me to drop my gain on the focus
right down to about 40 percent so it'll give you a much cleaner signal and make it easier to work
with and post and do all that this mic is great I think that if I had to pick one mic this would be
it so when it comes down to it I just love this mic and if you couldn't tell by the song if I
had to pick a single microphone for you tubing podcasting and just demoing out music this would
probably be it so in terms of pros this thing is just insanely durable so you don't have to
be overly protective of it in my opinion it sounds really nice especially on the voice because that
is what it was tuned for and lastly it just has really nice noise rejection so if you're using
this in a live environment or a noisy environment it should perform well there and then in terms of
cons it just has an insanely low sensitivity so you will have to drive your preamps pretty hard
like I already mentioned the scarlett solo is set at 75 percent and I'll probably have to do
quite a bit of boosting and post as well so if you're looking for a live microphone a podcast
microphone or even a studio microphone this thing in my opinion is amazing and I 100% recommend it
just keep in mind you need to be right on top of the microphone in order to get the best sound all
right guys I guess that's going to do it for today if you found this video full and it's particular
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