yo what's up I'm back with another microphone review for you guys so today I'm reviewing my
daily driver microphone the shure sm7b if you are interested in this microphone it'll set you
back about 400 bucks on Amazon as per usual link in the description for this video I have the mic
connected directly to the 2i2 2nd gen with my gain at about 90% I will do no post-processing
but I know I will have to boost this audio and post so check the doobly-doo for that
information now let's go ahead and talk about what comes in the box obviously it comes with
a microphone you stupid [ __ ] you get a 5/8 to 3/8 inch microphone stand adapter you get
an additional fatter windscreen to help with plosives and also cut down on some of those
higher frequencies you get a back panel cover to cover the switches on the back of the microphone
you get some documentation and goddamn it you get a frickin sticker as far as the build quality this
is another one of those cases where I think sure has set the gold standard for what to expect out
of broadcast microphones it has an all-metal construction a really nice amount of weight to
it and it's just sturdy and well thought-out all around on the back of the microphone you're gonna
find two switches one for a low-cut filter and another for a mid boost switch as you can see it
already has the mounting system attached so you'll connect to this directly to your stand as well as
connect your XLR port right there now some people may be thinking well how do you connect a shock
mount to this thing and to be honest you don't really need one because there is an internal air
suspension system to help with any sort of bumps to the microphone stand or handling noise as far
as specs this thing has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 50 Hertz to 20 kilohertz
a sensitivity of negative 59 decibels that's so quiet and an impedance of 150 or 300 ohms
so throughout this video I've been speaking into the microphone on flat mode and now let's go ahead
and play with the switches and show you how you can change the sound now I'm speaking into the
microphone with a low-cut field and this is how the audio sounds now I switched on the mid boost
and this is how the audio sounds with those extra mids in the mix and now I've enabled the low-cut
as well as the mid boost two switches and this is the sound that you would get out of the microphone
in this scenario and now I've switched it back to the flat mode and this is my personal preference
and this is how the microphone sounds once we add the bigger pop filter onto the mic as you
can tell it does decrease the higher frequencies just a little bit and this gives you an idea of
that sound now moving around the microphone what the actual polar pattern is and how the audio
sounds as we move around to the microphone and what kind of off axis rejection we get from this
mic now I'm banging on a keyboard with cherry MX blues directly behind the microphone to see how
much of my voice versus how much the keyboard a picks up so now I'm right up on the microphones
windscreen to demonstrate what kind of proximity effects you can get out of this microphone and
because this mic is so quiet just like the majority of other broadcast dynamic mics I do
always recommend picking up a mic activator like the cloud lifter cl1 or the FET head in this case
I have the FET head and it's allowed me to drop my game down to about 45 percent and get a really
nice level and decrease the amount of preamp noise that you're picking up in your recording
this mic may not be for you but I gotta say that this mic is great it's the mic I use every single
day I don't know what else to say I'll repeat this mic is great so what can i really say about this
thing I mean I love this microphone it's my daily driver and it's the mic that I've used on pretty
much every podcast I've recorded over the last three years so in terms of pros I think this mic
just sounds incredibly natural with an accurate sound reproduction it has the ability to adjust
the tone of the microphone with the switches on the back of it it also does a pretty good job
at background noise rejection while also being forgiving if you move slightly off axis which
is really beneficial if you're podcasting or if you're in a broadcast situation it has a frequency
response all the way up to 20 kilohertz and it's insanely durable and then in terms of cons it's
just really dang expensive and it's also really quiet as is the case with many dynamic microphones
so you'll just have to drive your preamps pretty hard or pick up a mic activator I think this mic
sounds good on the electric amazing on the voice but then on the acoustic guitar it leaves quite
a bit to be desired but the reason why I love this microphone so much is that you get all the
benefits of a broadcast dynamic microphone without being limited and what I mean by that is a lot of
broadcast dynamic microphones just offer you one tone and that's the super boomy radio voice which
is something you would never ever want on a musical recording and sure you can get that
tone out of this microphone with a little bit of processing but also you can record pop vocals on
this thing or record some screaming metal vocals it's just a lot more versatile of a microphone and
if you're paying 400 or $500 for a microphone I think you should be able to do more than one
thing with it and this microphone fulfills that need so when it comes down to it although I do
100% recommend this microphone I don't think it's for everybody because you don't have to spend $400
to sound good I think for the majority of people just picking up an sm58 or sm57 with a pop filter
would be perfectly sufficient and fulfill all your needs but if you do want to take it to that next
level and get that little bit of added frequency response from 18 to 20 kilohertz as well as an
improved low-end then I 100% recommend this microphone it's my daily driver it's gonna
continue to be my daily driver and this thing is just amazing in my personal opinion alright guys
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