greetings Earthlings I'm back with another edition of the vs. series so today we're
going to be comparing the shure sm57 sm58 and sm7b to see which one is the best and I'm sure
the outcome will be surely shocking I'm so sorry now for the test I connected the mic to the 2i 2
2nd gen I will not do any post-processing but I will likely boost the levels in post so you
can check the doobly-doo to see what I set the gain at and how much I boosted them but first
let's go ahead and briefly talk about the build quality of these things both the sm57 and sm58
are handheld style microphones with all-metal bodies and a very similar weight the sm58 does
have a metal ball windscreen on the end while the sm57 has no wind protection at all and it
has a plastic casing around the sides of the capsule the sm7b is more of a studio style
microphone with an all-metal construction and an exterior windscreen it has the mount already
installed and it also has a high pass and Presents boost switch available on the rear which we will
not be using now let's jump right into the tests right now I'm speaking into the shure sm57 which
will set you back about $100 it has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency response of 40 Hertz
to 15 kilohertz a sensitivity of around negative 56 decibels and an impedance of 310 ohms now I'm
speaking into the shure sm58 this thing will also set you back about $100 it has a cardioid
polar pattern a frequency response of 50 Hertz to 15 kilohertz a sensitivity of around negative
fifty four and a half decibels and an impedance of 300 ohms and now I'm speaking into the shure
sm7b which will set you back around $400 this thing has a cardioid polar pattern a frequency
response of 50 Hertz to 20 kilohertz a sensitivity of around negative 59 decibels and an impedance
of 150 ohms zero degrees on the sm57 moving around to 90 degrees will move around to 100
80 degrees and then we will continue around to 90 back around to zero degrees zero degrees on the
sm58 moving around to 90 degrees will continue back around to 180 degrees continue spinning it
around to 90 degrees and then will continue and end back on the front zero degrees on the sm7b
moving around to 90 degrees we'll go ahead and move around to 180 degrees to show you the rear
will continue back around to ninety degrees and then continue back around to the front now I'm
testing the background noise rejection of the sm57 by typing on a keyboard with cherry MX
blues now I'm testing the background noise of the sm58 now I'm testing the Cherry MX blues with the
sm7b now I'm right on top of the sm57 to show you what you can do with the proximity effect
on this thing now I'm right on top of the sm58 to show you the proximity effect on this thing
I'm right on top of the sm7b to show you what you can do with the proximity effect on this thing
hey which of these mics do you like I know which one I'd personally come what will you
pick I surely do not know so will you please tell me in the comments down below and the winner of
this versus series is the sm7b which I will of course explain in a second but I do want to go
ahead and point out that I think every single one of these microphones excels at something the sm57
just sounded awesome on the instruments because it has a little bit of extra treble which just
adds a life to the sound the sm58 works amazingly for live vocals because first up it's built like
a tank I just dent in my desk additionally it has a presence boost to help your vocals cut
through a mix but it's not overly boosted in the treble range so it doesn't sound harsh and then
the sm7b just sounds awesome on spoken-word and singing because it has a flatter mid and treble
frequency range yielding a warmer sound that's just easy to listen to and the last thing I'll
say about all these microphones is that these are all insanely versatile microphones if you
buy any of them you're gonna find about a million and a half uses for them in your studio so I just
wanted to point out that I don't think you could really go wrong by picking up any of these but
since I had to pick one I went with the sm7b and the main reason I went with the sm7b is because
it does have that flatter frequency response which I personally prefer now on the screen
here I highlighted the area of the frequency range where I think the sm7b really excels you can see
that without any of the presence boosts or cuts enabled it is a much more neutral tone which to
my ears is just much more pleasing and much more easy to listen to additionally if you do want to
go ahead and get a little bit more presence this does have a presence boost switch on it which I
have just enabled and you can go ahead and get that but I prefer it to be in the flat mode now
one huge downside to the sm7b is the sensitivity or the output its output is around negative 59
decibels compared to negative 56 and negative 54 and a half so if you're picking this guy up you
will need one heck of a preamp or interface for instance on the - I - I think my gain is set at
around 4 o'clock or 3:30 and even though the 2i2 is a really good interface in my opinion it's on
the verge of being too noisy when you're driving at this hard so just keep that in mind if you go
with the sm7b you gonna need a really powerful preamp and there you have it that is gonna do it
got a drum with the microphones on my desk because they can do that and you know what I want to hear
from you guys in the comments down I probably shouldn't do that even though they are built like
tanks I want to hear from me in the comments down below which one do you like the best do you think
the sm7b is the best do you think it's worth the extra $300 I personally do but yeah I want to hear
from you guys down below and if you enjoyed the video thumbs up hated it thumbs down let me know
in the comments down below also what microphones you want to see me compare and future versa series
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