Shure SM7B
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The Shure SM7B is a professional dynamic microphone that enhances your voice while blocking out distractions, best used for voiceover, ADR, radio, and podcasts. It has a flat, wide-range frequency response, bass roll-off, and midrange emphasis controls, and is shielded against electromagnetic hum and broadband interference.
It features an effective pop filter and is shipped with an A7WS detachable close-talk windscreen, having an easy-to-mount and dismount yoke using a captive stand nut. It using the cardioid polar pattern ensures off-axis rejection while recording a wide range of sounds, voices with a deep baritone, or a high soprano, be it a whisper, the Shure SM7B is the right mic for the job.
Shure SM7B being dynamic functions relatively simple like a speaker in reverse, inside a magnetic field is a small coil of wire, that is attached to a diaphragm which moves with the changing sound pressure. The coil converts the movement into an electrical signal that can be recorded.
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The Shure SM7B comes with a shock mount, most condenser microphones come with a shock mount, which is circular and make use of an elastic suspension that helps reduce vibrations transferred by any contact surfaces that have equipment that can cause audio interference.
Shure SM7B comes with a pop filter, this filter is a great tool for improving your audio. A pop filter diffuses the pressure of the air coming from certain vocal sounds, e.g., plosives (p sounds),. This helps capture a cleaner recording without those ear-piercing exaggerations.
Shure SM7B has the cardioid polar pattern, mics that use this pattern have a wide on-axis reception area and max rejection at 180° off-axis. To further explain, this pattern is more directional and sensitive to the front of the microphone in the on-axis position, and reduces in sensitivity towards the sides and a zero point in the rear of the mic.
Shure SM7B has its lowest frequency at 50Hz, a microphone that can pick a low frequency below 30Hz is best for snares, and toms, or if you're looking for a bass drum microphone.
The Shure SM7B's upper limiting frequency is 20,000Hz, which implies that sound waves at a frequency above this won't be captured. In a perfect world, a mic's frequency response would be a one-to-one reproduction, however, some vibrations are lost along the way and bits of the info never makes it to the output recording.
Shure SM7B's sensitivity is measured at 1.1mV/Pa, this tells you what the electrical output of a microphone will be for a given acoustic input. The higher the number, the more sensitive the microphone is.