Shure SM 7 B Reviews

Awesome Mic

Fits most vocalists and can record almost anything! Great on wind instruments too, like a scottish bagpipe that is very loud. Can't go wrong with it.

Gain

Didnt have enough gain on my focusrite for good levels. Good quality sould though.

Great Mic

I use it mostly for metal vocals and rock vocals. Its a good all rounder and very clear and precise but unless you are driving it with a good pre amp then this isn't the mic for you.

Sounds lovely

Great sounding mic. Perfect for home studio with little treatment. Great on wide variety of sources. Mainly use it for vocals. Has a very crisp 'Condenser-like' sound for a dynamic mic. One thing to note is you need a half decent pre-amp as it needs a lot of gain. Amazing mic though.

Great Mic for home studio

As you can see on YouTube , this is the most used microphone for home studios. Its very good especially when you have no proper acoustic treated room. The only downside is that you need very good preamp ( I am using GAP-73 ) so the final price is almost doubled - but the quality and sound are perfect.

Brilliant Dynamic Mic

I've been using this mic primarily to record voice-overs for home video-productions and the clarity, and quality is fantastic.

I'm looking forward to using this in amore musical context but zero complaints so far.

Great legendary mic!

Not only for vocals but for guitar/bass cabs, snares, trumpets, sax etc.

(beware of using a good and strong preamp for the job!

excellent mic :)

i use it together with apollo twin and results are great :) clear sound, robust material, excellent in home production environment.

massive gain or forget it, not for VO

You need gain to use this mic. don't even try it on your 2i2 even with a cloudlifter CL1. You need well over 65dbs of gain to get it's infamous pop/rock perfection. As good as it sounds, you can't use it for voice over or narration because of a lack of definition in the crucial frequencies.

2nd one I have bought!

This is a tank of a microphone, you can scream in to it or record loud guitar cabs, it will take anything.

You do however need a good pre amp, as its a low output microphone.

Great crossover mic

Used the SM7B in vocals, guitar amp and also as a room mic. Great clarity and sound quality, close to matching a condenser, without needing the extra 48V of power. Only thing you have to be careful with, is that it needs at least 60dB of average gain from your preamp.

Not for the bedroom musicians.

I'm not going to lie, this is overall an amazing microphone for almost everything. BUT, I wouldn't recommend this mic for someone who doesn't have a really good mic pre's to power this beast. Unless you haven't already invested in a good interface or pre's you won't get THAT CHARM of SM7B and are better off with some budget condenser mic.

MICROPHONE OF THE STARS

My dream microphone has always been a Neumann U-87. I finally bought one for my studio last year, and it is an amazing microphone, but not for every voice, because it?s very sensitive. I?d seen a few videos of Dave Grohl from Foo Fighters using an SM 7B in the studio, and did some research to find out what microphone it was. In my research I found the Green Day also records with the SM 7B, and Michael Jackson recorded the entire "Thriller" album with it. It?s a great alternative mic to the Neumann U-87, because it needs a LOT of gain 60db to even function, and you can literally get right up on it and scream without it clipping. And the sound quality is great. Very affordable microphone with amazing sound. Very happy with my purchase.

Nice microphone

Great on Vocals. Used it on Female Vocals with great resultat. Makes a thin voice bigger.

It?s really Nice to have access to a lowcut filter to reduce lowend rumble.

The only dissadvantage is that it needs alot of gain from your Preamp or interface.

I use it with a cloudlifter to get more gain with great results.

Great value for the price.

Best microphone till now

This is the best microphone i had till this day, in terms of sound, As everyone is saying, if you have a simple audio interface, like focusrite or something, the microphone will sound too low. You will need to buy an external preamp like the Cloudlifter Cl-1

Nothing to say. It's SM7 )

classy mic

very good mic for recording male voice, guitar

It's not legendary for nothing.

Whoa! I heard really a lots of recording made with this microphone, and was looking for a lots of reviews and tests before buying it, but it still blew my mind when I plugged it in and the sound what right on spot without doing anything, just setting the gain!

It just a brilliant microphone and it's really not a legendary for nothing.

Must Have

Designed for radio voices, but it has a lot of uses. A must have in my opinion for heavy vocals, screams, growls, any kind of heavy vocals. Works great for Hip Hop as well. You can use it for guitar tracking, drums shells, really you can't go wrong with this mic. Has a low cut and a mid range boost you can toggle on and off. GET THIS.

Fantastic mic

I bought this as an alternative to my condenser mic for vocals.

Brilliant sound, although I do EQ a fair bit after, and great background noise reduction if you're tracking in a less than ideal environment.