Endgame Shure SM7b

[HiFiASMR]

The Shure SM7b microphone is one of the most widely used microphones on the market especially for YouTube. This is because it has excellent background noise isolation, a very natural flat tone, and good plosive protection. Its two main shortcomings are a dark pulled out treble and its need for almost 60dBs of preamp gain making it almost impossible to have a clean signal without preamp noise. Every preamp signal to noise decibel counts with this microphone:

Since this microphone needs so much gain:

Look for this spec on audio interface spec sheets and try to get an EIN as close to -132 dBu as possible:

Preamp specs for the Solid State Logic SSL 2 USB Audio Interface

Personally, I think the Shure SM7b has too much preamp hiss, is too low detailed, and dark sounding. 18dBa self noise is terrible just to use a dynamic microphone:

I Prefer sensitive bright condenser microphones with low self noise. So although it's a very popular microphone I will never use it by choice.

I tried to EQ the SM7b. What do you think, lol?
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[michael]

did i fuck up buying a ev re 20 instead of this monster under the bed phallus resembling sm7b

 

[HiFiASMR]

did i fuck up buying a ev re 20 instead of this monster under the bed phallus resembling sm7b

Sm7b is the more popular option. I think it's better to just get a sm7b like a normie at this point.

 

[michael]

Sm7b is the more popular option. I think it's better to just get a sm7b like a normie at this point.

i really dislike most dynamic mics, but i was forced to get one due to the lack of 1k to put into a neumann. i ended up siding with the ev because i thought it sounded less stuffy but tbh i probably would choose a sm7b now. i might consider switching to a sm7b or upgrading to a condenser because of the crappy self noise of my current, sounds like two jets having sex

 

[HiFiASMR]

i really dislike most dynamic mics, but i was forced to get one due to the lack of 1k to put into a neumann. i ended up siding with the ev because i thought it sounded less stuffy but tbh i probably would choose a sm7b now. i might consider switching to a sm7b or upgrading to a condenser because of the crappy self noise of my current, sounds like two jets having sex

Sm7b will have even more self noise than re20. Will need a preamp close to -130dbu preamp like a ssl2

 

[michael]

Sm7b will have even more self noise than re20. Will need a preamp close to -130dbu preamp like a ssl2

time to wage slave for a tlm 103