CoolCat
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I was wondering why I didn't hear much difference in my SM7b and SM58, and kind of preferred the SM58.
Looking at specs, the patterns are very similar in "bad room" rejection, cardioid design.
Then the freq chart made me realize something too. Whats the first thing I would do with a SM7b vocal track? Add 10khz, add some sparkle and the SM58 already has a lot of that going on. The other habit is slapping on a HPF cutting out low end, whatever 100 to 150hz or 80,,etc.... making the mics even more similar.
Of course the SM7b has the option to be more versatile with the little EQ sliders built into the mic, but I never used them much due to having eq in the plugins.
The SM7b is worth the cash extra I guess, I love the metal grill and foam covers etc..but the SM58 a few inches away works fine too and Im not running around much in my closet sized bedroom space when doing vocal or playing a guitar. (usually sitting these days) so capsule distance isn't hard to lock in with the SM58.
Then the "bad room bedroom closet studio" thing was previously determined that the Dynamics helped a lot and so the Higher Sensitivity LDC's I had, KSM 27,32, 44 , SM81 etc...and the patterns they presented didn't help eliminating the room and dogs barking outside and life noises were much more present with the great crisp LDC and SDC's....Dynamics made the accumulative tracking quieter and though I love the dogs, I didn't feel their barking was something I preferred to be picked up with the acoustic guitar track.
Of course Shure is having a sale on several mics...$50 off the KSM32, $100 off the 44, $20 off the BETA 58 etc..etc..until March 16.
GAS strikes.....Ive never tried the BETA SM58A SuperCardioid mic?
Anyone have experience with the cardiod vs supercardiod? pro's, cons, no difference?
Looking at specs, the patterns are very similar in "bad room" rejection, cardioid design.
Then the freq chart made me realize something too. Whats the first thing I would do with a SM7b vocal track? Add 10khz, add some sparkle and the SM58 already has a lot of that going on. The other habit is slapping on a HPF cutting out low end, whatever 100 to 150hz or 80,,etc.... making the mics even more similar.
Of course the SM7b has the option to be more versatile with the little EQ sliders built into the mic, but I never used them much due to having eq in the plugins.
The SM7b is worth the cash extra I guess, I love the metal grill and foam covers etc..but the SM58 a few inches away works fine too and Im not running around much in my closet sized bedroom space when doing vocal or playing a guitar. (usually sitting these days) so capsule distance isn't hard to lock in with the SM58.
Then the "bad room bedroom closet studio" thing was previously determined that the Dynamics helped a lot and so the Higher Sensitivity LDC's I had, KSM 27,32, 44 , SM81 etc...and the patterns they presented didn't help eliminating the room and dogs barking outside and life noises were much more present with the great crisp LDC and SDC's....Dynamics made the accumulative tracking quieter and though I love the dogs, I didn't feel their barking was something I preferred to be picked up with the acoustic guitar track.
Of course Shure is having a sale on several mics...$50 off the KSM32, $100 off the 44, $20 off the BETA 58 etc..etc..until March 16.
GAS strikes.....Ive never tried the BETA SM58A SuperCardioid mic?
Anyone have experience with the cardiod vs supercardiod? pro's, cons, no difference?