Shure SM7

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So if you found that the this Shure SM7B, maybe this tone is too mid heavy. Maybe you want to go and actually bump up the high boost there on the on t...

It's just a lot more versatile of a microphone and if you're paying 400 or 500 dollars for a microphone I think you should be able to do more than one...

But hey, these things are also indestructible. Let me give you some surprising facts about this very microphone, this individual microphone. It's been...

[Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes](https://youtu.be/EctynXELdvM) really thrives on a "darker" (less high frequency sensitivity) mic like the SM7 because she's got high end to spare and less low end. Someone like [Tyler who has a smooth beautiful low end to his voice can benefit from a nice condenser with more high end sensitivity. >liking stage mics for recording voiceover because they're naturally very good at cutting out background noise.

Depending on your voice (and budget), the Shure SM7 is a good option, but it costs a bit more, and may require an interface with a lot of gain headroom, as it needs a fair bit of amplification to sound at its best. The focusrite scarlett 2i2 is the world’s best selling interface for a reason. The preamps are pretty good, and you get lots of free plugins bundled with it. On a side note, don’t get a zoom recorder for this.

The SM7 has a very specific sound. If that’s the sound you want, great, but it’s nothing at all like the AT. I wouldn’t consider it an upgrade as much as analogous to switching from a paintbrush to a roller. Both are useful, but they don’t do the same thing.