Why are you using it then, in your none studio home inviorment?😅 stop telling us what to do. Shure sm7b is a sure way to go of you wanna do streaming or music recording period
Whoa. Okay. So the 50 dollar mic is the CHEAP mic? I've been running a 20 dollar dynamic, and it works pretty well. I was thinking of using it to make some youtube videos (I've been using a lapel mic).
I'm a bit of an audiophile, so I can tell certain differences when it comes to other microphones and the Shure SM7B. I'm still tweaking the audio with mine to make it sound a bit better, but I think I have a bit too much compression. Not really sure. Even though you don't play a ton, the simple fact that you record ocarina on your channel and are looking for comparisons when it comes to sound quality, I think the SM7B is a great microphone for you! The MV7 is pretty good as well, I've used it! However, it can do a bit better by buying a Shure SM7B windscreen for it and replacing the default one that comes with it for that one. It helps with the plosives. A lot of people also don't realize but the Shure SM57 (SM literally stands for Studio Microphone), but the SM7B is really derived from the SM57. Putting a decent windscreen on the SM57 can also yield some excellent results for a quarter of the price and is also decent to use for instruments and vocals. I know for a fact that I don't use mine to its full potential either so I just keep on playing around with it to see what sounds best. Do you use a cloudlifter with yours or can your default equipment handle the task itself? Like you said, it's pretty gain hungry and requires about 50db of clean gain just to sound decent. This really is a great video, Andy! People generally pick the SM7B not really for the sound, but because they like the look of it. Me personally, I just like the way it sounds. :3
100% agree that it's possible to tell the difference between "good" mics and "studio" mics! Biggest thing that irks me is that people think upgrading their tech will fix problems that require upgrading skills, like gain staging, mic technique, etc. Most creators simply don't need a studio mic and could definitely get an SM57 with a windscreen and call it a day. I also do use a cloudlifter because my XLR interface has a bad preamp (though it was free from my last job)
@@AndyCormierYT Absolutely agreed! Something that you touched on, if you're not going to be using your microphone live, post-editing your sound can make even a cheap microphone sound really good. It's rare to plug in a microphone and have it sound "perfect" the first time. It can require lots of tinkering in software like OBS Studio or even an XLR mixer if you have one. Putting effort into the microphone you currently have can save you money in the long run because I've seen where people went out and bought an SM7B and called it a waste of money because they simply don't know how to set it up correctly to sound good. And gee Andy, even with a bad preamp, that sounds like quite a score if you got it for free! If something doesn't work quite right, think outside the box and get it working another way. It's what I love to do! Looking forward to tomorrow's video! :)
The SM7B's out-of-box profile is actually pretty flat/muddy. It provides an amazing canvas upon which to color your sound w/ EQ, compression, and other processes, but most people buying $50-100 USB mics want their ideal sound profile with little/no effort. A USB mic with a muddy sound probably wouldn't sell well even if it has the potential to sound similar to the SM7B
It may not be the tool but your knowledge of the tool.
Just a heads up you are using the mic correctly
Why are you using it then, in your none studio home inviorment?😅 stop telling us what to do. Shure sm7b is a sure way to go of you wanna do streaming or music recording period
Whoa. Okay. So the 50 dollar mic is the CHEAP mic?
I've been running a 20 dollar dynamic, and it works pretty well. I was thinking of using it to make some youtube videos (I've been using a lapel mic).
I'm a bit of an audiophile, so I can tell certain differences when it comes to other microphones and the Shure SM7B. I'm still tweaking the audio with mine to make it sound a bit better, but I think I have a bit too much compression. Not really sure. Even though you don't play a ton, the simple fact that you record ocarina on your channel and are looking for comparisons when it comes to sound quality, I think the SM7B is a great microphone for you! The MV7 is pretty good as well, I've used it! However, it can do a bit better by buying a Shure SM7B windscreen for it and replacing the default one that comes with it for that one. It helps with the plosives.
A lot of people also don't realize but the Shure SM57 (SM literally stands for Studio Microphone), but the SM7B is really derived from the SM57. Putting a decent windscreen on the SM57 can also yield some excellent results for a quarter of the price and is also decent to use for instruments and vocals. I know for a fact that I don't use mine to its full potential either so I just keep on playing around with it to see what sounds best. Do you use a cloudlifter with yours or can your default equipment handle the task itself? Like you said, it's pretty gain hungry and requires about 50db of clean gain just to sound decent. This really is a great video, Andy! People generally pick the SM7B not really for the sound, but because they like the look of it. Me personally, I just like the way it sounds. :3
100% agree that it's possible to tell the difference between "good" mics and "studio" mics! Biggest thing that irks me is that people think upgrading their tech will fix problems that require upgrading skills, like gain staging, mic technique, etc. Most creators simply don't need a studio mic and could definitely get an SM57 with a windscreen and call it a day.
I also do use a cloudlifter because my XLR interface has a bad preamp (though it was free from my last job)
@@AndyCormierYT Absolutely agreed! Something that you touched on, if you're not going to be using your microphone live, post-editing your sound can make even a cheap microphone sound really good. It's rare to plug in a microphone and have it sound "perfect" the first time. It can require lots of tinkering in software like OBS Studio or even an XLR mixer if you have one. Putting effort into the microphone you currently have can save you money in the long run because I've seen where people went out and bought an SM7B and called it a waste of money because they simply don't know how to set it up correctly to sound good.
And gee Andy, even with a bad preamp, that sounds like quite a score if you got it for free! If something doesn't work quite right, think outside the box and get it working another way. It's what I love to do! Looking forward to tomorrow's video! :)
Then why don't brands just make actually cheap mics that sound like sm7b out of the box? Say for like $50 and via USB
The SM7B's out-of-box profile is actually pretty flat/muddy. It provides an amazing canvas upon which to color your sound w/ EQ, compression, and other processes, but most people buying $50-100 USB mics want their ideal sound profile with little/no effort. A USB mic with a muddy sound probably wouldn't sell well even if it has the potential to sound similar to the SM7B