Shure

Need the skinny on the new Shure Professional Headphone series? So did we, so we went to the source at the AES show. Each of the four new models is described and compared in this helpful video.  

New Shure SRH750D headphones are sure to please DJs in need of lots of bass and and max power handling. Up the bass and mix comfortably with this pair, which has all the practical features you need, like 90-degree swivel ear cups, replaceable parts, a long coiled cable, and more.  

For those of us who might emotionally shut down when presented with the challenge of amplifying an instrument without a cable jack, Ian Anderson waxes practical on the subject of flute mics. Not only flute mics, but mics for a flute played in a rock band in, shall we say, large venues. I dunno about you, but I sure wanna go into a corner and cry.  

Professional quality headphones used to have a limited market in the form of recording studios and other professional audio applications. In an aim to break into today's home recording phenomenon and portable consumer audio, the Shure SRH840, SRH440, and SRH240 have been introduced to cater to today's demands.  

So there's this waiter at my favorite restaurant who's affirmative response is "sure, sure" in a disproportionately high pitched voice compared to everything else he says. It'd be great to have him introduce these two new Shure USB mics at Winter NAMM 2009, but maybe we'll save that for a future video.  

With its ancestry branching back to the KSM109, the Shure SM137 makes its debut at Winter NAMM 2009. This amp has a 15 dB pad switch and a super high SPL to handle almost anything . . . but it can't handle the truth, no matter how badly it wants to.  

We're back at Winter NAMM 2009 where Shure shows us two new large diaphragm condenser mics. The PG27 is the Miguel Cairo of the series, comfortable playing any position a recording mic would take while the PG42 is more suited for the spotlight as a lead vocal mic.  

With a nod to both the hi-fi audio detail of the KSM line and the road-ruggedness of the SM-series, the new Shure SM27 is a condenser without pretense, equally at home in the classiest studio or the dirtiest tour bus.  

Picking topics to cover at the Shure booth was like "Sophie's Choice" this year: do we try and score a quick Q & A with the new metal champions Mastodon, who were signing whatever was proffered them, or get footage of the new Shure X2u in-line XLR-to-USB adapter-interface? Hmm. . .  

The Shure SM58 is probably the most widely recognizable live performance mic, and it is for a reason. Even after Cowboy Mouth's Regina Zernay swore by another mic for a year, she ended up returning to the industry standard as frontman Fred LeBlanc explains.  

Bill Holland is impressed by the Shure PGX4 Wireless Receiver's ability to streamline the frequency assigning process. Now he can mike up the chorus line in a jiffy and put all his energies into directing his children's theater version of All That Jazz.  

Owen O'Malley lends his vocal talents to the Shure SM7B, a microphone that is very widely used by radio DJs and TV broadcasters. What's that mean for you? You're in the no spin zone! Welcome to the O'Reilly factor.  

I think Shure and Sennheiser are in a wireless arms race to see who can make the most concealable wireless equipment. The UR1M is not only a highly clandestine transmitter, it's also treated for moisture protection.  

The Shure 55SH Series II is for the singers who really like a mic that gets right up in their face. With old school charm and a cardioid pickup pattern, this mic takes center stage.  

We talk to Sarah Teeple of the Ladybirds about one of the two microphones she uses on stage. The Shure Beta 58A is a highly touted dynamic mic with a supercardioid pattern that comes in handy.  

Don't confuse low-end presence with low-end presents. Low-end presents are what poor kids like me got for Christmas, and low-end presence, as FOH engineer Shelly Steffens explains, is something you'll get out of the Shure Beta 52. I grew up on the streets.  

Mike Ward -- head sound engineer at Suncrest Christian Church -- invited GW to soundcheck to check out the church's compliment of condenser mics, and to let us in on the "Good News" about the Countryman e6i headworn omnidirectional wireless element.  

Like Journey's new lead singer Arnel Pineda, the differences between the Sennheiser e609 Silver and the Shure SM57 seem to be only skin-deep. That's right, if you close your eyes, both mics sound EXACTLY like Steve Perry.  

Mike Mangione's new CD, Tenebrae, due for release August 3, is a departure for the normally acoustic-minded artist. He talks about the departure and the gear he uses.  

À Rebours' Ian Stone talks, in detail, about the band's live set up and the gear that makes it all work.  

Neurosonic's Jason Darr, talks about his hardware, his mics and one wish item. Leave suggestions for great guitar plug ins.  

Allejandro, who does live sound for Dengue Fever, advises to bring some mics on the road with you. His Sennheiser MD 421 is like the utility infielder while a Shure Beta 87 usually gets the start on vocals.  

Quick, can you guess what Donita Sparks and Bono have in common? Other than that fact that both lead alphanumerically monikered rock bands? They both like tracking vocals with an SM58 in their hands.  

Will this madness ever cease? Can't we do something about the prevalence of mic-on-mic violence in this country? Yes we can. We can film it, and you can watch it. And you can tell everyone you know.  

Owen O'Malley is back as ringleader in the continuing Audix-Shure throwdown. This episode pits an OM2 against the venerable SM58 for the title of mid-priced dynamic vocal mic champ.  

In one corner, hailing from Oregon in the United States and weighing in at 6.5 ounces, AUDIX i5!

In the other corner, from Illinois, USA, weighing in at 10 ounces, Shure SM57!

 

Singer, guitarist and bassist, Nat Johnson of Derby talks a little about bass guitars and his microphone choices.  

Maybe the Shure SM58 isn't the first mic you'd choose to mic a saxophone, but it's likely the mic your local sound guy will have to mic your saxophone (if not a 57). Bruce Lamont of Yakuza realizes this and has spent his own time getting to know the SM58's properties on his sax.  

I, for one, am no C-SPAN junkie; as far as I know, the senate could be voting on a line item that's calling for the requisitioning of my left lung under the auspices of "eminent domain," but if you're at all involved in the audio industry -- particularly if you work with wireless -- you'll want to be keeping up with all the DTV-shift-inspired UHF bandwidth reallocation malarkey.  

The new Shure UR1M bodypack transmitter is so small that it'd be complete insanity not to get one implanted inside of you. Gearwire recommends you surgically install yours as a DIY project*.

* Gearwire absolutely does not recommend this.