...to be honest, it's more like before anything stick a 57 on it!
This microphone is pretty much the industry standard when it comes to microhphones. For anything that doesn't really need a condenser, or for anyone who can't affoard one I'll add, the 57 is their microphone.
It's unidirectional, so it picks up a bit of ambience and it's cardoid.
The cardoid pattern is maximum input from directly in front, and stays wide and curls in when it comes to behind the microphone. Kind of looks like a bum or an upside down heart, hence cardoid.
The frequency ranges from 50hz to 15,00hz which means it leaves out most low hum and high feedback, everything in between these frequencies are usually what you want to come through.
It's durable as anything, recording, live sound or even just speaking.
If your recording a guitar amp, get this 57 on the grill and give the amp full whack, it picks it up amazingly.
The microphone also sounds pretty good on snare drums and bongo's congas etc.
Shure also reccomend it for woodwinds however I have no experience of this.
And here's another interesting fact from shure: It has been the standard microphone used on the podium for the president for the past 30 years.
And on that note I should end, if it's good enough for Mr. President, It's good enough for your little home recording, your studio or your gig rig.
Prices range from around 30-40 on ebay. And 60-80 in shops.
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For some reason I still don't own one of these - though I have a full set of akg drum mics aswell as 2 c100s. Thought the review was pretty good - could have maybe put a bit more info on it, though I'm not sure this is the place people would come to find out about microphones anyway! Rob
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