I second this totally. I do a podcast, and was using a couple EV re320s. After having to purchase more mics for more speakers, I decided to go with the sm57. Sounds the best for the cheapest, and looks soooo nice with that simple black windscreen on it!
Last time I ran FOH for a POTUS event was George W. Bush era, but it's always interesting. WHCA controlled the mutes and routing...you were told to never, ever touch your mute buttons. WHCA used 57s because they could literally find replacements in any city around the globe and the mics would always sound the same. Believe me, they knew the limitations. Btw, they may dress like civiians but the majority of WHCA folks are military. 😉 And yes, eq'ing a 57 for gain before feedback in a giant venue when it is a couple of feet away from the mouth sucks exactly as much as you would expect it to suck. I think I blew about twelve bands of parametric EQ on the damn thing one time in a high school fieldhouse.
That thing they did at the debates with the microphones, that was entirely on purpose. You couldn't convince me that the top tier professional sound guys they have working for major media networks had no idea fixing the mics in a location where it would be much lower for one person rather than the other wouldn't have a significant difference in the sound quality.
Impossible to say for certain. After being in many different corporate environments, I can say that always is the last consideration. The simplest explanation is that they wanted both podiums to look identical. Either way, it clearly influenced his choice of mic stand!
interestingly enough, the general notion is that SM58 is vocal whereas SM57 is an instrument microphone. According to Shure, the 57 and 58 microphones are actually based on the same cartridge design, the main difference is in the grille. The 58 was designed for vocal applications, and therefore uses a ball grille with built-in spherical filter that minimizes wind noise and vocal pops. The 57 is designed as an instrument microphone, where a smaller grille size is more practical and plosives are less of a concern. The 57 features an integral resonator/grille assembly, where the grille is actually part of the cartridge. This grille design gives the 57 a slightly higher output than the 58, above 5kHz, delivering sharper highs and robust bass. Although the 57 was originally intended for instrument applications, it is widely used as a vocal microphone because of the increased proximity effect and 5KHz frequency boost!
I think the increased proximity effect comes from the fact that you are practically on top of the cartridge. You can get a similar effect with the 58 by unscrewing the ball and getting on top of cartridge then.
He didn't switch because of the proximity effect. He wasn't ducking down onto the mic because of the proximity effect. He was ducking down on the mic because she was louder because she was closer. He swiched so he would always be the loudest. He doesn't care about the EQ on his voice, he cares about being loud.
That doesn't make sense to me. Those mics are so compressed, he couldn't possibly be louder. The only thing he would notice is the tone/presence from the proximity effect. I might be wrong though. I don't think anyone can say for certain what he's thinking at any given time.
Before I saw found this video, I asked the sound tech at the Trump Rally today in Ottumwa, IA (10/1/23) what mic he used for the podium. I was shocked to hear the SM57!! I run sound for college graduation addresses and will use this in the spring! One questions I didn't get a chance to ask today is: what are the processor settings for the mic? (including: gain, EQ and Comp/Limit). Does anyone have any answers to this? Thanks!!
siempre me pregunté el porqué dos micrófonos, pensaba que era algo mas por estética. Lo de Donald Trump y Hillary Clinton nos reafirma que estas personas prestan atención al detalle en cosas que cualquier otra persona o político pasa por alto.
Jordan, thank you for this review. I'm thinking about getting the sm57 VIP and connecting it to a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 3rd gen. Do you think I will need a preamp, cloudlifter or fathead? Thank you in advance.
@@kettnercreative Yea probably. It would be nice to get on here & actually hear it without all that if the point is to display the glorious sound of this mic. Any mic can sound great with all that extra processing added to it 🙄
Compression is good for speaking though because it evens out the volume of the louder and quieter parts as you speak, making you easier to understand overall.
