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September 6, 2024:
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Shure has released the MV6 gaming microphone. It’s a dynamic, USB-C connected microphone (with a stand); its software offers auto-level and a “popper stopper”, but no compression or complex EQ.
August 21, 2024:
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Shure has released the SM4 “home recording microphone”. It’s a side-address, condenser microphone: the release and website neglects to mention XLR or USB, but it’s a 48v-powered XLR, since you wondered.
July 9, 2024:
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Who uses what equipment to make their podcast? The Podcast Host has run their 2024 Podcaster Gear survey. The most popular microphone is a Blue Yeti; but those who have been podcasting more than five years gravitate to a Shure MV7, SM7B, or SM58. (We currently use a Lewitt Audio Ray, since you’re asking.)
April 11, 2024:
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Shure has released the MV7+ microphone, which now has a USB-C connection, and a redesigned LED display.
March 14, 2024:
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The Podcast Host reviews the Shute SM7db, the version of the SM7b with a pre-amp inside it, for why you might want it.
March 6, 2024:
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Shure has unveiled the MoveMic Microphone System - calling it the world’s smallest and best-sounding wireless lavalier system. “Nobody wants a big, bulky microphone distracting from their next shot,” the company says, driving its tanks down the røde towards its competitor...
January 22, 2024:
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In the US, President Biden made a welcome new statement, according to “very real video games news site” Hard Drive.
October 2, 2023:
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Shure released the SM7dB. This version of the notoriously quiet microphone now contains an in-built preamp.
August 16, 2023:
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First covered in Podnews way back in March, Shure have released the MVX2U, a way to turn any XLR microphone into a USB one. The tool works with the ShurePlus Motiv app, allowing in-built EQ and compression.
March 13, 2023:
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Microphone manufacturer Shure is building the Shure MVX2U, a small attachment to turn any XLR microphone into a USB-C device. It's compatible with the company's Motiv desktop application for compression and EQ. Hank, from Free Podcast Tools, has found the manual for the as-yet unlaunched product.
November 29, 2022:
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YAYMERCH15 - we like the SM58 bottle opener, just saying.
September 22, 2022:
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The Joe Cole Cast from BT Sport, hosted by Audioboom, is fascinating to watch on YouTube. It's recorded using two Shure MV7 microphones that are a) too far away, but possibly more importantly, b) aren't plugged in. To anything. At all. How does it work? How can we hear them, Nick Hilton wonders?
September 12, 2022:
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Eminem uses a Shure SM7B microphone to podcast with, we discover; as does his daughter.
July 11, 2022:
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The Podcast Host review the Shure MV88+ microphone. If you listen to our podcast, it's now our travel microphone (so you heard it for the last two weeks).
May 27, 2022:
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In Podland News this week, we recorded in Shure's studio at The Podcast Show. There are interviews with Shure, RSS, The Podcast Show organisers, and Lemonada Media: and we inexplicably have a new sponsor this week alongside Buzzsprout and SquadCast. Nobody remembers signing the contract for this one, though.
December 21, 2021:
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A new version of software for the Shure MV7, the ShurePlus MOTIV desktop, is now available. v1.2.1 now natively supports Apple Silicon Macs.
September 30, 2021:
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Shure has released the Shure MV7x, a version of the MV7 with just an XLR connection. Bandrew Scott says, in a review, that "the XLR output sounds 10x better than the XLR output on the original MV7". The company recently sponsored a category in the International Women's Podcast Awards.
August 24, 2021:
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Shure has been announced as the headline partner for the International Women's Podcast Awards. The ceremony is in London on Sep 23.
July 27, 2021:
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What's behind the year-over-year decrease in podcast downloads for June 2021? Podtrac posts a blog, confirming what we reported on July 2 - a bug in Apple Podcasts has resulted in at least a 20% dip in downloads on the platform. The fix was rolled out on July 20; so you'll see big increases in August: and, really, they were up 5%, they say.
July 20, 2021:
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Shure has announced a new MV7 Podcast Kit which includes the microphone and a matching mini tripod, allowing a complete out-of-the-box solution for new podcasters for an extra $20 or £10. The company has also produced a guide to How To Record Your First Podcast.
April 30, 2021:
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Twenty Thousand Hertz has a special episode about the Shure SM7, the microphone most favoured by podcasters.
November 4, 2020:
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Elsie Escobar criticises Shure in the latest edition of The Feed from Libsyn, for seemingly giving every single one of their review units of the new Shure MV7 microphone to men. "It's not about wanting free stuff: it's the fact that there is an unrepresented community here. Consider expanding your relationships with just not the same dudes."
October 27, 2020:
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Shure have launched the Shure MV7 microphone. US$249, it gets a glowing review in Forbes. With XLR and USB output and an app to help control it, it's based on the Shure SM7B used by Michael Jackson, Joe Rogan, and Roman Mars.
September 7, 2020:
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Shure SM58 Review - The Podcast Host calls it "The Apocalypse Survival Mic"
May 8, 2020:
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Wednesday: a free webinar from Shure, on "microphone selection and placement for podcasting and mobile recording". Wonder what brand of microphones they'll recommend? It's at 11am Central US.
August 19, 2019:
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At Podcast Movement, Evo Terra spotted Podnews being recorded. On the road, we use a Shure MOTIV MV5 microphone, into Hindenburg Journalist Pro. (The Hindy link is one they advertise here occasionally, which gives a 90-day free trial). Our podcast is over here.