What is Shure SM81 good for?

What is Shure SM81 good for?

Shure SM81-LC is a very neutral and transparent instrument condenser with electret bias. It is mainly used in studios for recording of guitars, pianos and cymbals but it’s also suitable for a wide range of different instruments.

What are polar patterns in microphones?

Polar patterns refer to the sensitivity of any given microphone to sounds arriving from different angles, to its central axis. As we can see, the shape of the polar pattern touches the outermost circle at zero degrees, falling below -5 dB at the 90 and 270 decibel points.

Is the Shure SM81 good for piano?

Shure SM81 Review Delivering natural, crisp, better, and neutral sounds is what this microphone is known for, and this makes the Shure SM81 microphone a good recommendation for acoustics. As long as you have a good idea of where to place this microphone, you will get the best sounds when used with a piano.

What does the SM81 microphone do?

The microphone has a 10dB attenuator to mute a bit instrument if it is needed (good news for drummers). SM81 has cardioid polar pattern which means that only direct sounds will be recorded, this microphone also has really powerful output level and low distortion over a wide range of impedances.

What is the phantom power range of the Shure SM81?

Shure SM81 is working with phantom power range from 11 to 52Vdc. We don’t recommend to use this mic with phantom power lower than 48Vdc as it’ll cause small deformation of your sound, whereby the sound will not be so clear at all frequency range.

What makes the Shure 81 the best microphone?

Perhaps the main trait that allows the Shure 81 to stand out from the crowd is its fantastically transparent sound. This mic has an almost completely flat frequency response, with hardly any color until you reach 15 kHz. This enables the mic to record nearly every type of sound source as true to life as is technologically possible.