Meet The Maker of The Shure mv7 Podcast Microphone
Today we’re joined by Laura Clapp Davidson. After moving to Nashville as a Berklee College of Music graduate, Laura quickly befriended some of Music City’s best and it wasn’t long before she was singing for a living. This led to countless demo sessions, an incredible journey as backing vocalist for 80’s synth legend Howard Jones and the opportunity to share her love of music gear as a product specialist for several music equipment manufacturers. Most recently, Laura joined the legendary Shure Incorporated as their Retail Market Development Specialist which is why she joins us today to walk us through some of their biggest and best microphones.
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0:00 Intro
3:44 Laura and Molly talk about the podcast movement in Orlando and the podcast interview they had using the MV88 and how it was
10:05 Laura shares a little background of what it is that she does at Shure Microphones and its history
11:00 Laura also shares her thoughts on when she thinks Shure made its first microphone
13:17 Laura talks about the SM58 and when Shure came out with this microphone and when it was first made
14:27 Laura and Marcus talk about the SM57 and the difference it has from the SM58
18:29 Laura talks about the single channel interface that takes an analog mike and makes it digital called MVI, its features, advantages and disadvantages
22:09 Laura, Adam and Marcus explains why some people use manual mode in microphones than the auto mode
27:42 Laura explains if they took technology from another microphone as far as the capsule goes and tweaked it to make MV7
28:32 Laura talks about MV7 being a USB and XLR microphone and being the first one Shure has made that has that
31:36 Laura shares the advice she would give a person that’s torn in between an MV7 microphone and an SM7B microphone
38:40 Laura and Marcus experiment the difference in sounding between the MV7 and the SM7B microphones
42:19 Marcus and Laura talk about the KSM8, its features and if he’d recommend it to someone
49:42 Adam talks about the importance of doing a research so as to get the right equipment you want and the advantages of having a MV7
53:05 Laura talks about the wireless equipment that Shure has come up with to satisfy their customer’s needs
57:00 Laura explain how they produce their microphones, and if it’s every year that they put out a microphone

quotes mentioned
It’s easy to capture audio, it’s difficult to capture good audio, except if you’re using a MV7.
Microphones are just like any other instruments.
It starts with the quality of the product.