Shure's MV7i is a classic dynamic USB mic with an XLR and 1/4-inch combo input for an additional microphone or instrument. With Shure's MOTIV Mix it's a mini studio.

The XLR port is at the bottom of the mic so you can easily mount the microphone. I used my Shure desktop stand secured to the shock mount, which was simple to set up. The SM4 will work with a ...

The brand has spent decades building microphones ... straight into their computer. Some versions even have selectable polar patterns for different use cases. The Shure is at least a bit more ...

The design is identical to that of the Shure MV7+ (as it is structurally the same microphone), including the handy mute-unmute touchpad I lauded in its review. Unfortunately, there’s no desktop ...

That kind of expertise has been lacking when it comes to computer microphones, many of which are cheap but unfortunately sound that way, too. Fortunately, Shure has brought their mic game to the ...

Dan Slentz tests Shure’s new SM4 microphone. The company markets it as a home recording mic for vocals and instruments.

It’s an interesting new dimension for the microphone. After all, the first MV7 made waves by bringing Shure audio quality to a desktop podcasting app. The ability to plug in a second microphone ...

Most professional microphones rely on the tried-and ... presets and additional parameters that can be controlled using Shure’s MOTIV Desktop App. The MVX2U Digital Audio Interface is far more ...

NAMM 2025: There’s a whole raft of new products on the way from Shure, with the venerable studio brand pushing out the boat ...

but Shure states that the brand-new microphone offers up the same audio quality as the MV7+ podcast mic and includes the onboard DSP and MOTIV Mix desktop and MOTIV mobile app integration.