Quote Originally Posted by dodgyedgy
Quote Originally Posted by TechMouse
Quote Originally Posted by dodgyedgy
SM57
Instrument Microphone
40 to 15,000 Hz

SM58
Vocal Microphone
50Hz to 15kHz

so only about 10hz...

but that can make all the difference!
So, arguably, you might as well get the SM57 and then apply a hi-pass at 50hz for SM58 emulation?
:lol:

touche...
It's not actually that simple, you want to look at the frequency response curves for the m icrophones which varies considerably between the two. You can find them on Shure's web site I'm certain if you're curious.

In fact:

http://www.shuredistribution.co.uk/p...sm58_large.gif
http://www.shuredistribution.co.uk/p...sm57_large.gif

They probably have different frequency responses off axis as well ... not that that's probably gonna make a huge amount of difference but the basic curves above are important.

Usually you just have to pick a mic that sounds good though, never learnt much from staring at the curves, best to use them to confirm what you're hearing is coming from the mic rather than usingthem to choosethe mic.