KSM9HS First Look from AES
At AES in San Francisco, we unveiled the KSM9′s younger sibling, the KSM9HS, which features switchable hypercardioid and subcardioid polar patterns. There’s a wired version, plus wireless versions...
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Diverse City in Music City – TobyMac Rocks Nashville
I had just flown from a great visit to Shure HQ’s back into Nashville. I could have headed home, but I do not get a chance to see TobyMac and the Diverse City Band that often. The Shure PT Cruiser...
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Quick Change Artist: It’s a Hypercardioid! It’s a Subcardioid! It’s a KSM9HS!
Shure Notes Editors/Contributor: Soren Pedersen KSM9HS (H for hypercardioid and S for subcardioid) Back in 2005, Shure introduced the KSM9 vocal condenser microphone. What made this microphone unique...
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Shure Wireless, Wired & PSM Products Receive Awards
When The NAMM Show rolls around, we can barely contain our excitement about sharing the new products we’ve been feverishly, painstakingly engineering all year long. There’s another part of NAMM season...
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Nashville gets the Blues w/Jonny & Buddy
I never thought I would say “bitter cold” and Nashville in the same sentence. There it is and yes, it was. However, there was a warmth of anticipation in my heart as I headed up the street towards the...
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Tennessee loves METAL…so do I!
This week in Tennesse was Metal week for me and Shure. What better way to kick it all off than with a road trip to one of the places where Rock & Roll got it’s start…Memphis, TN. The “Carnival of...
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The 2013 TEC Awards: And The Nominees Are…
The Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards®, or TEC Awards, honor innovations in audio for recordings, live performances, film, TV, and beyond. Winners will be announced at The NAMM® Show in a...
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The “Buddy” system – an ALL Shure stage.
The storm line was approaching. We’d been checking the radar on our phones, and anytime between 6 and 9 PM, the rain would hit Nashville. That didn’t seem to bother this energetic crowd, ready to...
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KSM9: A good bet for a Las Vegas House of Worship
When most of us think of chapels in Las Vegas, the images that come to mind are of the drive-through wedding variety with an Elvis impersonator officiating. But here’s the real secret that Sin City...
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How I Chose My First Live Vocal Mic
After taking just enough voice lessons to be dangerous (six, to be exact) and performing with some very patient folks here at Shure HQ, I’m starting to explore the music world that lives in nooks and...
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Multi-Pattern Microphones: What, Where and How?
Is it really a ‘cardioid world’? While the cardioid pickup pattern is undoubtedly the most often used in live sound applications (after all, the ubiquitous Shure SM57 and SM58 microphones are both...
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