Shure Beta58A Microphone

The Shure Beta 58A is a supercardioid dynamic microphone built for lead and backing vocals on a loud stage. The tight supercardioid pattern delivers maximum gain before feedback and rejects sound arriving from the sides and rear, so it isolates the voice from the drum kit, the guitar rig, and the wedges around it. A neodymium magnet raises output and sensitivity, and the frequency response is tailored for vocals with a brightened midrange and a bass roll-off that tames proximity effect when a singer works in close.

Inside, a hardened steel mesh grille and a shock-mounted cartridge stand up to the handling of nightly use while keeping mechanical noise low. It connects over a standard 3-pin XLR into any mixer or wireless bodypack input, and its 50 to 16,000 Hz response and controlled off-axis behavior make it equally at home on vocals or as a close mic on loud instruments.