Nod to The Legend · The gear · 1973
The Shure SM7
Broadcast dynamic microphone
Made for radio, the SM7's close, smooth sound rejects the room. Bruce Swedien famously used it on Michael Jackson's vocals for Thriller.
Still heard: Its descendant, the SM7B, is the podcast and streaming mic of this era.
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- Harvey Fletcher and Wilden Munson: Bell Labs researchers
- Jack Mullin and Bing Crosby: The men who brought tape to America