The Shure MV5C USB microphone is a good one. It’s easy to carry around, sounds good, and has a mode called Speech Enhancement that makes it great for conference calls. But the user interface isn’t the easiest to use, and it’s a little pricey for how good it is. If you don’t care about the Shure brand name, you can save some money on a product that is the same or better.
By default, the Shure MV5C is screwed into the stand that comes with it. The stand has a ball head that can be turned, which gives it a lot of flexibility. The mic is smaller and lighter than a baseball. Its all-plastic construction makes it feel cheap, but it also makes it easy to carry around.
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- Portable
- Stand allows lots of adjustment
- Speech Enhancement mode
- Good vocal reproduction
- USB-A and USB-C cables
Where to get Shure MV5C microphone?
You also get a microUSB to USB-A cable, a microUSB to USB-C cable, and an instruction manual, in addition to the mic and stand. The mic is easy to use on both PC and Mac because it comes with two cables, each one metre long. If you don’t want to keep the MV5C on its desk stand, you can mount it to any stand with a 1/4-inch thread adapter.
The mic has a button for switching modes, a mute button, a dial for adjusting the volume, a few lights, a microUSB port, and an aux port. The foam pop filter and plastic grille on the inside of the mic cover the capsule.
The frequency range of the MV5 is between 20Hz and 20kHz, and the mic can record at 16/24-bit, 44.1/48kHz quality. It works with Windows 7 or higher and Mac OSX 10.7 or higher. To run, it needs USB 2.0 and at least 64MB of RAM. For the iOS connection to work, you’ll need at least an iPhone 5, an iPad Mini, a 4th-generation iPad, or a 5th-generation iPod touch with iOS 10 or later.
There are actually only two DSP modes—voice and instrument—and one mode with no DSP. This means that the flat mode doesn’t have any EQ or compression, but the other two modes do. This gives you the freedom to change settings quickly or ignore them to get the purest signal possible. There are a lot of USB mics that have DSP, but some, like Blue mics, don’t. The Shure Motiv lineup has an advantage in that it has both DSP and DSP-free signals in the same mic.