SE Electronics V7 MK

Needed a new live mic for a female soprano in a loud rockband. The V7 MK just did the trick! let her sing through the beta 58, a standard V7, the V7 MK and a senn 945. These SE mics are more feedback proof compared to the beta 58 and Senn945 and sound just more open and natural. Compared to the regular V7 it gives some more low-end and mid body to female singers in this case. Plosives are no problem in a live situation due to the High Pass filtering below 100hz; the V7MK gives the advantage over the V7 that it doesn't roll off the low end tones of female sopranos. The highs are just about the same compared to the regular V7. Build quality looks on par with the sm58 and Sennheisers. highest recommendation.

Went back and forth on choosing the SE V7MK and various Sennheiser or Rode mics. In the past I owned a Rode M1, and a cheap Behringer. This mic is significantly better than both, although unsuprisingly closer to the quality of the Rode.

I'm not an audio engineer, I record spoken work for interviews and voiceover for short audio docs, so I have no idea if it's a good mic for singing, or instrument recording, although, judging by the intended market- I guess so.

So, in my subjective observations- needs a fair bit of gain, but relatively good for noise- remember I am recording voice not singing, so any noise will be much less noticeable on stage, or when the recorded source is louder.

It has a rich, rounded low end, good mids, and a sparkle in the high end which my other mics (mentioned above) lacked somewhat, but this will again depend on whom you are recording.

Build quality is excellent. Handling noise is present but controlled, plosive resistance is one slight weak spot, but good mic technique or placement and a foam wind sock will help with that

Highly recommended.