Shure SM7B — Which Creators Use It
3 creators documented on Lensbook use the Shure SM7B, including Marques Brownlee (MKBHD), Matt D'Avella, Sara Dietschy. Here's who runs it, what they pair it with, and the budget alternatives they recommend.
On-desk dynamic mic used for the Waveform podcast recording setup. The SM7B's tight cardioid pattern rejects keyboard noise and room reflections — essential when recording long-form podcast episodes.
His studio vocal mic for podcast recording and voiceover narration. He runs it through a Cloud Microphones Cloudlifter CL-1 (for the +25 dB of clean gain the SM7B needs) into a Zoom H6 recorder — a professional-broadcast chain used in radio and high-end podcast studios.
Her XLR studio mic for seated podcast and interview recordings. The SM7B has become the default 'serious podcaster' microphone — the same mic Howard Stern, Joe Rogan and Linus Sebastian run — and Sara's multi-camera interview setup is built around it.