Hi everyone, this is going to be really strange
because I have no guests today. But we have a
new series and it's called Mic Drop. So the Chris
Hansen Conversation will be whenever we have
the opportunity, that is, to take a look at new
microphones or new equipment that come around
and if it lands in our laps, which we do happen
to have one, it just landed in our lap today,
to give you a review from a layperson's perspective.
And today... We have, from the good people, Shure
Asia and, thank you very much once again, E &E
Private Limited. We are going to review this
latest. It's so brand new. No one else has it
in hand right now except us. That's right. And
it's a new Shure MV7i. You know, it's so brand
new, I have not even taken it out of the box.
You can see the tape is still on. So I'm going
to remove this tape first and then take this
guy out of the box. There you go. Okay. Now let's
see what this is all about. And then... Usual
stuff. I get so turned on when I see a Shrek.
He's got a great quick start guide. As you can
see. Here you go. Always comes in really nifty
and handy. So, taking out the microphone. Okay,
so I guess Shure decided to keep its design across
the board. You can see this. This is the same
design as you can find on all the MV or SM series
of Shure microphones for podcasters. It's pretty
cool still. I love the look anyway. Okay, if
you take a look at the back of this. This is
a little different. Usual, you can stick in your
headphones, your cans can go in here, and then
you've got this input. Now, what's interesting
about this is that your XLR can be connected
here, it's an input, or a TRS jack it seems.
And then, yep, you've got an output, USB -C output
that goes into your computer, your laptop, or
even your mobile device. which means you can
use it on your mobile phone, you can use it on
your iPad, you can use it on tablets, you can
use it on laptops. So we're going to check this
out right now and see how this baby works. Okay,
what came in the box is a USB -C to USB -C cable.
So the connector is here. We've just connected
it into a mobile phone, and that is to Kairou's
mobile phone, and onto the Motif Mix app. The
Motive Mix app is really, really nifty. I mean,
you can do lots of stuff with that. And take
a look at that. Take a look at the glow on the
top of the MV7i, man. I mean, this is just so
awesome. Wow. This is the coolest thing that
I'm sure you ever came up with, I can tell you
that much. And it's so cool because there's so
much you can do. You can see I've got my cans
on and my cans are connected directly. to this
mic and it's there's an audio believe it or not
an audio interface built in to this microphone
which means there's so much i can do i mean i
don't need to worry about buying another audio
interface or buying a mixer board i can just
use this mic and pretty soon i'm going to show
you how we're going to connect this mic to another
mic so you have the power of two mics without
any worries okay as you can see on the screen
we've got uh two mics hooked up right now we
have xlr to xlr so basically what's happening
is is that this guy this mic which is an mv7
is now connected by xlr to the new mv7i and at
the same time the output goes to a mobile phone
which has a Motive Mix app. And we are now recording
it on that app. So that's one cool thing you
can do on the go. I think that if you end up
outdoors, outside even, because what the MV7i
does with its smart technology built inside it,
it has this thing called DSP. You don't have
to worry about pop filters anymore because it
eliminates a popping sound. It eliminates stuff
like ambient noise or you've got a fan blade
turning. It doesn't pick up. It is absolutely
silent. So this bodes well, especially when it
comes to post -production. It eliminates post
-production actually. If not, it's just going
to be very little for you to do. So it's going
to be great if you're going to be on the move
and have your podcast show held outdoors, outside
your studio. It's going to work really, really
well. Two microphones into one. And one more
good thing about this entire arrangement is that
if you're a musician and you play the guitar,
this mic, the MV7i, use a TRS jack. Stick it
in into the input. And I'm talking about your
guitar. Stick your guitar TRS jack into the input
of the MV7i and you can play and sing all on
one piece of equipment. I mean, that's just brilliant,
right? And with the Motif Mix app, you can do
a lot of things. You can also break things down
into multi -track if you want to. work on your
guitar on mono and your mic on stereo. You can
do all that on one platform. And I think Shure
at this time has solved a lot of issues. Thanks
again, Shure Asia as well as E &E for making
us the first people to test this mic out in Singapore.
If you're a musician, you're going to love this.
If you're a podcaster or even if you are a home
recordist, whatever you do with microphones,
Well, you know, go reach out for a Shure MV7i.
Let me tell you, it solves a lot of your headaches.
This is Chris Hansen on Mic Drop for the Chris
Hansen Conversation.