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The Shure SM58 became the standard stage microphone

The cardioid dynamic mic arrived in 1966 and has barely changed since Shure built the SM58 for touring, with a steel mesh ball over a built-in pop filter and a shock mount around the capsule. Its cardioid pattern rejects sound from behind, which helps on a loud stage. The design has stayed in production for six decades and is a common first microphone for new singers. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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The same stage microphone has been standard since 1966The Shure SM58 is a budget dynamic built to survive being dropped The Neumann U47 set the sound of the studioThe German valve microphone appeared in 1947 and defined the vocal sound In-ear monitors replaced a wall of wedgesSingers once relied on floor speakers aimed up at them from the stage lip Delay towers carry sound to the far fieldExtra speaker stacks are timed to arrive in step with the main stage Cardioid subwoofer arrays push bass forwardStacked subs fed with delay cancel low frequencies behind the stage Microphones are chosen for two different jobsCondensers are sensitive and detailed, dynamics are rugged and forgiving

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The cardioid dynamic mic arrived in 1966 and has barely changed since. The figure is taken from Shure, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.