All user reviews of 5/5 for the Shure Beta 56A

The Shure Beta 56A is a super cardioid microphone that is made for drums and a few other instruments. I have only used it on drums, but I have heard it sounds great with some acoustic instruments. For the price of the Shure beta 56A it is most definitely one of the best in its class. The price is 160 online and in store, that is a very competitive price when it comes to a high quality drum microphone. The Shure Beta 56A can be used as a live microphone or for a recording instrument microphone.


OVERALL OPINION

The price point of this microphone is by far the best aspect of it, you wont find any other drum microphones that will sound as good as the 56A for anywhere under 200 dollars. I am very happy that my garage band has chosen to use these microphones for our drummer. We always get clean recordings with the 56A, we have used the Shure SM57 for a while before we purchased the 56A. Buying the 56A was a major upgrade and you can tell the difference in the quality when we lay down a recording. You can move this microphone around to fit in any spot that you need it in, because it sits on kind of a pivot type of stand. The grill on the 56A is also very heavy duty and can take some abuse without it getting damaged and not working. I highly recommend using the 56A by Shure if you are looking for a drum microphone. You can definitely afford this microphone. It sounds the best when hook to a snare drum, and all of the recordings will be very clean and you wont even need to touch the EQ that much, maybe just a little to cut out the really low end when you master your recording but besides that there will be no EQ needed. It will give you a very naturally sound without any effort at all. Thumbs up to Shure for this one!

Supercardioid dynamic microphone.
Planned for the battery and instruments.

OVERALL OPINION

I will take more or less against the foot of what was given here as a notice. No, I will say no evil because it is a micro exceptional!
I'm using it on battery power only rarely because I like this "Swiss Army Knife" on lots of woodwinds, brass and wood with a great success and especially on saxes, a recovery in micro (soprano curve, alto) or 2 microphones (right soprano, tenor and baritone). I like it as much as my 421, but alas I have not enough
I often set before successfully bagpipes and bombards (I'm in Britain, no wonder!) Although for now I have become unconditional bombing of the M88!
So in summary: try it on everything that breath, you tell me the news! And I've always 4 mics in my box.
Prices have dropped in recent years, it would be a pity to miss such a good mic!

Dynamic microphone intended primarily for the sound Snare

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 3 years
I love this mic ... he died and cash trs Fidler (DLIC for a shot rhymes)
He once silent ... and then the gentleman from Shure microphone cra fate snare ... try it and you never dare to plant a 57 on the snare. (A comparison that's knowing that we are asked to compare with other mics ...)
Comparison 2: Share your E604 !!!!!!!!!!!
I DCON ... more objectively, I have many bosses with an E604: it's not bad at all but a notch below the Bta56
I put 10 to show how much I love this microphone, by the way, does not clamp strap ... Not good for Mr. Shure ...- I should put a 9 but I leave 10 because it is of the same excellent.
Any takers making Snare powerful and Dfine.

The Shure Beta 56A is a microphone touted as a drum and instrument microphone from Shure, but I am not acquainted with anyone who actually uses these little beauties for anything but drum mic'ing. The first thing to note is the the microphones themselves are extremely compact, making their positioning on a drum set painless and easy, unlike the well loved Shure SM57, which, while also adept at being put on drums, can get in the way due to their size. This is never the case with the Shure Beta 56A microphones, which by the way, as per Shure's monstrous ability to make their microphones practically indestructible, is, yep, you guessed it: practically indestructible.

The Beta 56A is a dynamic, supercardioid microphone with a frequency response extended 1,000 Hz upward from Shure's well loved default. The Beta 56A has a frequency response of 50-16,000 Hz. Like the Beta 52A, it is mounted in a very convenient way for drums, and allows adjustments to be made without compromising the entire setup.

I have found that this microphone does add a bit of special juice to a drum sound, especially when compared to the workhorse SM57, which needs a truckload of EQ before it sounds nice on a drum set.

The microphone also, quite honestly, is one of the better looking microphones for a drummer to stare at (although I have never run into a drummer that is terribly bothered by these things.) And before I move on, I must mention the expected well handling of high SPL's.

OVERALL OPINION

The Shure Beta 56A microphone is a great solution to mic'ing drums, especially if you have the budget for it. The lower end PG56 at about one third of the price will also mic drums rather well, although there was something I couldn't quite place my finger on with the Betas. Combine these with a Beta 52A on kick and you have one nicely mic'ed up drum set!